One of President Donald Trump’s most notorious foes, Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), appears to be panicking as he comes under scrutiny from multiple investigations.
Schiff is starting a legal defense fund in response to mounting pressure from the Trump administration.
“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 has long embraced the role of Trump enemy, going back to the president’s first term.
As a congressman, Schiff rose to prominence by smearing Trump repeatedly as a Russian asset.
Indeed, Schiff has been at the center of just about every anti-Trump spectacle.
In addition to the Russian collusion hoax, Schiff played a key part in Trump’s first impeachment.
He also sat on the Democrats’ anti-Trump January 6 committee.
The committee, which sought to block the president from running for re-election, falsely accused Trump of leading an “insurrection” over a protest at the U.S. Capitol.
After years of anti-Trump activism, Schiff was elected to the U.S. Senate last year in