‘Tough talk is NOT a crime’: Dave Aronberg SLAMS Todd Blanche over threat to lawmakers

MEANWHILE, ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCH. SUGGESTED THIS WEEKEND THAT DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS WHO. WERE. PLANNING TO LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS. INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. COULD BE PROSECUTED. IT FOLLOWED A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. ON SATURDAY BY TRUMP WHO HE WROTE IN PART, DEMOCRATS ARE GOING AROUND THREATENING A LOT. OF PEOPLE WITH IMPEACHMENT. ADDING, I AM ORDERING THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO COMPANY WOULD BE ABLE. TO LOOK INTO THIS CRIMINAL ACT IMMEDIATELY. BLANCH DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT DURING AN. INTERVIEW TUESDAY ON FOX NEWS. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH.

WE CANNOT LET THE RHETORIC TURN FROM HONEST. DEBATE TO ACTUAL CRIMINAL CONDUCT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A PROBLEM. ALL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS. IMPEACHMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. AND GOING AFTER COMPANIES THAT. WANT TO BUILD JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. JOINING US NOW, FORMER STATE ATTORNEY FOR. PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DAVE AARONBURG, AN MSNOW THANK YOU FOR. JOINING US. WE'LL BE BACK WITH US AS WELL. DAVE, I SHOULD ADD THAT YESTERDAY. A LETTER WAS SENT TO CONGRESS.

FROM THE DOJ WARNING ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP BACK ON TRUTH SOCIAL THIS MORNING, HAVING A MELTDOWN. ABOUT A VARIETY OF THINGS INCLUDING. AN ALLEGED NEW CARAVAN FROM. MEXICO WHICH SAYS HE'S GOING TO. FORCE HIM TO PUT MORE TARRIFFS. ON MOST OF HIS POSTS ARE ABOUT. THESE IMPENDING INVESTIGATIONS. INTO WHAT IS WIDELY PERCEIVED CORRUPTION IN HIS. ADMINISTRATION. JONATHAN, HE KEEPS USING THE WORD EXTORTION. BUT CONGRESSIONAL oversight is. not extortion it's a constitutional power.

if anything it's the doj that's. doing the threatening here saying. you investigate us we'll investigate. you it's like a tony soprano version. of checks and balances. And I think that Congressman Garcia's lawyer. up comment was unnecessary. He didn't need to say that, but tough talk is not a. crime. and neither is issuing lawful subpoenas. Republicans like James Comer. and Senator Eric Schmidt. and Ed Martin from the DOJ, they use that same. lawyer-up taunt.

against Democrats. So there's a lot of hypocrisy here, especially when this administration warns. against investigations motivated by retribution. I'm old enough to remember when Trump campaigned. on being your retribution. So, congressional Democrats are not going to. be scared off by Blanche's threats. And the threats are also unnecessary. because subpoena recipients already have. protection through the courts. if things get out of control. Congressional investigations must serve a.

lawful legislative purpose. And the Constitution's speech. or debate clause protects lawmakers. from being prosecuted for legitimate legislative. work. And there's also executive privilege. We've seen that before, although that's limited to. communications. involving official decisions. of the president or close advisors. So there's no executive privilege just. for being Elon Musk or just. for being related to the president. So watch out. You know, Dave was kind of funny about this is. that Todd Blanche used the phrase rhetoric.

Rhetoric is being used, blah, blah, dangerous rhetoric. And it makes me wonder if he ever listened to. the president of the United States some days. in terms of threatening language being used. This guy is the attorney general. of the United States of America. Clearly, he doesn't understand basic. human behavior, never mind the the law. He's playing to an audience of one, Mike, because have you ever seen an attorney. general appear at CPAC before?

Todd Blanche did. And he knows that he's got to please Trump to. keep his job. I mean, trust me, if if Adam Schiff and. Letitia James woke. up this morning in an orange jumpsuit. and a pair of steel bracelets, Pam Bonney would still be attorney general. So Todd Blanche knows this and he's actually right. that the DOJ can legally represent current. and former officials subpoenaed. about the government work, but he can't guarantee. everyone. a defense regardless of what they did. because DOJ lawyers cannot. represent someone whose defense.

conflicts with our country's interests. And, you know, Congress has some leverage here. Even if DOJ says we're not going to. prosecute people who avoid your subpoenas, Congress has leverage through impeachment. and the power of the purse. They can also go to court. to seek enforcement of the subpoenas. and a judge can order compliance. and it can be contempt of court. The thing that Congress has to worry about here, though, is delay because that's the tried. and true strategy of this administration. And the Democrats know this, which is why you YOU CAN EXPECT THIS,

THE PENIS TO START FLYING EARLY ON. STORY LINE TO WATCH TO BE SURE. AS DEMOCRATS TRY TO BALANCE HOW. THEY'RE GOING TO PASS A POSITIVE. AGENDA WITH HOLDING TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. FORMER STATE ATTORNEY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DAVE ERENBERG.