Democrats like to claim that no one is above the law.
They swore the lawfare against Donald Trump was about justice.
But Adam Schiff just let the truth slip about the Trump witch hunt.
Adam Schiff has been gunning for Donald Trump since 2016.
The California Senator led Trump's first impeachment in 2019 over a phone call with Ukraine's president and spent years claiming he had secret evidence of Trump-Russia collusion that never materialized.
Now the Senator who's facing his own DOJ investigation for mortgage fraud just showed his hand about what Democrats really think went wrong.
Schiff Wished Democrats Had Imprisoned Trump Sooner
Schiff sat down with New Yorker editor David Remnick and revealed Democrats' regrets about prosecuting Trump.
"Do you feel that Merrick Garland moved too slowly, too cautiously?" Remnick asked.¹
"I absolutely do, yeah," Schiff responded.¹
Remnick pressed further: "Why did Garland move so slowly? What about his character or tactics or strategy led him to behave that way?"¹
Schiff explained that Garland wanted to restore the Justice Department's reputation after what he characterized as partisan abuse during Trump's first term.
"The Justice Department in the first Trump [administration] was abused and made partisan, and [Garland] wished to restore the reputation of the department for strict non-partisanship," Schiff said. "And that made him very reluctant to pursue an investigation of the president — too reluctant."¹
Translation: Garland wasn't partisan enough for Schiff's taste.
But here's where Schiff revealed Democrats' real strategy.
"Ultimately, that gave the Supreme Court the time it needed to drag things out further and make the case against Trump go away completely, when it could have been brought to fruition," Schiff concluded. "And we might be in a very different place today."¹
There it is in black and white.
Schiff wished Democrats had prosecuted Trump faster so they could have put him in prison before voters went to the polls.
The prosecutions weren't about justice — they were about stopping Trump from winning.
The Breathtaking Hypocrisy
Here's what makes Schiff's comments so stunning.
The Trump Justice Department is currently investigating Schiff himself for mortgage fraud allegations.
Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Ed Martin as special attorney to investigate claims that Schiff misrepresented property information on mortgages for homes in California and Maryland.
Schiff has denied wrongdoing and called it "political retribution."
Federal prosecutors in Maryland assembled a grand jury and have been reviewing the allegations for months.
The same Adam Schiff who wanted Democrats to rush Trump into prison now complains that Trump's DOJ is investigating him.
The same guy who led a sham impeachment over a phone call and pushed the Russia collusion hoax for years cries foul when he faces scrutiny.
The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Democrats' Lawfare Campaign Backfired Spectacularly
Democrats launched an unprecedented lawfare campaign against Trump between 2022 and 2024.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump in March 2023 on charges related to alleged hush money payments.
Special Counsel Jack Smith brought two federal indictments — one over classified documents and another over January 6.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicted Trump over challenging the 2020 election results in Georgia.
New York Attorney General Letitia James won a civil judgment ordering Trump to pay hundreds of millions in a real estate valuation case.
The result?
Trump's support among Republicans surged to historic levels.
Governor Ron DeSantis, who ran against Trump in the 2024 GOP primaries, admitted the indictments "sucked all of the oxygen" out of the Republican race.²
"I would say if I could have one thing change, I wish Trump hadn't been indicted on any of this stuff," DeSantis told CBN News. "I think it distorted the primary."²
Every indictment made Trump stronger with GOP voters who saw Democrats weaponizing the justice system against their champion.
Trump turned his mugshot from the Fulton County case into campaign merchandise and fundraising gold.
Republican voters rallied around Trump precisely because they recognized the prosecutions as political persecution.
The Democrat lawfare strategy wasn't just ineffective — it was counterproductive.
What Trump's Winning
Schiff complained about Trump being too dangerous while Democrats prosecuted him.
Now Trump's back in the White House and the tables have turned.
The Trump Justice Department isn't just investigating Schiff for mortgage fraud.
Attorney General Bondi's team indicted former FBI Director James Comey for lying to Congress and New York Attorney General Letitia James for bank fraud.
Both proclaimed their innocence and called the charges politically motivated — the exact playbook Democrats used when prosecuting Trump.
Schiff spent the interview circuit claiming the Trump DOJ has been "weaponized" and that Merrick Garland wasn't partisan.
That's rich coming from the guy who just admitted Democrats' only regret was not imprisoning Trump fast enough to stop him from running again.
Voters weren't fooled by Democrats' lawfare tactics.
Americans dealt with crushing inflation, an open border, rising crime in Democrat-run cities, and a senile President who couldn't complete a sentence.
They looked at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and chose Trump despite — or because of — all the indictments.
Schiff's admission reveals the rot at the heart of Democrat thinking about Trump.
They never cared about equal justice under the law.
Democrats wanted to use the criminal justice system as a weapon to eliminate their opponent before voters could decide.
The American people saw through it and rejected them at the ballot box.
Now Adam Schiff can spend his time in the Senate dodging his own mortgage fraud investigation while wondering what might have been if only Democrats had moved faster to imprison their political enemy.
¹ Byron York, "Adam Schiff: If only we'd prosecuted Trump earlier," Washington Examiner, December 8, 2025.
² Ibid.
