President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to dig into what he described as threats from Democrats aimed at his administration and its allies. The move came after a sharp post on Truth Social and landed right in the middle of an already bitter political aftershock from the midterm results.
Trump said Democrats were floating impeachment threats against Attorney General Todd Blanche and other officials without any real basis. He wrote that the party was “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.”
The comments came as Democrats had just won back control of the House and Senate, giving them a much bigger megaphone heading into the next session. That shift has raised the temperature fast, especially with Trump casting the new majority as eager to go after his team before the ink is even dry on the results.
Two House Democrats, Reps. Hank Johnson of Georgia and Deborah Ross of North Carolina, publicly said they would support impeaching Blanche. Johnson said on SiriusXM’s “The Dan Abrams Show” that, “I personally believe that the offenses of Todd Blanche demand that he be impeached and convicted and removed from office,” while Ross also backed impeachment and said Democrats “should start with Hegseth.”
Trump did not name Johnson or Ross in his post, but he made clear he sees the talk as more than normal political hardball. He also suggested the threats amount to something the Justice Department should treat as a criminal matter, not just another round of partisan theater.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan was the only Democrat Trump singled out by name. He accused her of saying she would “go after all young people that believe in Republican Values,” a claim tied to remarks she made at the University of Chicago about creating a deterrent for people considering work in a Trump administration.
Slotkin’s comments were focused on warning young staffers that serving in a Trump White House could come with serious consequences, not on some broad promise of revenge. She said, “I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’ I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'” adding, “I want that deterrence message sent.”
Trump also claimed Democrats have been threatening Republican donors with jail time because of their political views. He did not identify those donors, but the accusation fit neatly into his larger argument that Democrats are using power talks, subpoenas and legal threats as weapons instead of governing.
That claim also lands at a tense moment, with Democrats signaling they may investigate big Republican donors and corporations once they take control of Congress. Reuters reported that this could even include people who have backed White House ballroom projects, which keeps the donor fight from staying theoretical for long.
In his post, Trump said the people making these threats should be imprisoned and labeled them “EXTORTIONISTS.” He also called on the DOJ to investigate the matter as a “criminal act,” turning a political feud into another full-scale Washington street brawl.
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Must do so soon before 1-27
Look up the definition of fascist. Democrats are the real fascists.