Whistleblower alleges Schiff leak
A whistleblower alleged that Rep. Adam Schiff leaked classified intelligence during the Russiagate era to damage former President Trump, according to social reporting. (x.com) The allegation came as part of a broader stream of politically charged claims shared on social platforms over the weekend. (x.com)
A new round of allegations against Senator Adam Schiff rests on declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation interview memos, not on a filed criminal case or a public finding by a court. (justthenews.com) The central claim came from a longtime Democratic staffer on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, who told the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2017 and again in 2023 that Schiff approved leaks of classified Russia-related information to damage Donald Trump. (justthenews.com) According to the interview summary published by Just the News, the staffer said he attended an all-staff meeting where Schiff said the group would leak classified information “derogatory” to Trump and use it to help drive an indictment. (justthenews.com) Schiff denied the accusation after the report appeared in August 2025, calling it “absolutely and categorically false” and describing it as part of a smear campaign by Kash Patel and Trump allies. (justthenews.com) A spokesperson for Schiff separately told The National News Desk that the allegations were “not reliable, not credible, and unsubstantiated” and came from a former staffer who was fired by the House Intelligence Committee in early 2017. (foxbaltimore.com) The accusation lands in a fight that has run since the first Trump term, when Schiff became one of the most visible Democrats pressing the case that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that Trump associates had extensive Russia contacts. (democrats-intelligence.house.gov) That underlying Russia inquiry was not invented by Schiff alone. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report documented Russian election interference, and the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee later published its own multi-volume report on Russian active measures in the 2016 election. (justice.gov) House Intelligence Democrats still host transcripts and documents from their Russia investigation, and Schiff said when they were released that they showed Trump and his campaign “invited illicit Russian help” and then lied about it. (democrats-intelligence.house.gov) What changed in this episode was the release of old Federal Bureau of Investigation interview material by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel to Congress in August 2025, which pushed a years-old whistleblower account back into circulation. (foxbaltimore.com) No public court record in the materials reviewed here shows Schiff being charged over the alleged leaks, and the available reporting says Justice Department officials did not pursue the matter when the allegations were raised. (justthenews.com) That leaves the story in a familiar Washington posture: a whistleblower account, declassified bureau paperwork, a flat denial from Schiff, and no public adjudication of the claim. (justthenews.com)
