President Donald Trump fired a warning shot to congressional Democrats on Tuesday night.
As the president faces a slew of investigations from the new House Democratic majority, he warned the party against coming probes into his policies and personal finances. He claimed the only things that can stop a strong U.S. economy “are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations.”
“If there is going to peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. It just doesn’t work that way!” Trump said as Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., looked on stone-faced.
The remarks come as Trump continues to rage about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, which the president has repeatedly called a “witch hunt.” The investigation has increasingly closed in around the president, pulling in his ex-lawyer, former campaign chairman and longtime political confidant.
Democrats have also promised to conduct oversight of policies from his travel ban to separation of migrant children from parents at the southern U.S. border. They have also taken their first major step to acquire the president’s tax returns, which he has refused to release, breaking with presidential precedent.
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