民主党参议员亚当·希夫(Adam Schiff)的发言人否认有任何不当行为，以回应特朗普对他进行抵押贷款欺诈的越来越多的指控——坚称总统的攻击是政治性的。
特朗普在过去一周表示，希夫谎报了他用作主要住所的房屋，以获得较低的抵押贷款。
希夫的办公室表示，贷款人已经“多次”被告知，他在加州和马里兰州都有房子作为主要住所。一名发言人表示，相关的众议院法律顾问已经就此事与现任参议员进行了磋商。
“特朗普总统的虚假指控显然是试图惩罚一个被视为政治敌人的人，他承诺要让他承担责任。事实很简单:参议员希夫和他的妻子准确地向他们的贷款人表示，他们将占用和使用他们在2003年购买的马里兰州的房子作为“主要住所”，而不是度假屋或投资房产，”希夫的发言人马里索尔·萨马约亚告诉美国广播公司新闻。
“他还多次向他的贷款人透露，他在加州他的选区有另一处住宅，他不在华盛顿时就住在那里，这也是一处主要住所，而不是度假屋或投资房产。这是在咨询了相关的众议院法律顾问后完成的，”萨马约亚说。
特朗普周二在椭圆形办公室的喷雾中表示，官员们“拥有”民主党人。
“现在看来，亚当·希夫真的做了一件坏事，”特朗普说。“他们现在抓到他了。让我们看看会发生什么。这由不得我。这取决于-我故意置身事外，但这是抵押贷款欺诈。这是件大事。他诈骗银行、保险公司和联邦政府，但这很简单。是抵押贷款诈骗。”
特朗普说:“但他有很多比这更糟糕的事情……所以，不，亚当·希夫，他们100%指控他抵押欺诈。”
Schiff spokesperson pushes back against Trump’s ‘mortgage fraud’ claims
A spokesperson for Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff denied any wrongdoing in response to Trump's snowballing allegations that he committed mortgage fraud -- maintaining that the president's attacks are political in.
Trump has said over the past week that Schiff has misrepresented which home he uses as his primary residence to get a lower mortgage.
Schiff's office said that lenders have been told "repeatedly" that he maintains homes in both California and Maryland as principal residences. A spokesperson said relevant House counsel has been in consultation with the now-senator over the matter.
“President Trump’s false allegations are a transparent attempt to punish a perceived political foe who is committed to holding him to account. The facts here are simple: Senator Schiff and his wife accurately represented to their lenders that they would occupy and use the Maryland house they purchased in 2003 as a ‘principal residence,’ rather than a vacation home or an investment property,” Marisol Samayoa, spokesperson for Schiff, told ABC News.
"He also disclosed to his lenders -- repeatedly -- that he maintained another home in his district in California, where he lived when not in Washington, and which was also a principal residence, not a vacation home or an investment property. This was done in consultation with relevant House counsel,” Samayoa said.
Trump suggested Tuesday in the Oval Office spray that officials "have" the Democrat.
“Now it looks like Adam Schiff really did a bad thing,” Trump said. “They have him now. Let's see what happens. It's not up to me. It's up to -- I stay out of it purposely, but it's mortgage loan fraud. It's a big deal. He defrauded banks and insurance companies and the federal government, but it's very simple. It's mortgage loan fraud.”
“But he has a lot of other things far worse than that … So, no, Adam Schiff, they have him 100% on mortgage fraud,” Trump said.
