President Trump on Saturday said he was ordering a Justice Department investigation of Democratic lawmakers trying to intimidate Republicans.
Days after a midterm thrashing, he characterized Democrats’ threats against allies of his administration as “Weaponization and Lawfare.”
Mr. Trump’s remarks preview likely clashes between the White House and the Democratic-dominated Congress and mark a shift from his recent optimistic statements about working with Democratic leaders.
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“The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so,” he said on social media.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat set to chair the House Judiciary Committee, has said Attorney General Todd Blanche “is not immune” from impeachment and that his party has a mandate to push back against him.
The president also put Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Michigan Democrat, on blast for saying before the election that she wished to send a “deterrence message” to discourage young people from joining the Trump administration.
“The Senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin, is saying that she is going to go after all young people that believe in Republican Values, and that give even the slightest inclination to be a Republican,” the president said.
“The imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS, and Republicans should get smart, fast!”
He added that he was “ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!”
Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat set to chair the House Oversight Committee, has told the president’s circle to “lawyer up” ahead of planned probes into federal agencies and the president’s family.
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