AUTOMATED SUMMARY
President Donald Trump said he has ordered the Justice Department to investigate threatening letters that he says Democratic leaders sent to administration officials and other Republicans. He announced the move in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
The announcement came days after Democrats won control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Trump accused Democrats of extortion, and it was not immediately clear whether the DOJ had opened a probe.
FACTS
01 NTD reported that Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN and Fox News on Nov. 8 that Democrats had threatened donors and college students. NTD
Facts behind the paywall: “Trump's push to pursue the alleged conduct as a crime, his pardon vow for staffers, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin's grand jury case”
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