Blanche Won’t Rule Out Prosecuting Democrats Over Probes
8th November 2026
Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Sunday to rule out prosecuting Democratic lawmakers who have vowed to investigate the Trump administration, a day after President Donald J. Trump ordered the Justice Department to look into what he called extortion.
Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether Democratic lawmakers could face prison, as Trump had urged, Blanche said, “It depends on what the – what the crime is and what they have done.” He named no criminal statute and did not say whether an investigation had begun.
Two can play the threat game.