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President Donald Trump will face possible “jail time” after his presidency, according to U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-California) during an interview with CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday.

Schiff said, "My takeaway is there's a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him — that he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time."

.@AdamSchiff on the Russia Investigation: My takeaway is there's a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office the justice department may indict him. That he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time. pic.twitter.com/3kfwumFkh7

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 9, 2018

He made the statement in response to the question related to a court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Friday. The filing recommended “substantial” jail time for Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer. The filing indicated that Cohen admitted that Trump (referred to as Individual-1) directed him to make illegal payments to two women during the 2016 presidential election. The women claimed they had affairs with Trump.

In May, the president acknowledged the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, but he denied the affair. He also admitted that he reimbursed Cohen through a “monthly retainer” that did not come from his campaign.

During the interview, Schiff added that the court filing suggested that the "president of the United States not only coordinated, but directed an illegal campaign scheme" to influence the result of the 2016 election.

He also emphasized that the Justice Department has no problem proving its argument that the payments were “intended principally to affect the election.”

Schiff wants to see the “full picture” of Trump’s misconduct

When asked if the president’s action meets the standard for an impeachable offense, Schiff replied, “I think we have to look at the campaign law violations and the context of other allegations of wrongful conduct by the president.” He noted that a separate filing from Special Counsel Mueller on Cohen also included relevant information against Trump.

“We also learn from Michael Cohen that at the time during the campaign when Donald Trump was the presumptive Republican nominee and he was telling the country he has no dealing with Russia, in fact, they’re having private conversations seeking to enlist the Kremlin help in a project that could make him tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. A project that might need Putin’s approval while they are arguing that sanctions on Russian should go away; that’s pretty breathtaking,” said Schiff.

Furthermore, the Democratic lawmaker pointed out the filings from the Southern District of New York and the Special Counsel indicated that they have more evidence against Trump. He will wait to see the full picture before saying that the president committed an impeachable offense.

He said, “We also need to see this is part of a broader pattern of potential misconduct by the president. It’s that broad pattern I think that will lead us to a conclusion about whether it raises to the level toward removing him from office.”