Top White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probed
Verified: 11 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from the United States.
The White House counsel's office is warning Rep. Robert Garcia, the future head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, that Democrats' threats to engage in oversight against the Trump administration could cross the line into criminal behavior. Letter from WH counsel Will Scharf to incoming House Oversight chair Robert Garcia on future Democratic investigations: "Beyond being inconsistent with the clear, well-recognized constitutional limitations on your investigative functions, threats to executive branch officials designed to deter them from public service, or process…
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- Nov 11, 3:00 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisTop White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probedyahoo.com ↗
- Nov 11, 4:27 PM UTC+1 hTop White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probedyahoo.com (again) ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Nov 11, 4:55 PM UTC+2 hTrump White House threatens Democrats on way to Congress: ‘Blatant criminality’independent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 5:04 PM UTC+2 hDemocrat says Trump has ‘something to hide’ after White House threatens oversight effortstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 11, 8:05 PM UTC+5 hWhite House warns Democrats against aggressive oversightrollcall.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 8:37 PM UTC · +6 h
- Nov 11, 8:38 PM UTC+6 hTrump White House threatens Democrats over upcoming oversight investigationsupi.com ↗
- Nov 11, 8:52 PM UTC+6 hTrump’s White House calls Democratic plans for congressional probes ‘abuse’aljazeera.com ↗
- Nov 11, 9:39 PM UTC+7 hWhite House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming possible 'criminality'japantoday.com ↗
- Nov 11, 10:10 PM UTC+7 hWhite House warns Democrats over probes, claims possible ‘criminality’globalnews.ca ↗
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