Overview

• IRS records show paperwork for the “Senator Schiff Legal Defense Fund” was filed on Aug. 14 to support anticipated legal expenses.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Ed Martin as special prosecutor on Aug. 8 to oversee allegations referred by the Federal Housing Finance Agency involving a Potomac, Maryland property.
• Media accounts, first from the New York Post, report a Maryland grand jury has been weighing a possible indictment related to property‑records filings.
• Schiff denies wrongdoing and frames the investigation as political retaliation by President Trump, as his office says allies of the administration are weaponizing the justice process.
• FBI Director Kash Patel declassified interview notes reviving disputed leak claims, though prosecutors previously declined charges and a DOJ inspector general later questioned the accuser’s credibility.