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{"id":27787,"date":"2026-11-05T18:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/steve-scalise-tells-gop-chairs-to-prep-for-democratic-investigations\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:45:18","slug":"steve-scalise-tells-gop-chairs-to-prep-for-democratic-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/steve-scalise-tells-gop-chairs-to-prep-for-democratic-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Scalise tells GOP chairs to prep for Democratic investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told GOP committee chairs Thursday to steel themselves for upcoming Democratic investigations into President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and other targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough they ran on affordability, it is clear the main focus of their new majority will be retribution and unleashing countless witch hunts under the guise of \u2018oversight,\u2019\u201d he said of Democrats in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=000001a1-ad02-def8-a5f7-ff1a31f50000\" target=\"_blank\">letter obtained by POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise told the chairs to take \u201cinventory\u201d of the investigations they believe Democrats could launch under their committees\u2019 jurisdiction and identify administration officials who could be targets.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned Democrats have \u201csignaled they intend to impeach President Trump, but they will not stop there.\u201d He also noted that Democrats are expected to target Trump\u2019s family, cabinet officials and key allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all will be a key line of defense in this fight, and we must maximize our remaining days in power to prepare for what is coming,\u201d Scalise said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana Republican is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/11\/04\/congress\/steve-scalise-minority-leader-01149152\" target=\"_blank\">currently in a battle<\/a> with Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan \u2014 known for his oversight and investigations experience \u2014 to take over as top GOP leader next Congress. Jordan is arguing to members he is best prepared to counter Democrats, calling himself \u201cbattle-tested on the oversight front\u201d in his letter to colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told GOP committee chairs Thursday to steel themselves for upcoming Democratic investigations into President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and other targets. \u201cAlthough they ran on affordability, it is clear the main focus of their new majority will be retribution and unleashing countless witch hunts under the guise of \u2018oversight,\u2019\u201d he said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}