President Donald Trump is ordering the Department of Justice to investigate Democratic lawmakers for what he’s calling weaponization and lawfare against MAGA-aligned officials and leaders in the aftermath of the blue wave midterm elections. 

The president posted on social media Saturday that what Democrats are asking for is a “criminal act,” immediately ordering Attorney General Todd Blanche’s DOJ to act. 

“The 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 they admit they have no reason to do so, and there have been no impeachable acts committed, or even thought of, by the victims of this illegal process,” he penned on Truth Social.

In another post shortly after, the commander in chief continued, “The threats being made by the Democrat Party against innocent Republican Donors and Party Members are absolutely unprecedented, and totally illegal. Please report them to the Department of Justice, IMMEDIATELY! If you would like, send them directly to me, your President. These SLEAZEBAGS should go to jail for what they are doing. The Senate must act, and stop being pushed around to the point of the Republican Party losing Elections, and worse! Likewise, the DOJ and House of Representatives.”

Blanche echoed Trump’s concern during a Sunday appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash. 

“And over the last several days, we have seen the rhetoric even rise up to the point where they’re already — before they’re even in power, they’re already talking about investigations and impeachments, with no basis, no facts, just out there running around,” Blanche said. “That should be something that President Trump is very concerned about, and certainly I am as well.”

The attorney general asked the anchor, “Have you been listening to the rhetoric the past couple days? You honestly think that all [Congress is] doing is talking about their oversight obligations when they’re talking about going after basically every member of the Cabinet, they’re talking about impeachments, they’re talking about going after companies, private companies who happen to have made investments in this country over the past couple of years? That is not oversight. I welcome oversight. Oversight is exactly something they should be doing.”

In the late evening of November 3, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) posted the phrase “LAWYER UP.” to his X account, after it became clear Democrats would gain control of Congress.

Garcia shared more in a video posted to social media on Friday, laying out his contempt for the Trump family and reasoning for his desire to act against the GOP:

“The American people have spoken, and they are tired of the unprecedented level of corruption coming out of this White House and under President Trump. Now, while Donald Trump and his family enrich themselves, the American family is struggling. Whether it’s Donald Trump Jr’s Red wedding, whether it’s the Trump son sitting on boards of companies that are getting contracts from the Pentagon, whether it’s the crypto schemes or Jared Kushner or the ballroom and the arch, Oversight Democrats are ready to take on all of it, to take on the crime family that are sitting in the White House, to take on the large corporations ripping off the American taxpayer.”

“And at the same time, we have ICE and DHS abusing their power, denying the constitutional rights of people on the street, attacking immigrants and putting them in detention centers,” Garcia insisted. “And then you have those coconspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, the folks that think they can get away with the abuse of women, children, and girls. Oversight Democrats are absolutely going to ensure that we investigate every single one of these instances and ensure that corruption in this country is taken on. Now let’s get to work.”

Members of Congress also promised an effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. During a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said that he is a “hard yes” on the resolution to remove the secretary from his office. “Pete Hegseth has got to go,” the Democratic representative added. 

At least one disgruntled Republican has already beaten Democrats to the punch. Articles of impeachment against Hegseth were introduced on the House floor by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Monday, alleging the secretary of War “abused” his powers and “knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders” by striking Iran, adding Hegseth “will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office.”

Chris Gacek, senior fellow for Regulatory Affairs at Family Research Council told The Washington Stand the Left won’t conceal its extremity now or in the future. “The Democrats will not be able to contain or hide their radicalism,” he explained. “This is a revolutionary party that will destroy any institution or people that obstruct their path to greater power. Investigations and impeachments with prosecutions have been threatened and will come.”