Jeffries won’t rule out impeachment as Democrats eye House majority

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda targeting President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party retakes the House in November’s elections, according to an Associated Press report.

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, in line to become House speaker, said, “There is a cost to the American people of the out-of-control corruption.” He added, “If folks have been stealing from the American people, shortchanging the American people or screwing over the American people, we are going to hold the crooks accountable.”

Democrats are probing Trump family wealth, alleged civil rights violations tied to ICE operations, and the closure of USAID, among other issues. Rep. Jamie Raskin, in line to chair the Judiciary Committee, called the issues “gargantuan,” saying: “We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money.”

Impeachment efforts are expected to focus more on Cabinet officials than Trump himself. “We haven’t ruled anything out,” Jeffries said, “and we haven’t ruled anything in.”