Colby Hall

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MINORITY REPORT: Trump Threatens to Prosecute Democrats for Investigations They're Thinking About

In the Tom Cruise thriller, police arrest people for murders they haven't committed yet. The White House is trying it on Congress.

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Colby Hall
Nov 12, 2026

The White House has preemptively threatened Congressional Democrats with criminal investigations if they deem their constitutional oversight threatens them. When CNN’s Manu Raju asked outgoing Speaker Mike Johnson which laws Democrats had broken, the Speaker said, “I’m not sure how much of it has been done yet.” We’ve seen this movie before.

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