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Posted on 11/11/2026 3:13:31 PM PST by Bullish
Garcia’s ‘Lawyer Up’ campaign ran straight into the Supreme Court’s rule against retributive investigations
White House Counsel William O. Scharf sent a scathing letter (see below) this week to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, reminding him that the Constitution, and the Supreme Court, limit congressional investigations to legitimate legislative purposes. Scharf warned that the Democrats’ public vows to weaponize subpoenas against the Trump administration, its officials, and even private citizens “may cross the line into blatant criminality.”
The letter, dated November 9, cites Watkins v. United States (354 U.S. 178, 187 (1957)), in which the Court held that “[i]nvestigations conducted solely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to ‘punish’ those investigated are indefensible.” Scharf wrote that Congress “cannot employ them to exercise powers of criminal prosecution assigned to the Executive and the Judiciary.”
He noted that Garcia and other Democrats have “evinced a clear intent to transgress” those limits through “abusive and capricious threats.” Garcia’s own rhetoric drew particular scrutiny.
After Democrats flipped the House, he told Trump administration officials to “lawyer up,” launched a campaign under that slogan, and later chalked up his motives to “gay” “pettiness” rather than any legislative purpose while comparing himself to a demonic clown. Scharf highlighted other Democrats’ statements: one said they would “toss” subpoenas “like candy,” another wanted a Cabinet official to “squirm,” and still others openly discussed using hearings to pave the way for prosecutions or jail time. “
Abusive threats and public statements about the indiscriminate issuance of subpoenas, along with threats directed at prospective targets within the Administration make it abundantly clear that any forthcoming investigative processes will be deployed to harass and aggrandize, rather than to advance any legitimate legislative end,” Scharf wrote.
The letter continued: “Threats to executive branch officials designed to deter them from public service, or process designed merely to abuse or instill fear in the recipient may cross the line into blatant criminality. And issuing unlawful subpoenas with the intention of depriving citizens of their constitutional rights and privileges may warrant further investigation.” Scharf closed by stating the administration “will not be extorted and will not be cowed by unlawful process motivated by animus, pettiness, hatred, or any other unlawful motive to intimidate, penalize, or interfere with the lawful functioning of government.”
This is the same Democratic pattern California has seen for years: sanctuary policies that openly defy federal immigration law, the release of thousands of criminal illegal aliens onto California streets, and rhetoric that labels federal agents as “terrorists”. Garcia, who once prioritized RuPaul over the concrete problems of his Long Beach constituents, now appears ready to turn the Oversight Committee into a stage for punishment rather than legislation—the precise conduct the Supreme Court has called indefensible.
Garcia responded that Congress is a “co-equal branch” and will not be deterred. The Constitution, as Scharf reminded him, says otherwise.
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A copy of the letter mentioned above at link.
Fine. DOJ needs to give him a root canal investigation.
“I don’t think Senor Garcia cares a bit about the SC’s rule. He’s more of a Mexican politics kind of guy.
A copy of the letter mentioned above at link.”
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Congress doesn’t have the power to charge crimes against anyone, so the cited case is irrelevant.
Congress clearly does have Constitutional oversight authority, no matter how much whining Trump or his spokesholes do. The only thing Congress can do if they find evidence of a crime is refer the matter to DOJ, which is where at least one of the oversight targets sits in office.
Thousands of leading Democrats are criminals.
None are in prison.
That is why they do not care what the administration says.
“The only thing Congress can do if they find evidence of a crime is refer the matter to DOJ”
...where cases against prominent Democrats go to die.
Anything a sitting member of Congress says is protected by the “Speech and Debate Clause” of the Constitution.
The only thing the WH lawyer did was add the name “Scharf” to the incoming Democrats witness and subpoena list.
Since the Democrat party has morphed into a criminal enterprise over the last 75 years or so, what else would we expect?
“The only thing Congress can do if they find evidence of a crime is refer the matter to DOJ”
...where cases against prominent Democrats go to die.”
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The entire DOJ has been under the control of Trump and Blanche for the last 2 years. How many Democrats have been charged? Are Trump and Blanche working against you conservatives?
No, just another dishonest post by cgbg.
I am not sure what your point is.
No prominent Democrats have been indicted in the last years.
That is not an opinion. It is a fact.
With Miller, the under 50 Right Wingers take control, and we are out for blood.
Democrats play hardball.
Republicans don't.
Neither the Constitution nor the Supreme Court will be allowed to be a factor in this witch hunt.
Oh God!
A SCATHING LETTER!!
They all have to be on the same team.
Oh God!
A SCATHING LETTER!!
They all have to be on the same team.
But they sure sent Tom delay to prison in a heartbeat. (Actually Blagojevich went to prison- he was a dem, but the demo threw him under buss)
“Robert Julio Garcia was born in Lima, Peru. He arrived in the United States with his mother in 1982, at age 5, on Visitors Visas. They became unlawful when they overstayed their visas.” Was the first openly gay mayor of Long Beach, CA.
Why are Alvin Bragg and Letitia James walking free?
Bragg and James: More like struttin' free. Our sassy selves are livin' the good life.
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