White House / Molly Riley
President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the Justice Department to investigate Democratic officials he called “extortionists” and said they should face prison, accusing them of threatening Republicans and GOP donors with impeachment and prosecution after the party’s losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday. “This is extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable for this.” He added: “The imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS, and Republicans should get smart, fast!”
“By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!” he wrote.
The post named Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, whom Trump accused of threatening young Republicans. It came after Democrats made sweeping gains in Tuesday’s election and as several Democratic lawmakers stepped up talk of investigations and impeachment: Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat and its incoming chairman, warned people to “lawyer up” after the election, and Reps. Hank Johnson of Georgia and Deborah Ross of North Carolina floated impeaching Attorney General Todd Blanche, according to reports.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who lost his May primary to a Trump-backed challenger, has announced plans to force a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have each called for an investigation of the Department of Government Efficiency, the cost-cutting office previously run by Elon Musk, who spent more than $400 million backing Republicans in the midterms, a report said.
Trump’s post came a day after he named Stephen Miller, his top policy aide, as White House chief of staff.
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