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Jeffries rejects White House warning and pledges congressional oversight.

A White House letter warned that threatening executive-branch officials to deter them from public service could constitute criminal conduct. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected the warning, describing it as legally and constitutionally inaccurate, Asharq News reports. He said the next Congress would exercise oversight of the Trump administration. The warning and Jeffries’ objections are competing legal positions, not a court ruling. The letter’s stated scope was threats intended to deter officials from public service, not congressional oversight itself.

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