This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Adam Schiff, formerly a California congressman and now a U.S. senator, long has been one of the attack dogs the Democrats have sicced on President Donald Trump.
He was integral to the failed impeach-and-remove campaigns during Trump's first term. He claimed repeatedly and publicly that he had seen evidence of the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia, quite an accomplishment as a special counsel determined there wasn't any.
And his attacks on Trump have surged again during the president's second term.
This time he made a video to announce he is writing to the White House to demand answers about insider trading.
That would be related to the stock market surge on Wednesday when Trump announced publicly that he was pausing tariff plans against dozens of nations that are negotiating with the U.S. to make the international trade table more level.
Markets exploded, surging 4%, 5% or more in just minutes.
So Schiff is claiming there has been "insider trading."
His campaign, however, was the immediate subject of ridicule on social media.
A report at Twitchy was on top of the news: "Democrat Senator Adam Schiff says President Donald Trump telling the entire world to buy stock is insider trading. He's so mad about it that he's writing a letter to the White House. Oh, and it'll be extra stern. Count on it! Did we mention he recorded a video to announce his letter? Of course, he did. … Trump needs to buy some birds and cage them in the Oval Office. Schiff's silly letter could then be put to good use lining the bottom of the cage where it will catch all kinds of attention."
Meanwhile, there are those who are suspicious of Schiff's own recent behavior:
