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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:14 PM Oct 23

Prosecutors balking at charging Schiff - told by Trump personal atty. Todd Blanche to keep fishing

Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule 14m
Despite Senior Justice Official Ed Martin pressing to keep the case alive, Maryland US Attorney Kelly Hayes met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Hayes said she did not think the case against Schiff was strong enough to move forward




Amanda Terkel @aterkel
NEW -- The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, one of Trump's chief political foes, has stalled, according to four people familiar with the investigation.

After months of investigating, the federal prosecutors in Maryland leading the probe have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, these people said.

One of the sources, a federal law enforcement official, said the investigation “came to a standstill.”

Kelly Hayes, the U.S. attorney overseeing the investigation, met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier this week and asked him how to proceed, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting. The decision out of that meeting was for Hayes to pursue more evidence, and the case remains ongoing, those people said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/adam-schiff-criminal-probe-stalled-sources-say-rcna239375
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Prosecutors balking at charging Schiff - told by Trump personal atty. Todd Blanche to keep fishing (Original Post) bigtree Oct 23 OP
What's to fish for, it's a paper trail. gab13by13 Oct 23 #1
None of these "cases" are D_Master81 Oct 23 #2

D_Master81

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2. None of these "cases" are
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:35 PM
Oct 23

could they not find a corrupt prosecutor to take the case? None of these cases are legitimate. Just meant to get headlines out there and harass his opponents and bleed them dry financially defending themselves

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