White House Threatens to Charge Democrats if They Investigate
The White House is threatening Democrats in Congress, warning them that investigating President Donald Trump could cross the line into criminal action. Punchbowl News reports that White House counsel Will Scharf sent a letter on Monday to Democratic Representative Robert Garcia, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, saying that congressional investigations “must further a legitimate executive task; Congress cannot employ them to exercise powers of criminal prosecution assigned to…
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