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Saturday, November 07, 2026

President Trump said Saturday that he is ordering the Department of Justice to "look into" what he describes as threats by Democrats to impeach senior Republican figures, calling them "extortion at the highest level." In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump said Democrats are "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."

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... "There have been no impeachable acts committed, or even thought of, by the victims of this illegal process," he said. "This is extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable for this."

Mr. Trump accused Democrats of also threatening GOP donors with imprisonment and other punishments "just because they happen to be Republicans, or Republican supporters."

"This is Weaponization and Lawfare at another level," he wrote, adding that it was the Democrats who should be facing "imprisonment" and calling them "EXTORTIONISTS", writing in his trademark capital letters.

The president's post comes just days after Democrats laid out plans to investigate Mr. Trump and others in the administration.

They said the subjects they would focus on would include the Trump family's business dealings, corporate corruption, actions of the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Rep. Robert Garcia of California, who will chair the House Oversight Committee next Congress, singled out Stephen Miller, Corey Lewandowski, Kristi Noem and Trump family members as particular individuals they would target. Miller was named Mr. Trump's chief of staff on Friday. ...


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