Will Trump and his people be held accountable? The White House threatens Democrats

In a letter published, among others, via Punchbowl News and Politico, White House chief lawyer Will Scharf has threatened to initiate a criminal investigation against Democratic Party politicians for conducting what he claims are illegal investigations into the executive branch. The message is addressed to Robert Garcia, the future head of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee.

Will Scharf claims in the letter that Democrats' public promises to use their new majority to conduct congressional investigations, including regarding potential corruption by the president and his allies, constitute "intimidation and interference with the lawful functioning of the government." Scharf noted that the announced investigations have no connection with the legislative work of Congress and threatened that they may constitute "egregious crimes."

Donald Trump previously reacted similarly to the Democrats' announcements, claiming that they were "totally illegal" and ordered the prosecutor's office to initiate proceedings in the case.

Democrats announce investigations

Even before the elections, Democrats announced a number of investigations into Trump's potential corrupt dealings with donors to his campaign, companies and businessmen, abuses of the immigration services, the Pentagon, and many aspects of Elon Musk's activities.

Shortly after the Democratic Party won a majority in the next Congress, the likely new chairman of the Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia, posted on the X platform the following text: "Lawyer up".

"Trump has something to hide"

In response to the White House letter, Garcia wrote in a statement that "Clearly Donald Trump has something to hide." He also noted that Congress has broad powers of investigation and oversight.

"The American people voted overwhelmingly in favor of us passing legislation to root out corruption and abuse... We are a co-equal government and we will not be intimidated by baseless threats," Garcia declared.