DOJ weaponization head hints wider probes beyond Schiff tied to Jan.6

A senior Justice Department official overseeing a unit focused on “weaponization” signaled on Sunday that additional inquiries are likely to extend beyond a current mortgage-fraud referral involving Sen. Adam Schiff, with broad hints of investigations into other figures tied to the defunct House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attack. Ed Martin, who runs the Weaponization Working Group, told a national program that there is more to come on Schiff and suggested that other high-profile figures connected to the committee could be targets, even as the administration faces longstanding questions about how political power should be scrutinized.

Martin said there is a referral from Bill Pulte concerning Schiff and mortgage fraud, and he indicated that “there’s more on Adam Schiff” without outlining specifics. The Schiff case centers on allegations that Schiff falsified bank documents and misrepresented primary-residence status to obtain more favorable loan terms on multiple properties, in a dispute that prompted a referrals process with the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Schiff has denied any wrongdoing and has denounced such inquiries as politically motivated. Lawmakers who have...