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A spokesperson for Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff denied any wrongdoing in response to Trump's snowballing allegations that he committed mortgage fraud -- maintaining that the president's attacks are political in.

Trump has said over the past week that Schiff has misrepresented which home he uses as his primary residence to get a lower mortgage.

Schiff's office said that lenders have been told "repeatedly" that he maintains homes in both California and Maryland as principal residences. A spokesperson said relevant House counsel has been in consultation with the now-senator over the matter.

“President Trump’s false allegations are a transparent attempt to punish a perceived political foe who is committed to holding him to account. The facts here are simple: Senator Schiff and his wife accurately represented to their lenders that they would occupy and use the Maryland house they purchased in 2003 as a ‘principal residence,’ rather than a vacation home or an investment property,” Marisol Samayoa, spokesperson for Schiff, told ABC News.

"He also disclosed to his lenders -- repeatedly -- that he maintained another home in his district in California, where he lived when not in Washington, and which was also a principal residence, not a vacation home or an investment property. This was done in consultation with relevant House counsel,” Samayoa said.

Trump suggested Tuesday in the Oval Office spray that officials "have" the Democrat.

“Now it looks like Adam Schiff really did a bad thing,” Trump said. “They have him now. Let's see what happens. It's not up to me. It's up to -- I stay out of it purposely, but it's mortgage loan fraud. It's a big deal. He defrauded banks and insurance companies and the federal government, but it's very simple. It's mortgage loan fraud.”

“But he has a lot of other things far worse than that … So, no, Adam Schiff, they have him 100% on mortgage fraud,” Trump said.

-ABC News’ Isabella Murray

Top Democrats in two more states are raising the prospect of redistricting their congressional maps in response to Republicans in Texas preparing to do the same at the urging of the White House.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday suggested that Democrats could "counter balance" Republicans' actions in Texas and said governors are "all going to have to band together to address that, at least to try to stop them" if Texas tries to redraw the map to help Republicans keep control of Congress.

States are required to redraw their maps every 10 years after each Census. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, at the urging of the White House, is asking the Texas legislature to revisit its map this summer, which could redraw blue seats and help Republicans maintain control of Congress in 2026.

"I think we ought to play by the rules, everybody, and I think we ought to have an election in 2026," Pritzker said. "We'll see who comes out ahead in the Congress. But I think cheating the way the president wants to is improper. We all ought to stand up against it.”

Illinois, which redrew its map to benefit Democrats after the 2020 Census, has 17 congressional districts. Currently, the state has a 14-3 split in the delegation between Democrats and Republicans.

Maryland House Majority Leader David Moon also raised the prospect of revisiting the state's congressional map. Currently, seven of the state's eight House seats are held by Democrats.

"Seems Trump has convinced Texas, Missouri & others, and FWIW TX did it years ago & got away with it because nobody responded. #mdga26", Moon posted on X

-ABC News’ Benjamin Siegel

Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove to be a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals’ Third Circuit -- a first test for the controversial top DOJ official and former Trump defense attorney before the full Senate chamber.

The procedural vote on Bove’s confirmation was opposed by all Democrats, who have been adamantly against his nomination.

The final count was 50-48.

The only Republican who voted against Bove’s advancement was moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Markwayne Mullin were the only lawmakers who did not vote.

More specifically, the procedural step taken Tuesday evening allows for Senate Majority Leader John Thune to set up the votes that would confirm Bove’s nomination.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday that Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff was now traveling "to the Gaza area."

Bruce said the Trump administration has a "strong hope we will come forward with another ceasefire, as well as a humanitarian corridor for aid to flow -- that both sides have, in fact, agreed to this."

She continued to say that news of Witkoff’s travel was communicated to her in a quick call from Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier in the day.

"He said, Gaza, the area. Now, of course, it could be…we have many, many partners there, many allies," she said. "When it comes to the specific location of the envoy, I do not have that, but it's in a dynamic to where we're looking to finalize this arrangement."

Witkoff was expected to travel to Doha earlier this month, but that travel never materialized as ceasefire negotiations hit gridlock.

When asked whether ramping up aid distribution in Gaza was possible without reaching a ceasefire first, Bruce indicated some expansion was possible -- but that returning to a “normal environment” for humanitarian assistance still hinged on certain conditions.

"When we think of ramping up, you can have that with more distribution sites for GHF or others who perhaps adopt their technique and strategy," she said, adding that doing more than that would require a ceasefire.

-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston