Elections have consequences. This is a common aphorism that Donald Trump and his MAGA cult will have to face up to over the next couple of years as they try to come to terms with how much the American people despise them.

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Not that Trump and his comrades will admit to themselves that they were rejected in a historic fashion that saw Democrats winning in places like Texas, South Carolina, Kansas, and Mississippi. To the contrary. Trump and company will fervently deny reality, while taking even more aggressive stances against what was the clear will of the voters.

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Having lost the midterm election so badly, the Trump abomination is now attempting to exert pressure on the victorious Democrats. And true to form, they are doing it in a manner that violates the law as well as every standard of ethical conduct.

This constitutional breach came in the form of a letter that Trump’s White House counsel, Will Scharf, sent to the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia. Scharf began by saying that…

“I write to remind you of the foundational limits that the Constitution imposes on congressional investigations and subpoenas, which you and members of the new Congress have evinced a clear intent to transgress.” […]

“We are monitoring the abusive and capricious threats that are now proliferating from Democrat legislators who seek to abuse the legislative process to intimidate and to interfere with the lawful functioning of government. Recent public statements underscore these concerns. You and your congressional colleagues have asserted that they will issue subpoenas to harass, threaten, and deter dedicated members of the Administration from further service.”

To be clear, Scharf is not writing to remind anyone of the limits of the Constitution. He is writing to do what he is accusing Democrats of doing. Namely, “to intimidate and to interfere with the lawful functioning of government.” Scharf’s claim that Democrats said they would issue subpoenas “to harass, threaten, and deter dedicated members of the Administration” is downright preposterous. Democrats have only pledged to do the jobs that the Constitution requires them to do.

Scharf then cited several comments by Democrats that were given to the press and which were fully protected by the free speech clauses of First Amendment of the Constitution. For example…

“Representative-Elect Ojeda wants to see Secretary Hegseth ‘squirm,’ while Representative-Elect Padilla Stout told witnesses to ‘put makeup on for the cameras’ at their hearings.”

None of that is remotely illegal. In fact, it is rather mild political rhetoric that is commonplace in America. Failing to make a coherent case for any criminality, Scharf went on to cite Garcia’s own comment aimed at Trump regime cronies to “LAWYER UP.” Once again, that’s entirely legal and, actually, good advice. But Scharf complained that it amounted to Garcia accusing Trump of criminal activity. Yeah? So what? It’s true! Scharf went on to assert that…

“Compulsory process is a power Congress has for oversight functions, and only for oversight functions. […] threats to executive branch officials designed to deter them from public service, or process designed merely to abuse or instill fear in the recipient may cross the line into blatant criminality.”

So now Scharf is falsely accusing Garcia of criminal activity. What law does Scharf think that this violates? He doesn’t bother to say. However, Garcia’s is doing nothing unusual, and in fact, it is wholly proper notice of pending investigations. Which leads us to Scharf’s closing remarks…

“The Administration will not be extorted and will not be cowed by unlawful process motivated by animus, pettiness, hatred, or any other unlawful motive to intimidate, penalize, or interfere with the lawful functioning of government.”

Absolutely! Because extortion, and animus, and pettiness, and hatred, are reserved for Trump alone. And he has made the most of it. Recently he directed his “Justice” Department to persecute Democrats for their promises to conduct appropriate oversight, which he called “extortion at the highest level.” He went even further to rant that “These SLEAZEBAGS should go to jail for what they are doing.”

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Trump’s ravings are far worse than anything that Democrats have said. And coming from the president exacerbates the harm. For his part, Rep. Garcia issued a response to Scharf’s letter that demonstrated that he isn’t taking these threats laying down…

“Let’s be clear: Congress’ authority comes from Article I of the Constitution, not from the permission of the White House. Congress has wide latitude to conduct investigations and oversight, an authority inherent in the power to legislate.

[But] The Trump administration continues to weaponize the government with threats of unconstitutional attacks on Congress. We are a co-equal branch of government and will not be deterred by baseless threats from a weaponized DOJ or from the President’s lawyers.”

Trump may try stunts like this to distract people from the real crimes that are being committed by him and his mob family every day. But it won’t work. The people are not fooled by this sleazy, pseudo lawyering. They proved that by their votes last week. And as we know, elections have consequences.

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