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Donald Trump has said that Democratic senator Adam Schiff “has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible mortgage fraud” and “needs to be brought to justice”.
In a post on Truth Social this morning, Trump said Schiff, who holds a seat in California, had listed his primary address in Maryland “to get a cheaper mortgage” from 2009 until 2020, when he listed the property as his second address.
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