It's an image Democrats have long envisioned: The president's youngest and most private son Barron Trump raising his right hand and promising to tell an assembly of hostile congressional investigators that he'll tell the whole truth.
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If the party wins back a controlling majority in either congressional chamber in the midterm elections come November, they intend to make those dreams of investigating the Trump family a reality.
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dreams → win → family
'There's enough Trump family corruption to go around,' Representative Jamie Raskin, a top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said in an interview last month.
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'I don’t think we have to worry about that.
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We will just be dividing it up.
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And no member of the Trump family will be considered off limits, a top Democratic political strategist said, telling the Daily Mail that for the first time, 20-year-old Barron and First Lady Melania Trump will be targeted.
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'Leave no stone unturned,' the source said.
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source → leave → stone
Trump is said to be 'angry' but 'not surprised' about the threats, sources tell the Daily Mail, as the president and his allies are preparing the entire family for two years of intense investigations.
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president → say → investigations
'Democrats have nothing to run on, so they attack the president, members of his cabinet, and members of his family instead of offering real solutions to help voters,' a White House official told the Daily Mail.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and their family are all expecting another round of congressional investigations
No member of the Trump family will be considered off limits, a top Democratic political strategist said
The West Wing also signaled its disgust with Democratic efforts.
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'Democrats targeted President Trump and his family with witch hunts and hoaxes for over a decade,' White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told the Daily Mail, as she dismissed 'years of lies and false accusations against him and his businesses from the fake news media.'
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she → target → media
Democrats have signaled they intend to target Barron after making demands for him to provide details of his private communications for scrutiny.
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him → signal → scrutiny
Last July, Representative Yassamin Ansari of Arizona requested that Barron testify and provide records for any possible contact with right-wing influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate after they were arrested in Miami.
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they → request → Miami
'I absolutely want to see Barron Trump come before Congress and answer questions about this,' Ansari said at the time.
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Ansari → want → time
'Barron Trump is an adult... he is somebody who is deeply involved in Trump's orbit and this whole man-o-sphere, and he has a lot of influence and so he needs to be held accountable.'
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he → involve → influence
The Trump family ignored Ansari's push, Democrats, being in the minority, were unable to issue a subpoena.
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Democrats → ignore → subpoena
He also has a founding role in the Trump family's World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency business, together with Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump.
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That deal has added more than a billion dollars to the Trump family's wealth.
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deal → add → wealth
Democrats view the cryptocurrency enterprise as one of the top targets for investigation, as the president moved to make the United States the 'crypto capital of the world.'
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States → view → world
Trump's other children have also faced additional scrutiny into their personal and financial activities.
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children → face → activities
Trump's 19-year-old granddaughter Kai Trump was criticized by Democrats after she modeled her personal clothing brand at the White House
Democratic Representative Robert Garcia sent a letter Tuesday requesting information from Ivanka Trump's husband Jared Kushner and his investment firm Affinity Partners.
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Garcia → criticize → husband
The letter cited a congressional investigation into 'the unprecedented and dangerous ways in which President Trump and his family have profited directly from their access to power' as Kushner, 45, works on diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.
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Trump Jr, 48, was criticized after Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev helped pay for celebrations surrounding his private wedding to 39-year-old Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas in May.
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Trump Jr moved to quell the controversy by repaying Kremlev's expenditures.
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Jr → move → expenditures
Tiffany Trump's business executive husband Michael Boulos faced scrutiny in June for sitting in meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Middle East leaders.
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husband → face → Rubio
Even Trump's 19-year-old granddaughter Kai Trump was criticized by Democrats after she modeled her personal clothing brand at the White House.
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she → criticize → House
With the stakes against the Trump family so high, some experts are wondering why Melania is not more involved on the campaign trail to support congressional Republicans.
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Melania → wonder → Republicans
While First Ladies Jill Biden and Michelle Obama routinely held political events for Democratic candidates in the midterms, political insiders told the Daily Mail they never expected Melania to embrace the campaign lifestyle.
'I think she just hates politics and she's putting up with it, but she's checked out,' one Republican strategist told the Daily Mail.
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strategist → hold → Mail
But the first lady will be unable to check out of the family's anticipated troubles over the next two years.
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lady → check → years
Trump's legal team is already prepping behind the scenes to stage a robust defense of his family, sources familiar with the efforts tell the Daily Mail.
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sources → preppe → Mail
Trump's MAGA Inc Super PAC has raised over $400 million dollars, a portion of which is being saved for the family's defenses in upcoming investigations should Democrats take power.
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Democrats → raise → power
A significant portion of the funds are first being used in the midterm elections to boost Republicans.
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portion → use → Republicans
But polling averages show that Republicans face strong political headwinds in November with a very real likelihood of losing the House and the Senate.
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Republicans → show → House
Ivanka Trump, 44, and husband Jared Kushner, 45, have three children together
The letter from Garcia cited a congressional investigation into 'the unprecedented and dangerous ways in which President Trump and his family have profited directly from their access to power' as Kushner (pictured left with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) works on diplomatic efforts in the Middle East
Boulos (pictured with wife Tiffany Trump, 32) faced scrutiny in June for sitting in meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Middle East leaders
The total legal costs will mount as more family members are added to the list for questioning.
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Calling First Lady Melania Trump to testify would be unprecedented, one Democratic source agreed, but key to their efforts to paint the entire family as a corrupt enterprise.
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source → call → enterprise
Although President Trump's communications with government staff on official government actions are protected by executive privilege, that does not universally apply to family members.
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that → protect → members
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Georgia Representative Hank Johnson already launched an investigation into the First Lady's $75 million deal with Amazon to produce a documentary on her life.
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Warren → launch → life
Warren suspected the lavish documentary of the First Lady was a vehicle for a corrupt pay-to-play bribery scheme with Amazon officials, although she has not yet found evidence of any crimes.
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she → suspect → crimes
Meanwhile, the family's attention and investment into meme coins, bitcoin companies, on top of their focus on artificial intelligence and tech investments is already hurting her brand.
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attention → hurt → brand
'She's so frustrating and difficult to understand and it seems that everything in the end is all about money, I think that's turned a lot of people off,' Author Kate Andersen Brower, who wrote the book First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies, told the Daily Mail.
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