President Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning: “Now, in order to deflect from MASSIVE BLUE STATE CORRUPTION & CRIME, they are at it again, illegally threatening Republicans with knowingly false accusations and charges. Other than cheating, this is how they won the Midterms – But we won’t let our Country go to hell!”
[NOTE: Trump told The New York Times on election night he was “absolutely willing” to accept the outcome of the midterm elections.]
Trump also recalled Democrats’ pursuit of his tax returns in his first term, claiming their accountants “FOUND NOTHING except that I paid my taxes and did everything right.”
[NOTE: Throughout his first term, Trump refused to voluntarily release his tax returns, despite promising to do so during his 2016 campaign. In January 2026, Trump filed a $10 billion civil lawsuit against the IRS and the U.S. Treasury over the leaked tax returns. In May the DOJ settled the case.]
White House counsel Will Scharf wrote Monday to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who will chair the House Oversight Committee in January, that investigations of the administration “may cross the line into blatant criminality.”
Garcia called the warning “kind of embarrassing” and said the White House is “clearly scared and nervous.”
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) responded on Monday: “This weekend, President Trump again directed the Department of Justice to investigate me. The next day, @AGToddBlanche went on TV and threatened me.” She added: “I will not be deterred from standing up against his corruption or calling out his violations of the law.”
[NOTE: At an event held at the University of Chicago in October, Slotkin said she wants prosecutions to focus on “people who enabled” Trump and use them to deter college graduates from working for his administration.]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) also wrote: “Demanding accountability isn’t a crime. Getting answers isn’t a crime. Exposing the corruption that is driving up costs is part of the mandate we have been given. And we will do it.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on Judiciary, wrote: “We’ll do both obviously” when asked whether Democrats would pursue accountability or affordability. He added that “corruption and unaffordability are two sides of the same coin.”