{"id":57442,"date":"2025-11-20T19:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-dept-probing-handling-of-sen-adam-schiff-investigation-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:50:37","slug":"justice-dept-probing-handling-of-sen-adam-schiff-investigation-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-dept-probing-handling-of-sen-adam-schiff-investigation-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Dept. probing handling of Sen. Adam Schiff investigation, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The handling of the federal investigation into Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California is being reviewed by Justice Department investigators, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>A Republican congressional candidate who lives in California, Christine Bish, submitted a tip to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, alleging fraud in Schiff&#8217;s mortgage documentation. She told CBS News that she was questioned by federal officials Thursday and was asked about Bill Pulte. He&#8217;s the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and was appointed to the position by President Trump. Pulte referred Schiff to the Justice Department in May for investigation over alleged mortgage fraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schiff has denied any wrongdoing, and on Thursday declined to comment when asked about Pulte.<\/p>\n<p>Bish said the officials &#8220;weren&#8217;t asking me about Schiff \u2014 they were asking me about other people who were investigating Schiff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/20\/2b4c7a08-ecae-415d-833c-1de17efa8a3d\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/609e9018b533afa5d806683e7b7b7bff\/gettyimages-2244870513.jpg#\" alt=\"Sen. Adam Schiff \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/20\/2b4c7a08-ecae-415d-833c-1de17efa8a3d\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/609e9018b533afa5d806683e7b7b7bff\/gettyimages-2244870513.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/20\/2b4c7a08-ecae-415d-833c-1de17efa8a3d\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/0a8cc63c368d60ccfe02282d53479b16\/gettyimages-2244870513.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Sen. Adam Schiff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Eric Lee \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to Schiff, Pulte recently <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/eric-swalwell-trump-justice-department-referral\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/a><\/span> to the Justice Department for investigation over alleged tax and mortgage fraud and has leveled similar accusations against several other officials, including <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/letitia-james-mortgage-fraud-charges-dropped-outrageous-government-conduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New York Attorney General Letitia James<\/a><\/span>, a Democrat, and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lisa-cook-2nd-residence-vacation-home-loan-estimate-trump-fraud-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bish said federal officials also wanted to know if she had ever met Pulte or <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeanine-pirro-to-replace-ed-martin-as-interim-us-attorney-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ed Martin<\/a><\/span>, who is the Justice Department&#8217;s pardon attorney and also the director of its Weaponization Working Group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re looking for, is that, and any communication that I&#8217;ve had with them,&#8221; Bish said. She told CBS News she has not communicated with either of them.<\/p>\n<p>Bish was at the Greenbelt, Maryland, federal courthouse Thursday and spoke with reporters. She said was not under oath when she spoke with federal officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two other sources familiar with the matter said there is a review underway into how Pulte and Martin have handled the investigation of Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of a subpoena shared by Bish said she has been asked to provide &#8220;documentation and communications&#8221; she referenced in her interviews with federal agents about Schiff. Specifically, the subpoena said Bish was to provide information about &#8220;any person or persons claiming to be William Pulte,&#8221; any person or persons claiming to be working at the direction of Pulte&#8221; and &#8220;anyone claiming to be working for or at the direction&#8221; of the Justice Department and Ed Martin, who is working on the investigation into Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department declined to comment.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Alan  He<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/justice-dept-adam-schiff-investigation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The handling of the federal investigation into Democratic Sen. 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