The White House has today threatened to open criminal investigations against the new Democratic majority in Congress in case investigations into Donald Trump's administration turn into acts of intimidation against the government that could constitute a crime.
© Lusa
11/11/2026
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Lusa
A The White House today threatened to open criminal investigations against the new Democratic majority in Congress in case investigations into Donald Trump's administration turned into acts of intimidation against the government that could constitute a crime.
The threat is contained in a letter signed by the White House's leading legal advisor, Will Scharf, who was sent on Monday to Congressman Robert García, a California-elected Democrat, who will take over the chair of the House of Representatives' Supervisory Committee when the new legislature begins in January.
The warning comes at a time when Democrats promise to take advantage of the majority won in the mid-term elections of November 3 to investigate alleged acts of corruption in the Trump administration and even proceed with destitution proceedings against members of their government.
In the letter, the White House lawyer claims to be investigating “abuse and arbitrary threats that proliferate among Democratic legislators who seek to abuse the legislative process to intimidate and interfere with the legitimate functioning of the government.”.
“It seems Donald Trump has something to hide,” García replied, in a statement that the Congress “will not be intimidated by unfounded threats from an instrumentalized Justice Department, nor by the President’s lawyers.”.
The Supervisory Committee of the House of Representatives has the power to investigate officials and members of the Government, but has no judicial or criminal powers.
This month's mid-term elections, interpreted as a referendum on Trump's governance, ended with a significant victory by the Democratic opposition, which removed the Republicans from both chambers of Congress.
In a message published last Saturday on social media, Trump said he ordered the Department of Justice to prosecute Democratic legislators who “extorted” members, allies and donors of the Republican Party.
On Sunday, the Attorney General, Todd Blanche, the President's ally, said that he could open criminal investigations against the Democrats because he considers that they are exceeding the limits of their supervisory powers.