Adam Schiff had a major public meltdown after FBI Director Kash Patel recently labeled him as the “worst criminal” in Congressional history when speaking about his role in pushing the impeachment of President Donald Trump during his first term in office. Republicans have lambasted Schiff for allegedly fabricating aspects of Trump’s phone call with Ukraine and pushing the Russia collusion hoax.

Schiff infamously led the prosecution against the president in his first impeachment trial, in which the House of Representatives charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Now that Trump is back in power, there have been calls to investigate Schiff to determine if there was any wrongdoing.

As we reported, During a recent interview, Patel said, “Adam Schiff is the worst criminal in Congress in the last 250 years. Adam Schiff went to the podium day after day after day, saying, I know nothing about this. We’re not going to discuss it. We’re going to protect it. And then he, Adam Schiff, led the prosecution of the impeachment trial in the Senate of President Donald Trump.”

He further claimed Schiff had a conflict of interest with whistleblower Eric Ciarmella and that he made up accusations against Trump. “Talk about someone who was conflicted out of the game because he was part of the hoax that brought Ciarmella in, manufactured that false accusation, and then peddled it out to the world,” he stated. “You know, not surprising, he’s lied about almost everything in his life, but now he lied just to set up a presidential impeachment. That’s what I was talking about, these disinformation campaigns.”

Patel maintained that Schiff ought to be investigated for allegedly lying about the case to push Trump’s impeachment. “He should be investigated. Because he lied to the world about his interactions with Ciarmella, who is a whistleblower and can’t stress it enough that started a presidential impeachment.”In his remarks, which were recorded with MSNBC on February 20, 2025, the beleaguered Democratic Senator fired back at Kash Patel. He said, “Look, when Donald Trump is gone, there’s a Democratic president. I can’t imagine they’re going to want to keep on someone as destructive as Kash Patel, but I couldn’t imagine, frankly, that we would be in this place to begin with.”