White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crime
White House counsel Will Scharf warned Rep. Robert Garcia, incoming House Oversight chairman, in a Nov. 11, 2026 letter that Democrats' threats of congressional probes into the Trump administration may be criminal and could themselves warrant executive-branch investigations. Garcia, who says he will investigate the Trump family on "Day 1," called the warning baseless, and Hakeem Jeffries called the letter "outrageous."
