Overview

• FBI Director Kash Patel delivered declassified 302 summaries to Congress that include an HPSCI staffer’s allegation that Adam Schiff authorized leaking classified material to discredit President Trump.
• The whistleblower, interviewed repeatedly between 2017 and 2023, described Schiff’s briefing to staff that “classified information…would be used to indict President Trump” as “unethical,” “illegal,” and “treasonous.”
• The DOJ’s Office of Inspector General and its prosecutors reviewed the allegations, deemed the whistleblower of “unknown reliability,” and found the claims unsubstantiated.
• DOJ officials cited the Speech and Debate Clause’s legislative immunity in declining to pursue the leak allegations.
• No criminal charges have been filed over the leak allegations, and Schiff’s office calls the report baseless while the White House urges Congress to investigate.