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Is Shifty Schiff Finally Getting His Due?

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The term “projection” is defined in the dictionary as “the presentation of an image on a surface” and “a thing that extends outward from something else.” 

For years, Americans have been told by Democrat Senator Adam Schiff, the former and disgraced Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, that President Donald Trump is a criminal who belongs in prison for inflating the value of his personal and business assets. 

But it turns out, for all this time Schiff was simply talking about himself -- projecting. 

“A Criminal investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland on possible charges involving mortgage fraud,” Fox News reported last month about Schiff’s alleged criminal behavior. “The investigation comes a month after a story broke about the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sending a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleging that Schiff, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms.”

Schiff isn’t alone in his exposure. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who campaigned on promises to sue Trump and worked tirelessly for years to put him in jail with bogus, kangaroo court charges, is facing similar mortgage fraud scrutiny. In addition, she's also under investigation for civil rights violations. 

“New York Attorney General Letitia James has been referred for federal criminal prosecution for alleged mortgage fraud related to a Virginia home and a New York property,” CBS News reported in April. “William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), wrote a letter obtained by CBS News New York to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi alleging that James 'has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.’" 

“[The new] probe is focused on whether or not the New York attorney general’s office caused a deprivation of legal rights under the color of law through its civil suits against Trump and his businesses, as well as the National Rifle Association, these people said. It is being run out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, two of these sources said,” NBC News adds after a new investigation was opened this week. 

Like many things, Trump is right again. This time, about the people who tried to take him down with false claims of wrongdoing and criminality. 

“I have always suspected Shifty Adam Schiff was a scam artist. And now I learn that Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division have concluded that Adam Schiff has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible Mortgage Fraud. Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA because he was a Congressman from CALIFORNIA,” Trump said, reacting to the news of an investigation and potential charges. “I always knew Adam Schiff was a Crook. The FRAUD began with the refinance of his Maryland property on February 6, 2009, and continued through multiple transactions until the Maryland property was correctly designated as a second home on October 13, 2020. Mortgage Fraud is very serious, and CROOKED Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice.”

It’s past time the Left’s most corrupt and dishonest projection artists get their due.