Trump signaled that there could be more Cabinet departures during an interview set to air Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
\n\nIn a Truth Social post, Trump said he is ordering the Justice Department to investigate what he calls “criminal extortion” by Democratic leaders, accusing them of threatening administration officials with impeachment and Republican donors with imprisonment.
\n\nTrump also singled out Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., accusing her of targeting young Republican supporters.
\n\n“The imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS,” Trump wrote, adding: “By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!”
\n\nThe president appeared to be responding to posts by some Democratic lawmakers calling for investigations into the Trump administration in the wake of widespread wins for their party on Tuesday.
\n\nRep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., wrote on X on Tuesday, “Lawyer up.”
\n\nIn response to the president’s post today, Slotkin wrote in a post on X, “This shouldn’t be controversial: if you break the law or use taxpayer dollars to enrich yourself, you should be held accountable. If you didn’t break the law, then it’s all good.”
\n\nIn a post on Truth Social, the president said he offered Dana White, the…
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