Slotkin says Trump's threats of legal action did not work before and reveal more about him
Elissa SlotkinU.S. senator from Michigan (Democrat), on her X account
Slotkin writes that Trump had Stephen Miller draft a post threatening to put her in jail, and tells Trump that his threats of legal action did not work when his administration sought to indict her before a grand jury in February or when he threatened it again last month.
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Trump says Democrats who threaten the attorney general and other officials with impeachment, and Republican donors with imprisonment, are committing extortion and a criminal act that he is ordering the Justice Department to look into.
“Mr. President, your threats of legal action and worse didn't work when you tried to criminally indict me in front of a grand jury last February. Or when you threatened it again last month. If anything, your hair-trigger obsession on the issue of corruption and illegal orders reveals more about you then it does about me.”
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Trump says he is ordering the Justice Department to look into Democrats he accuses of extortion and names Elissa Slotkin; Slotkin says the post threatens to jail her
On November 7, 2026, four days after the midterm elections, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that Democrats were threatening the attorney general and other officials with impeachment and Republican donors with imprisonment. He called it extortion, named Sen. Elissa Slotkin and said he was ordering the Justice Department to look into it. Slotkin said the post threatened to put her in jail. Commentators Laura Loomer and Eric Daugherty welcomed the order, and Aaron Parnas criticized it.
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Slotkin writes that Trump had Stephen Miller draft a post threatening to put her in jail, says people who break the law or use taxpayer dollars to enrich themselves should be held accountable, and urges Trump to focus on the Iran war, tariffs and health care.
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Slotkin's Senate office releases her response to Trump's Truth Social post, the same text as her X post, with an introduction saying the post signaled possible legal action against her.
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Slotkin posted on the afternoon of November 7, after Trump's Truth Social post named her. She opened by saying Trump's response to voters was to promote Stephen Miller to chief of staff and have him draft a tweet threatening to put her in jail, and said people who break the law or use taxpayer dollars to enrich themselves should be held accountable.
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She urged Trump to work on ending the war with Iran and the tariffs and on the health care cuts that take effect on January 1. Her Senate office released the same text as a statement.
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The reference point is Trump's November 7 call for the Justice Department to look into Democrats he accuses of threatening Republican officials and donors. Slotkin, whom the post names, calls it a threat to put her in jail and part of a corrupt weaponization of the government.
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“Time for no mercy. Dems are already over-reaching from the midterms!”Read statement
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