White House threatens criminal investigation into Democrats’ oversight efforts
POLITICO's Inside Congress newsletter reports that White House counsel Will Scharf, in a November 9 letter to incoming Oversight Chair Robert Garcia, threatens a criminal investigation of Congressional Democrats, alleging their promised probes of the president and his allies lack legislative purpose and could amount to "blatant criminality," after Democrats won the House majority in November 2026. The newsletter also covers Richard Neal's unopposed Ways and Means chairmanship bid, a Democratic leadership fight over whether Chris Van Hollen will challenge Chuck Schumer, and the espionage scandal around Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang that lawmakers say raises the odds of chip export curbs on China.
