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Top White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probed
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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- CNNWhite House to Dems: We ‘Will Not Be Extorted’
- ABC NewsTop WH lawyer warns Democrats that threats of oversight could be criminally probedThe warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf.
- Yahoo NewsTop White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probedThe 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…