An attempt to drop a bombshell report on the Justice Department’s mortgage fraud cases appeared to backfire, taking Sen Adam Schiff down in the fallout.
“THIS IS WILD,” Ken Dilanian of MSNOW, formerly MSNBC, wrote in a post on X.
“A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Donald Trump’s critics,” he wrote, citing a report by himself and Carol Leonnig.
THIS IS WILD.
From @CarolLeonnig and me:
A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of…
— Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW) November 20, 2025
“According to two people familiar with the matter and a document reviewed by MSNOW, the probe is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff and possibly New York Attorney General Letitia James have been tainted by the investigative methods allegedly used by Pulte and Martin,” Dilanian claimed.
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted earlier this month on mortgage fraud charges, She has pleaded not guilty and accused President Donald Trump of using the DOJ as a “vehicle of retribution.”
Dilanian’s reference to “two people familiar with the matter and a document reviewed by MSNOW” only added to the criticism he was soon barraged with online. Chad Mizelle, who served as chief of staff at the Department of Justice, warned that Schiff needs to “lawyer up” as he responded to a post by Leonnig.
“Free advice: Don’t listen to folks who have no clue how DOJ works,” he wrote.
Free advice: Don’t listen to folks who have no clue how DOJ works.
By confirming where the evidence of Schiff’s illegal conduct originated, DOJ isn’t investigating their own. DOJ is getting ready to indict Schiff.
Ed Martin and Bill Pulte are fine. Schiff needs to lawyer up. https://t.co/98VfCvY5hs
— Chad Mizelle (@chad_mizelle) November 22, 2025
“By confirming where the evidence of Schiff’s illegal conduct originated, DOJ isn’t investigating their own. DOJ is getting ready to indict Schiff,” Mizelle added. “Ed Martin and Bill Pulte are fine. Schiff needs to lawyer up.”
“It is always difficult to comment on an ongoing investigation, but @chad_mizelle knows of what he speaks,” wrote Ed Martin, who serves as Associate Deputy Attorney General, Pardon Attorney, director of the Weaponization Working Group, and Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud.
Completely wrong.
DOJ knows that when it indicts Schiff, he will immediately attack the evidence. Say it’s tainted. Argue about the chain of custody. Say the prosecution is improper.
So what does a smart prosecutor do? Figure out exactly who is talking to who so there are no… https://t.co/ZEnC6zSHhP
— Chad Mizelle (@chad_mizelle) November 22, 2025
Christine Bish, a Republican congressional candidate in California, also weighed in.
Looks like someone’s getting their talking points straight from MSNBC or Adam Schiff’s team because they *really* want this to disappear.
But here’s the problem for them: I’m the author of the report that initiated the DOJ referral, and I’m the key witness. I would know if this… https://t.co/oyhE4IXbtK— Christine Bish (@BishForCongress) November 16, 2025
Meanwhile, Dilanian and Leonnig were chewed out on social media.
THIS IS DUMB.
You are accusing him of doing his job? And you’re trying to make a story about the process, based on you spinning unauthorized information obtained in violation of the process?
The person who will be fired is your leaker. https://t.co/trThjOJJ7Q
— Mike Howell (@MHowellTweets) November 21, 2025
MSNOW? That’s your “source?” Dream on! It’s a grand jury for Schiff.
— Seán Gatton (@SeanGatton) November 23, 2025
This post is not going to age well.
— Bill Trius (@GeneralBTrius) November 22, 2025
According to two janitors who saw something about mortgages in the trash they were taking out… yeah, that’s it. https://t.co/BPFRWrM7QV
— TheFOO (@PolitiBunny) November 23, 2025
Stupid is pretty hard to fix. Especially Dems who listen to NPR and MSNOW.
— Dr of Thinkology aka Bad Bundy (@bara_gen72926) November 23, 2025
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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