Schiff refinanced his residence in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 claiming the Maryland residence was his main residence. In 2009, a Home Ethics investigation claimed that Schiff did this and Schiff claimed it was an error and he repaid the exempt taxes to the state of Maryland.
A fellow member of Congress was charged with prison counts for doing the identical factor, Steven Watkins, of Oklahoma.
As well as, the quantity of the house mortgage has remained principally the identical this whole time. Congress ought to look into this as nicely.
When requested about his residence in Maryland at the moment whereas on the marketing campaign path working for US Senate in California, Schiff shared that his main residence was in California and uncared for to say that he had repeatedly claimed his Maryland residence was his main residence.
It seems that there’s a lot, rather more.
Then in 2024, Californian Chris Bish who ran for US Congress in California’s District 6 issued a draft report together with Darren Ellis who was working for California State Meeting. The report is under, however listed below are some highlights.
Mortgage Fraud
In response to the draft doc under:
Maryland Code §7-401 defines mortgage fraud as “(d)any motion made by an individual with the intent to defraud that entails (1) knowingly making any deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission throughout the mortgage lending course of with the intent that the misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission relied on by a mortgage lender, borrower, or another get together to the mortgage lending course of;” or “(6) submitting or inflicting to be filed within the land information within the county the place a residential actual property is positioned, any doc regarding a mortgage mortgage that the individual is aware of to comprise a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission”.
Adam Schiff, regardless of claiming to dwell and characterize the folks within the state of California, filed and reaffirmed via refinancing paperwork, his main residence at 8204 Windsor View Terrace, Potomac Maryland, 28054. Adam Schiff’s on the file acknowledgement of the mortgage doc filings (main residence in Maryland) throughout a Home Ethics listening to through declare of a “mistake” evidences acknowledgement of mortgage fraud.
Schiff acquired higher charges on his mortgage on the Maryland property by claiming it was his main residence versus his secondary residence.
(Do not forget that former Baltimore top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was convicted of mortgage fraud in Maryland.)
On the similar time that Schiff claimed his property in Maryland was his main residence he will need to have claimed that he was a resident of California to be able to run for the US Home in California.
False Registration
The Heritage Foundation has a wonderful piece describing election integrity the place it defines numerous sorts of “voter fraud”. False registrations are a kind of voter fraud. “Voting beneath fraudulent voter registrations that both use a phony title and an actual or faux handle or declare residence in a selected jurisdiction the place the registered voter doesn’t truly dwell and isn’t entitled to vote.”
Quite a lot of California residents have been convicted of voter fraud over the previous few years.
In response to the report under:
Adam and Eve Schiff bought their California residence at 425 Amhurst Dr, Burbank CA in Might of 2003 simply previous to the acquisition of their “main residence” at 8204 Windsor View Terrace, Potomac Maryland, 28054 in June of 2003. In 2009, across the similar time as a Home Ethics listening to pertaining to the Maryland residence, Adam and Eve Schiff bought the condominium at 250 N First St #427, Burbank CA, 95102, subsequently registering to vote in California at that handle. You will need to notice that the condominium is 650 sqft, has 1 bed room and 1 lavatory. Additionally it is of notice that Adam and Eve Schiff had two minor youngsters of roughly center faculty age on the time of buy.
California Elections Code §2022 “If an individual strikes to a different state with the intention of creating it his or her domicile, the voter loses his or her domicile on this state”. California Elections Code §2026 “The domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Consultant in Congress of america shall be conclusively presumed to be on the residence handle indicated on that individual’s at present filed affidavit of registration”. Adam and Eve Schiff, having bought their residence in California in 2003 and subsequently buying a house in Maryland as their main residence, remained voters in California regardless of being non-residents from 2003 till 2009, the date through which they bought the Condominium at 250 N First St #427, Burbank CA, 95102. California Domicile information pertaining to vary in voter registration are absent / couldn’t be positioned, implying voter registration fraud between 2003 and 2009.
As a way to qualify as a candidate to characterize California within the US Home of Representatives (and/or Senate), one should be 25 years of age, a US Citizen, and a Resident within the state of California. For election years 2004, 2006, and 2008, Adam Schiff was not a resident of the State of California, evidenced by the 2003 sale of his residence at 425 Amhurst Dr, Burbank CA and subsequent buy of “Major Residence” at 8204 Winsor View Terrace, Potomac Maryland, 28054. California Election Code §349(a) “’residence’ for voting functions means an individual’s domicile (b) The domicile of an individual is that place through which his or her habitation is mounted, whereby the individual has the intention of remaining, and to which, each time she or he is absent, the individual has the intention of returning. At a given time, an individual could have just one domicile”. Adam Schiff, knowingly and willfully registering as a candidate whereas being a resident of Maryland would represent a violation topic to California Election Code §18203 “[a]ny one that recordsdata or submits for submitting a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy figuring out that it or any a part of it has been made falsely is punishable by a fantastic not exceeding one thousand {dollars} ($1,000) or by imprisonment. . .”. Additional, Adam and Eve Schiff remained registered voters in California regardless of being residents of Maryland from 2003. CA Elec Code §18560(a) [a person] “Not being entitled to vote at an election, fraudulently votes or fraudulently makes an attempt to vote at that election” is topic to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one 12 months.
Ineligible Voting
Heritage describes ineligible voting as follows:
Unlawful registration and voting by people who will not be U.S. residents, are convicted felons, or are in any other case not eligible to vote.
The report under states:
It has been understood that Adam Schiff and Eve Schiff, as residents of Maryland, have been voting absentee in California. CA Elec Code §18578 “Any one that applies for, or who votes or makes an attempt to vote, a vote by mail poll by fraudulently signing the title of a fictitious individual, or of a recurrently certified voter, or of an individual who just isn’t certified to vote, is responsible of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Part 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, by a fantastic not exceeding one thousand {dollars} ($1,000), or by each that fantastic and imprisonment.”
See your complete doc under:
Schiff Complaint Draft by Joe Ho on Scribd