After months of investigating, federal prosecutors in Maryland have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, according to four people familiar with the investigation.

The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, one of President Donald Trump’s chief political foes, has stalled, according to four people familiar with the investigation.

After months of investigating, the federal prosecutors in Maryland leading the probe have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, these people said.

One of the sources, a federal law enforcement official, said the investigation “came to a standstill.”

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    14 days ago

    Did he get $250 million for being investigated? That’s the precedent now, right?

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    The federal mortgage fraud investigation

    Can’t they at least try to make up different bogus charges so they can pretend it wasn’t retribution and these guys totes crimed? Or is that the opposite of what they want?

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      They could. But Trump wants to falsely prosecute innocent political targets of the same charges he is guilty of, since he wins either way that way. His blatantly political prosecutions make the charge (and his own criminal conduct) seem political.

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    One of the sources, a federal law enforcement official, said the investigation “came to a standstill.”

    Yeah, fairly sure that it doesn’t matter to Trumpie.

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    Doesn’t matter. Those YouTube vids he puts up are working. He looks very concerned in them. /s

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    After bringing the insanely bogus charges against Comey and James they get to Schiff but can’t pull any more assinine bullshit out of their ass? What happened?