Adam Schiff is now in hot water for something far more serious than mortgage fraud allegations.
It has just been revealed that, according to a Democrat whistleblower, Adam Schiff personally approved leaking classified information related to the Russia hoax to the media in order to hurt President Trump.
The whistleblower also implicated Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell as the source of the leaks.
Take a look:
🚨 BREAKING: Democrat whistleblower reveals Adam Schiff PERSONALLY APPROVED leaking Russia Collusion hoax documents to the media to smear Donald Trump
Schiff needs to be locked up NOW!
Every day he walks free is an INJUSTICE! pic.twitter.com/jJTnwJTkBH
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 12, 2025
Newly-declassified FBI 302 interview memos show that this whistleblower repeatedly warned the FBI about the leaks and said that Schiff signed off them himself.
The whistleblower was a member of the House Intelligence Committee that Adam Schiff was the head of at the time.
Here’s a breakdown of everything the whistleblower told the FBI:
A career intelligence officer on the House Intelligence Committee (Democrat) warned the FBI in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information to damage then-President Trump during the Russiagate controversy.
The whistleblower described the leaks as “unethical,” “illegal,” and “treasonous,” and said Schiff believed he would be protected under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause, though no formal legal opinion supports that claim.
The whistleblower said he attended an all-staff meeting where Schiff directed staffers to leak classified info to “indict President Trump,” and when he objected, other staff responded they wouldn’t get caught.
DOJ officials reportedly showed little interest in pursuing the allegations, citing Schiff’s claim of Speech and Debate protection.
FBI 302 memos related to the matter were later turned over to Congress, with concerns that the leaks were used to weaponize intelligence and law enforcement for political purposes, eroding public trust in institutions.
Here’s the page from the memos where the whistleblower talks about the meeting Schiff allegedly held, telling staffers to leak classified info for the sole purpose of smearing President Trump:
HOLY SMOKES
Adam Schiff personally requested to leak classified information to try to harm Trump pic.twitter.com/1xxdlxMEHZ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2025
Just the News was the first to obtain these FBI memos.
An excerpt from the full Just the News report reads:
A career intelligence officer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had approved leaking classified information to smear then-President Donald Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal, according to bombshell FBI memos that Director Kash Patel has turned over to Congress.
The FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just the News state the intelligence staffer — a Democrat by party affiliation who described himself as a friend to both Schiff, now a California senator, and former Republican House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes — considered the classified leaking to be “unethical,” “illegal,” and “treasonous,” but was told not to worry about it because Schiff believed he would be spared prosecution under the Constitution’s speech and debate clause.
No publicly-disclosed opinion from the Attorney General or the Solicitor General can be found making that determination as a matter of law.
But officials told Just the News that DOJ officials showed little interest in pursuing Schiff when the allegations were brought to them years ago, citing the very same excuse the lawmaker had offered.
In his most recent interview with the bureau in 2023, the whistleblower, whose name is redacted, told agents from the FBI’s St. Louis office that he personally attended a meeting at which Schiff authorized leaking classified information.
ADVERTISEMENT“When working in this capacity, [redacted staffer’s name] was called to an all-staff meeting by SCHIFF,” the interview report said. “In this meeting, SCHIFF stated the group would leak classified information which was derogatory to President of the United States DONALD J. TRUMP. SCHIFF stated the information would be used to indict President TRUMP.”
The whistleblower told investigators that he “stated this would be illegal and, upon hearing his concerns, unnamed members of the meeting reassured that they would not be caught leaking classified information,” the 2023 interview report stated.
The staffer made similar claims to agents in the FBI’s Washington field office as early as 2017, shortly after Trump took office for his first term…
The alleged leaks fall outside the statute of limitations for prosecution on most legal theories, but the revelations nevertheless come at a sensitive time for Schiff, who recently was referred to the Justice Department for possible prosecution for potential mortgage fraud, based on a story first written by Just the News.
Officials also said some of the DOJ officials who declined to prosecute a rash of classified leaks during the Russiagate affair remain employed in positions of power, a matter that may be of interest to lawmakers in Congress.
“For years, certain officials used their positions to selectively leak classified information to shape political narratives,” Patel told Just the News on Monday. “It was all done with one purpose: to weaponize intelligence and law enforcement for political gain.
“Those abuses eroded public trust in our institutions,” he added. “The FBI will now lead the charge, with our partners at DOJ, and Congress will have the chance to uncover how political power may have been weaponized and to restore accountability,” he said.
Schiff, who previously served as the ranking member and then chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) before ascending to the Senate, pushed false allegations of Trump-Russia collusion for many years, and touted British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited dossier — even reading multiple baseless claims from it into the congressional record in March 2017.
The whistle-blower began approaching the FBI that same year.
In one meeting, the Democratic HPSCI staffer told the FBI that retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn — Trump’s first national security adviser — was to be a specific focus of the committee as part of a broader effort to target Trump. The whistleblower also specifically pointed to Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as a likely source of classified leaks, the memos state.
The full 16-page FBI interview reports are available to read for yourself right here.
FBI Director Kash Patel, who spoke to Just the News about the newly-declassified memos, now says it’s time for investigations.
He posted on X:
We found it. We declassified it.
Now Congress can see how classified info was leaked to shape political narratives – and decide if our institutions were weaponized against the American people. pic.twitter.com/PCpLFLuPmI
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) August 12, 2025
Shifty Schiff is definitely in deep…doo doo.
And, Kash Patel has been telling us this all along!
Remember this?
🚨SCHIFF is in deep SCHITT- not only for mortgage fraud! The FBI has been told by a whistleblower that Schiff approved the leaking of classified intel to hurt Trump. Timely flashback: “Adam Schiff is the worst criminal in Congress.” @Kash_Patel
pic.twitter.com/BBewMM1KgS— NanLee Marie Carissimi (@NanLee1124) August 12, 2025
I can’t wait to see where this leads…
Indictments incoming?
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