Will Scharf's letter to Rep. Robert Garcia ran three pages. It cited two Supreme Court cases and no criminal statute.
Scharf, the White House counsel, dated the letter Monday, Nov. 9. Garcia, a California Democrat, is the incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee. The new Congress convenes Jan. 3. Politico published the letter Wednesday.
"We are monitoring the abusive and capricious threats that are now proliferating from Democrat legislators," Scharf wrote. Process "designed merely to abuse or instill fear in the recipient may cross the line into blatant criminality," the letter said. Issuing unlawful subpoenas "may warrant further investigation."
It was the third threat against congressional oversight in three days. None of the three named a crime.
