Todd Blanche said Democratic lawmakers planning Trump administration probes could face prosecution

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Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that Democratic lawmakers planning oversight investigations of the Trump administration could face criminal prosecution, saying it depended on what they had said. Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he considered their threats criminal, Blanche said, “It depends on what’s said. So yes, there could be,” MS NOW reported. He did not identify a criminal statute or confirm an investigation had begun, Alternet reported, citing Axios; Axios also said Blanche answered that possible imprisonment would depend on the crimes committed. The remarks followed Donald Trump’s order for the Justice Department to investigate lawmakers who had threatened probes of his administration. Democrats, who won both chambers of Congress, plan investigations after taking control in two months, including into lethal military strikes, immigration tactics, no-bid contracts and federal construction projects.