Schiff says he knows he's on Trump's enemy list but isn't concerned, saying he can defend himself

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- FBI Director James Comey said he's not acrophobic aft his two-count indictment by a national expansive jury, saying helium and his household person "known for years that determination are costs for lasting up to Donald Trump."

Now, national authorities person acceptable their sights connected other perceived enemies of the president, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, a longtime governmental foe of Trump.

Eyewitness News spoke exclusively with Schiff connected Thursday successful Anaheim, and erstwhile asked if helium was disquieted that he'll beryllium Trump's adjacent target, helium said helium knows he's "certainly connected the president's force list."

"Make nary mistake astir that," Schiff told ABC7. "What I deliberation the American radical request to beryllium acrophobic astir is that it is simply a agelong and increasing list, and 1 day, they whitethorn find themselves connected it. He's going aft radical who lend to the Democratic party. He's going aft radical who held him accountable during his archetypal administration."

Comey, who said he's acceptable for a trial, is being prosecuted by a lawyer that's been hand-picked by Trump. Schiff told ABC7 that indicting Comey protects radical who are really committing crimes.

A longtime subordinate of the U.S. House, Schiff became 1 of Trump's main legislature critics erstwhile helium helped pb the archetypal impeachment proceedings successful 2020 and served arsenic a salient dependable connected the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, mob onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol.

"To person a president maltreatment powerfulness that way, truthful corruptly usage the Justice Department, is truly unprecedented," said Schiff. "I served astir six years with the Justice Department. I served nether Democratic presidents and I served nether Republican presidents. I ne'er felt immoderate governmental unit of immoderate benignant from either direction. It was conscionable unheard of. I deliberation it's notable that the vocation prosecutors, that radical of integrity, are quitting oregon being fired similar the U.S. lawyer of Virginia, and sadly, they're being replaced by radical of nary acquisition and who are consenting to bash the president's bidding."

Comey was indicted connected charges of making a mendacious connection and obstruction related to his grounds earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee successful 2020.

The indictment came conscionable days aft Trump issued nationalist request for his Justice Department to enactment "now" to bring prosecutions against Comey and different governmental foes.

Schiff said he's acrophobic that the indictment, which helium called a "political prosecution," volition discourage others from doing their jobs. He said the lone mode to basal up to thing similar that is to beryllium courageous.

Meantime, pursuing the indictment, Comey's son-in-law Troy Edwards Jr. resigned his station arsenic a nationalist information authoritative successful the Eastern District of Virginia, according to an email obtained by ABC News.

"To uphold my oath to the Constitution and country, I hereby resign arsenic an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia successful the Department of Justice effectual immediately," Edwards wrote.

ABC News contributed to this report.