Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has formed a new legal defense fund in recent days as President Donald Trump threatens him with federal investigations, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
"It's clear that Donald Trump and his MAGA allies will continue weaponizing the justice process to attack Senator Schiff for holding this corrupt administration accountable," said the senator's spokeswoman Marisol Samayoa. "This fund will ensure he can fight back against these baseless smears while continuing to do his job."
Schiff led congressional inquiries into Trump during the president's first term in the White House, serving as the lead impeachment manager in his first impeachment and then on the committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021 protest at the Capitol.
Trump has publicly called for his administration to investigate Schiff, including in remarks at the Kennedy Center on Aug. 13, when he addressed Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying "I'm looking at Pam because I hope something's going to be done about it."
The president then added about the first-term probe into his campaign's ties to Russia: "These people put our country at great danger. And Adam Schiff, it was all made up. It was a hoax."
Records show that paperwork for the "Senator Schiff Legal Defense Fund" filed with the Internal Revenue Service is dated Aug. 14, a day after Trump's remarks, according to The New York Times.
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