特朗普下令司法部调查民主党人：称弹劾威胁是勒索犯罪
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）11月7日周六在华盛顿通过社交平台 Truth Social 发帖，下令美国司法部立即调查民主党人。特朗普在帖中称，民主党人正以弹劾和其他惩罚手段威胁包括美国司法部长在内的许多人以及共和党捐款人，并称已有民主党政治领导人向许多无辜者发出威胁信。事件仍在发展中。
特朗普在帖中写道：「这是最高级别的勒索，他们应该为此被追究责任。」他点名密歇根州联邦参议员伊丽莎·斯洛特金（Elissa Slotkin），称她表示要追究所有信奉共和党价值观的年轻人。帖文结尾写道：「我以本声明副本下令司法部立即调查这一犯罪行为。」该帖于美东时间11月7日中午12时45分发布。
路透社同日报道了这一发帖，并指出特朗普在帖中没有为其关于威胁信等说法提供证据。截至发稿，美国司法部尚未就此帖发布正式的立案或调查公告；这一指令系总统在社交平台发帖作出，司法部将如何回应仍待观察。
这一表态发生在中期选举之后。民主党在11月3日的中期选举中夺回国会参众两院控制权，新一届国会将于明年1月就职，届时民主党将掌握各委员会的传票与监督权力。近日多名民主党议员已公开表示，将在新国会调查本届政府的多项事务；在本周五特朗普宣布斯蒂芬·米勒出任白宫幕僚长后，众议员罗伯特·加西亚（Robert Garcia）曾公开表示米勒「应该请好律师」。
斯洛特金10月13日在芝加哥大学一场活动上曾表示，民主党若重掌国会，应以监督权追究政府的标志性腐败案例，并向考虑加入特朗普政府的年轻人传递「威慑信息」。她随后回应批评称，争议是人为制造的，民主党只会追究真正违法的人。（来源：特朗普）
Trump Orders Justice Department to Investigate Democrats, Calling Impeachment Threats a Criminal Act
President Donald Trump, in Washington on Saturday, November 7, ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately look into Democrats in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump wrote that Democrats are threatening many people, including the attorney general of the United States and Republican donors, with impeachment and other forms of punishment, and that threatening letters have been sent to many innocent people by Democratic political leaders. The story is still developing.
"This is extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable for this," Trump wrote. He named Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, saying she is going to go after young people who believe in Republican values. The post ended: "By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!" The post was published at 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7.
Reuters reported the post the same day and noted that Trump provided no evidence in it for claims such as the threatening letters. As of publication, the Justice Department had not issued a formal announcement of a case or investigation in response to the post. The directive was given in a social media post, and how the department, led by Attorney General Todd Blanche, will respond remains to be seen.
The statement came after the midterm elections, in which Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate on November 3. The new Congress convenes in January, when Democrats will hold subpoena and oversight power in the committees. Several Democratic lawmakers have said publicly in recent days that they will investigate matters involving the administration in the new Congress. After Trump announced on Friday that Stephen Miller would become White House chief of staff, Representative Robert Garcia said publicly that Miller should "lawyer up."
Slotkin said at a University of Chicago event on October 13 that if Democrats regained Congress they should use oversight to pursue signature corruption cases and send a "deterrence message" to young people considering jobs in the Trump administration. She later called the criticism manufactured outrage and said Democrats would pursue only people who actually broke the law. (Source: Donald Trump)
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