Trump lashed out at them on Truth Social and called the Democratic lawmakers “extortionists”. United States President Donald Trump has ordered the ⁠⁠Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into Democrats ‌‌for “threatening a lot of people” with impeachment and other ⁠⁠forms of ⁠⁠punishment, following their midterm election victory. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said what Democrats had done amounted to a “criminal act”, without providing evidence.