Amid a massive night for Democrats, who are projected to take control of the House of Representatives next year, incoming House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) had a blunt message for President Donald Trump and Republicans.
“Lawyer up,” he wrote on X.
Garcia “has vowed to take on the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files,” House Oversight Democrats said in a statement.
Garcia has been one of the leading Democrats in the House pushing the release of additional documents from the Justice Department related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Garcia last week issued a blistering statement against the DOJ, claiming Attorney General Todd Blanche was aiding the White House in its “cover-up of the Epstein investigation.”
“New reporting has revealed thousands of missing classified documents from the release of the Epstein files, including Epstein’s own financial records. Under the law, material can only be classified for national security purposes. What are these ‘classified’ documents the DOJ is hiding? We need answers immediately,” Garcia said.
Retaking power in Congress not only allows Democrats to block Trump’s agenda, but it also permits them broad power to investigate any potential wrongdoing by the administration.
If Garcia’s statement is any preview of what’s to come for Trump administration officials, they may have a rocky road ahead of them for the final two years of the president’s term.