Aaron Parnas says Trump's answer to losing Congress is to prosecute the people holding him accountable
Aaron ParnasAttorney and political commentator, in his Substack newsletter
Parnas writes that four days after losing both chambers of Congress, Trump's response is to prosecute the people trying to hold him accountable, and that Trump calls Democrats' promise of subpoenas, hearings and investigations extortion.
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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.
“Four days after losing both chambers of Congress, Donald Trump has found his response: prosecute the people trying to hold him accountable.”
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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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Parnas's newsletter post opens with Trump's order to the Justice Department and argues that Democrats' promised subpoenas, hearings and investigations are oversight, not extortion.
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Parnas opened his November 7 newsletter post with Trump's order to the Justice Department.
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He wrote that Trump describes Democrats' promise to issue subpoenas, hold hearings and investigate misconduct as extortion, and that what Democrats have said is far from extortion.
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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. Parnas describes the order as an effort to prosecute the people trying to hold Trump accountable.
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Eric Daugherty cheers Trump's order and says Democrats are over-reaching
“Time for no mercy. Dems are already over-reaching from the midterms!”Read statement
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