Trump Seizes on Bombshell Claim That Adam Schiff Approved Leaks of Classified Info to Hurt Him: ‘Irrefutable Proof’

President Donald Trump seized on bombshell claims made by a whistleblower as “irrefutable proof” that Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) authorized leaks of classified information to damage him.

The president took to Truth Social early Wednesday to write:

Just out, irrefutable proof that Adam Shifty Schiff “APPROVED PLAN TO LEAK CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO DAMAGE DONALD TRUMP.”

The quote by Trump included in the post is copied from a Fox News report detailing the allegations.

The newly released FBI documents, obtained by conservative outlet Just The News and provided to Congress by FBI Director Kash Patel, stem from a whistleblower who worked for more than a decade as an intelligence staffer for House Democrats. The staffer first reported the alleged conduct to the FBI in 2017 and was interviewed again in 2023.

According to the account, the whistleblower attended an all-staff meeting in which Schiff allegedly told colleagues they would leak classified material “derogatory to President of the United States Donald J. Trump” and that the information “would be used to indict President Trump.” The staffer described the leaking as “treasonous” and “illegal.”

Unnamed members of the meeting reportedly reassured him “they would not be caught leaking classified information,” the FBI summary stated.

Schiff, a prominent Trump critic and former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has not commented publicly on the claim. He has previously dismissed similar allegations as politically motivated attacks.

Patel promoted the documents on X, saying Congress can now see “how classified info was leaked to shape political narratives – and decide if our institutions were weaponized against the American people.”

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