Schiff says DOJ is complicit in Trump effort to subvert elections; downplays impeachment

Right · 1Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday 25 October 2026 that the Department of Justice is "complicit" in President Donald Trump's "campaign to try to subvert the elections." 1 Right · 1Host Kristen Welker said Trump had told the DOJ to sue to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if Republicans lose; she noted the incumbent is Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan and another candidate on the ballot is named Daniel Sullivan, and that the argument is that this could confuse voters. 1 Right · 1Schiff said the DOJ has no point and no standing, since running Alaska's elections is Alaska's business and the state has already adjudicated the question, and that the suit has no chance of succeeding. 1

Right · 1He said the willingness of Todd Blanche and the Justice Department to put their name on it showed how far they would go to challenge results after the election. 1 Right · 1In the same interview Welker asked whether Trump has committed impeachable offenses, noting Schiff led the first impeachment in 2019 and that impeachment is a debate among Democrats if they win back Congress. 2 Mixed · 2Schiff said he would not prejudge the outcome before oversight, that Democrats' primary focus should be bringing costs down, and that if corruption driving up costs "leads in the direction of impeachment, it will lead wherever it leads." 2 3

Right · 1He said the "overriding emphasis" should be on costs and an affirmative agenda, though oversight and investigations would also proceed. 2