U.S. Senator Adam Schiff , the top prosecutor in President Donald Trump ‘s impeachment trial in 2019 and who has long been a prime target of the president, recently started a legal defense fund amid talks of an investigation by the Department of Justice into his finances.

“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,” Marisol Samayoa, a spokesperson for the California Democrat, said in a statement.

“This fund will ensure he can fight back against these baseless smears while continuing to do his job,” Samayoa said.

Trump, last month, accused Schiff of possible mortgage fraud — which he called “very serious” — and suggested that the senator “needs to be b

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