特朗普下令司法部调查民主党人并点名参议员斯洛特金：司法部长布兰奇称监督委员会成员「应当非常担心」
华盛顿 — 特朗普总统11月7日在社交平台 Truth Social 发文，下令司法部立即调查他所称的民主党人「勒索」行为，并点名密歇根州参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金。司法部长 Todd Blanche 次日在美国有线电视新闻网《国情咨文》节目中呼应这一说法，称即将在新一届国会接掌众议院监督委员会的成员「应当非常担心」。
特朗普在帖中称，民主党人正以弹劾和其他惩罚威胁包括司法部长在内的许多人、以及共和党捐款人，尽管他们自认没有理由这样做，也不存在任何可弹劾的行为。他称这是「最高级别的勒索」，写道「应当坐牢的是这些勒索者」，并称：「以本声明副本，我命令司法部立即调查这一犯罪行为。」他另发一帖，呼吁把针对捐款人的威胁直接报告司法部或他本人。特朗普未提出具体证据，也未出示他所说的威胁信件。
被点名的斯洛特金10月13日在芝加哥大学表示，希望考虑进入本届政府工作的年轻人权衡其中的法律风险。她回应特朗普时表示，违法或用纳税人的钱为自己牟利就应被问责，这一点本不应有争议。
在 CNN 节目中，主持人多次追问民主党人究竟犯了什么罪，Blanche 未能说出具体罪名，只称「要看说了什么」。他还表示，若幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒受到调查，司法部会为他辩护。即将在新一届国会出任监督委员会主席的众议员 Robert Garcia 随后回应称，委员会不会被吓倒。
民主党在11月3日中期选举中夺回国会参众两院，新一届国会定于2027年1月3日就职，届时民主党将掌握传票与监督调查权。Politico 指出，特朗普把民主党议员关于使用监督权的公开表态定性为「勒索」，与议员们的实际说法并不相符。截至11月8日，司法部未确认已按总统的指令对任何民主党议员立案。
（来源：美国有线电视新闻网）
Trump Orders Justice Department to Investigate Democrats, Naming Senator Slotkin; Attorney General Blanche Says Oversight Members Should Be 'Very Worried'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post on November 7, ordered the Justice Department to immediately investigate what he called Democratic 'extortion,' naming Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin. Attorney General Todd Blanche echoed the president the next day on CNN's State of the Union, saying members of the incoming House Oversight Committee should be 'very worried.'
Trump wrote that Democrats 'are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment,' even though, he said, they admit there is no reason to do so and no impeachable acts have been committed. He called it 'extortion at the highest level,' wrote that 'the imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS,' and added: 'By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!' In a second post he urged that threats against donors be reported to the Justice Department or directly to him. Trump presented no specific evidence and did not produce any threatening letters.
Slotkin, the senator he named, had said at the University of Chicago on October 13 that she hoped young people considering jobs in the administration would weigh the legal risks. Responding to Trump, she said it should not be controversial that breaking the law or using taxpayer dollars to enrich oneself brings accountability.
On CNN, asked repeatedly what crime any Democrat had committed, Blanche did not name one, saying it depended on what was said. He also said the Justice Department would defend Chief of Staff Stephen Miller if Miller were investigated. Rep. Robert Garcia, who is set to chair the Oversight Committee in the new Congress, responded that the committee would not be intimidated.
Democrats won back both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterms; the new Congress is sworn in on January 3, 2027, when Democrats will hold subpoena and oversight powers. Politico reported that Trump's characterization of Democrats' public statements about oversight as 'extortion' misrepresents what lawmakers have actually said. As of November 8, the Justice Department had not confirmed opening any investigation of a Democratic lawmaker on the president's order.
(Source: CNN)
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