Pelosi heir-apparent calls Trump’s Venezuela move a ‘lawless coup,’ urges impeachment, slams Netanyahu

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A San Francisco Democrat demanded the impeachment of President Donald Trump, accusing him of carrying out a "coup" against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

California state Sen. Scott Wiener, seen as the likely congressional successor to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, also took a swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wiener has frequently drawn national attention for his progressive positions, including his legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom designating California as a "refuge" for transgender children and remarks at a San Francisco Pride Month event referring to California children as "our kids."

In a lengthy public statement following the Trump administration’s arrest and extradition of Maduro to New York, Wiener said the move shows the president only cares about "enriching his public donors" and "cares nothing for the human or economic cost of conquering another country."

KAMALA HARRIS BLASTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CAPTURE OF VENEZUELA’S MADURO AS ‘UNLAWFUL AND UNWISE’

"This lawless coup is an invitation for China to invade Taiwan, for Russia to escalate its conquest in Ukraine, and for Netanyahu to expand the destruction of Gaza and annex the West Bank," said Wiener, who originally hails from South Jersey.

He suggested that the Maduro operation was meant to distract from purportedly slumping poll numbers, the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, and to essentially seize another country’s oil reserves.

"Trump is a total failure," Wiener said. "By engaging in this reckless act, Trump is also making the entire world less safe ... Trump is making clear yet again that, under this regime, there are no rules, there are no laws, there are no norms – there is only whatever Trump thinks is best for himself and his cronies at a given moment in time."

GREENE HITS TRUMP OVER VENEZUELA STRIKES, ARGUES ACTION 'DOESN'T SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'

In response, the White House said the administration's actions against Maduro were "lawfully executed" and included a federal arrest warrant."

"While Democrats take twisted stands in support of indicted drug smugglers, President Trump will always stand with victims and families who can finally receive closure thanks to this historic action," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said.

Supporters of the operation have pushed back on claims of "regime change" – an accusation Wiener also made – pointing to actions by Maduro-aligned courts that barred top opposition leader María Corina Machado from running, even as publicly reported results indicated her proxy, Edmundo González Urrutia, won the vote.

"Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela isn’t about drugs, and it isn’t about helping the people of Venezuela or restoring Venezuelan democracy," Wiener added. "Yes, Maduro is awful, but that’s not what the invasion is about. It’s all about oil and Trump’s collapsing support at home."

EX-ESPN STAR KEITH OLBERMANN CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF TRUMP OVER VENEZUELA STRIKES THAT CAPTURED MADURO

Around the country, a handful of other Democrats referenced impeachment or impeachable offenses, but did not go as far as Wiener in demanding such proceedings.

Rep. April McClain-Delaney, D-Md., who represents otherwise conservative "Mountain Maryland" in the state’s panhandle, said Monday that Democrats should "imminently consider impeachment proceedings," according to TIME.

McClain-Delaney said Trump acted without constitutionally-prescribed congressional authorization and wrongly voiced "intention to ‘run’ the country."

SCHUMER BLASTED TRUMP FOR FAILING TO OUST MADURO — NOW WARNS ARREST COULD LEAD TO ‘ENDLESS WAR’

One frequent Trump foil, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., cited in a statement that she has called for Trump’s impeachment in the past; blaming Republicans for letting the president "escape accountability."

"Today, many Democrats have understandably questioned whether impeachment is possible again under the current political reality. I am reconsidering that view," Waters said. 

"What we are witnessing is an unprecedented escalation of an unlawful invasion, the detention of foreign leaders, and a president openly asserting power far beyond what the Constitution allows," she said, while appearing to agree with Trump that Maduro was involved in drug trafficking and "collaborat[ion] with… terrorists."

Wiener's upcoming primary is considered the deciding election in the D+36 district, while a handful of other lesser-known candidates have reportedly either filed FEC paperwork or declared their candidacy, including San Francisco Councilwoman Connie Chan.

White House torches Democrats’ Jan 6 ‘gaslighting’ claims in anniversary takedown

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EXCLUSIVE: The White House published a new website Tuesday detailing the timeline of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, taking aim at Democrat lawmakers for allegedly promoting a "gaslighting narrative" surrounding the protest to silence their political opponents. 

"The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as ‘insurrectionists’ and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government," the new website states. 

"In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection," the website continued, pointing to the certification of the 2020 election that the White House described as "fraud-ridden" and for allegedly "weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters." 

"All while (then-Speaker of the House Nancy) Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power," the website continues. "This gaslighting narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining democracy."  

BBC SAYS IT WILL FIGHT TRUMP’S $10 BILLION LAWSUIT OVER EDITED JAN 6 COMMENTS

Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the protest that has haunted U.S. politics throughout the Biden administration and through the 2024 campaign cycle, as Democrats slammed Trump for allegedly promoting a riot. The new website works to shed accurate light on the events of the protest following years of Democrats describing it as a dark moment in U.S. history. 

The new site boasts the historic date with black and white images of Democrats and others who investigated the breach, a timeline of Trump supporters gathering in Washington, D.C., ahead of and after the breach, and how the House Administration Subcommittee’s Interim Report reviewing the breach uncovered "critical security failures on January 6, 2021, that were largely due to politicized decisions by Democratic leadership and the Pentagon."

The Jan. 6th Select Committee was charged with the initial investigation into the breach and ultimately referred Trump for prosecution in 2022. The committee became a lightning rod of criticism for Trump and Republicans, who accused the congressional body of "deleting and destroying" evidence related to the investigation, which was detailed in the House Administration Subcommittee’s Interim Report published in December 2024. 

TRUMP SAYS LAWSUIT AGAINST BBC WILL BE FILED IMMINENTLY

The website's timeline of Jan. 6, 2021, kicks off with Trump's "call to action" for Americans to travel to Washington, D.C., "for a peaceful and historic demonstration." 

The timeline walks users through the events of the day, including excerpts focused on: "President Trump Delivers Powerful Speech," "Patriots March to the Capitol," "Capitol Police Response Escalates Tensions," "President Trump Urges Calm," and "Leaked Pelosi Video Exposes Security Lapses."

Supporters of Trump gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, when Congress was set to certify the Electoral College vote that determined President Joe Biden was elected to the nation's highest office. 

Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi was a key figure in the protest's subsequent investigations, as she served as speaker of the House at the time. Footage from inside the Capitol during the protest showed that she admitted to taking "responsibility" for the breach. 

"Leaked footage captured by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter shows the Speaker during the chaos admitting, 'I take responsibility,' for security failures," the White House website states. "The video exposes Pelosi’s catastrophic failure to prepare, including rejecting President Trump’s reported advance offers of 10,000 troops to maintain security. Pelosi’s daughter’s own footage shows she knew security was so limited under her watch, exposing the deliberate refusal to accept offered reinforcements that could have prevented or delayed required reinforcements."

Pelosi's office has slammed the promotion of the video as cherry-picked statements that don't contradict that Pelosi was not responsible for handling security at the Capitol, as tactical decisions ahead of the protest fell under the Capitol Police's and the Capitol Police Board's purview. 

When asked about the new site and remarks focused on Pelosi, the House Speaker emerita's spokesman, Ian Krager, slammed the use of "cherry-picked, out-of-context clips" to allegedly downplay "the deadly insurrection," which included the fatal shooting of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt while in the Capitol.

"Numerous independent fact-checkers have confirmed again and again that Speaker Pelosi did not plan her own assassination on January 6th," Krager said. "Cherry-picked, out-of-context clips do not change the fact that the Speaker of the House is not in charge of the security of the Capitol Complex — on January 6th or any other day of the week. The ongoing attempts to whitewash the deadly insurrection are shameful, unpatriotic, and pathetic."

Pelosi published a statement Tuesday on the anniversary of the breach, calling it an "attempted coup" via "a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States." 

"We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people," Pelosi wrote in the statement published Tuesday. "But the attack failed because of the courage of public servants who gave proof through the night that our flag was still there by refusing to bend to pressure, threats, or intimidation. On that day, the Constitution held and we kept the Republic."

LEGAL ANALYST PREDICTS TRUMP COULD WIN 'CONSIDERABLE' DAMAGES FROM BBC DOCUMENTARY LAWSUIT

Jan. 6, 2021, thrust Trump into a legal and political storm that followed him out of office, fueling his second impeachment and years of courtroom battles. Democrats cited his words and actions surrounding the Capitol riot as grounds for "incitement of insurrection," while prosecutors later built separate cases probing election interference and efforts to overturn the 2020 results. 

Democrats stated that Jan. 6 was one of the darkest days in U.S. history, repeatedly pointing to it throughout the Biden administration and 2024 campaign cycle as the Biden–Harris ticket, followed by the Harris–Walz ticket, worked to preserve the party's control of the executive branch. 

Biden called Jan. 6 a "dark moment" and "an assault on the citadel of liberty" back in 2021, while former Vice President Kamala Harris said during the 2024 presidential debate that it was "the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War."

Trump has hit back at Democratic rhetoric, defending that he told supporters to march "peacefully and patriotically" outside the Capitol, while also describing the day as "a day of love" and casting many defendants as unfairly targeted. The president granted clemency to all individuals convicted or awaiting trial over the breach, roughly 1,600 people, upon his return to the Oval Office in January 2025. 

TRUMP ISSUES FRESH PARDONS FOR JAN 6 DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING WOMAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING FBI ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The new White House website page argues in one section that "President Trump Corrected a Historic Wrong—freeing Americans Who Were Unjustly Punished and Restoring Fairness Under the Law." 

"With his triumphant return to the White House, President Trump wasted no time righting one of the darkest wrongs in modern American history," the site states. "On Inauguration Day 2025, he issued sweeping pardons and commutations for the vast majority of January 6 defendants—patriotic citizens who had been viciously overcharged, denied due process, and held as political hostages by a vengeful regime." 

The major legal cases targeting Trump that were tied to claims he worked to overturn the 2020 election were later dropped after Trump returned to office, while a Georgia election-interference prosecution against Trump and others was also dismissed. 

The BBC is currently wrapped up in a $10 billion defamation lawsuit leveled by Trump in a Florida federal court over a documentary the outlet published ahead of the 2024 election that included an edited clip of Trump's 2021 speech on Jan. 6. The outlet has apologized for an "error of judgment" regarding editing the speech, but has rejected demands for financial compensation. The edited video is also included on the White House's latest website. 

GOP hides Jan. 6 memorial as rioters go on crime spree

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On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republicans are trying to pretend the insurrection and its aftereffects never happened—all while Democrats are revealing that rioters pardoned by President Donald Trump continue to commit crimes.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a congressionally authorized plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the Republican-initiated attack on the Capitol remains hidden, despite that it was meant to be hung in a place of prominence.

House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, have opposed hanging the commemoration, even though Congress is required to do so in legislation that passed in 2022.

In response to the attempt to whitewash the riot, more than 100 House Democrats have hung up reproductions of the plaque outside their congressional offices.

Some House Democrats have printed out images of the Jan 6 plaque … and hung the images outside of their offices ====>

— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) 2026-01-06T13:43:57.016Z

To highlight the historical importance of Jan. 6, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee also released a report on Monday detailing the fallout from Trump pardoning insurrectionists.

The report, titled “Where Are They Now: The Perpetrators of January 6th and the Defenders of Democracy Who Stopped Them,” reveals that at least 33 of the people Trump pardoned have gone on to commit more crimes.

For instance, after receiving a pardon from Trump, Texas man Andrew Taake was arrested last February on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor. Edward Kelley, another pro-Trump insurrectionist, was convicted of plotting to assassinate law enforcement officers.

By releasing men and women imprisoned for attempting to overthrow the government in his name, Trump has enabled a crime spree.

Trump became the only president in American history to be impeached twice after he was impeached in January 2021 for his role in inciting the attack. Since winning the 2024 presidential election, he has installed key figures associated with the attack in his administration and has begun pushing for taxpayers to finance payments to Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

Trump’s recent abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has led to renewed calls for his impeachment, which, if it came to pass, would be his third.

Maduro’s wife suffered ‘significant injuries’ in dramatic capture, attorney alleges

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's wife arrived to court in New York City wearing bandages on her face and complaining of bruises on her ribs, according to her lawyer.

Her attorney, veteran prosecutor Mark Donnelly, told the court that Cilia Flores suffered "significant injuries" when U.S. forces raided the couple's compound in Caracas on Saturday. Donnelly requested that Flores receive a full X-ray to determine whether she fractured a rib in the incident.

Flores was already wearing two bandages on her face, one on her forehead and another above her eye.

Both she and her husband pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism and other charges in their first appearance on Monday.

SWITZERLAND IMPOSES 4-YEAR ASSET FREEZE LINKED TO MADURO, ASSOCIATES FOLLOWING VENEZUELAN LEADER'S CAPTURE

Maduro faces four charges: narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.

Flores faces three charges, including cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.

Donnelly filed a motion to serve as counsel for Flores earlier Monday. He previously served 12 years at the Department of Justice, including as senior advisor to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.

DEFIANT MADURO DECLARES HE IS A 'PRISONER OF WAR' IN FIRST US COURT APPEARANCE

"Mark has extensive experience investigating white collar cases, having run the Southern District’s fraud division for over two years. His white collar practice included FCPA investigations, Healthcare Fraud, joint SEC matters, large scale investor fraud, and cyber security matters," Donnelly's biography on the website for the Parker Sanchez & Donnelly law firm reads.

The Texas House of Representatives also enlisted Donnelly to assist in the 2023 investigation and impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton's impeachment case made it to the Texas Senate, but he was ultimately acquitted on all charges.

Maduro and Flores, who have been married for 12 years, were first introduced while working closely with Maduro's predecessor, Hugo Chávez. At the time, Maduro described her as having a "fiery character," according to Reuters.

The pair did not marry until nearly two decades after first meeting, after Maduro was elected president in 2013.

Fox News' Emma Bussey contributed to this report.

Trump faces a third impeachment—and it’s not just about Venezuela

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Several congressional Democrats have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office following his abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. But less than a year into his second term, this is hardly Trump’s only impeachable offense.

“Trump and his administration have consolidated power and committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil and pursue regime change in line with their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere,” Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois said in a statement Sunday. “Trump must be impeached.”

Similarly, Rep. Dan Goldman of New York called the action Trump’s “unilateral and unauthorized military operation” and “an impeachable offense.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro getting off a helicopter on his way to Manhattan Federal Court on Jan. 5.

And Rep. Jared Huffman of California called Trump’s behavior “truly insane” and called to invoke the 25th Amendment, which says that a president can be removed from office due to incapacity.

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh of Illinois called on her fellow Democrats to take action in response to Trump’s many lawless actions.

“Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine. No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment. Impeach. Convict. Remove,” she wrote on Bluesky.

The current crop of impeachment demands is in response to Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, which is likely a violation of international law. Trump also broke the law by keeping Congress in the dark about his plan to abduct Maduro.

But since the start of his second term, Trump has engaged in numerous acts that would easily meet the constitutional requirement for impeachment.

Among them is his administration’s abductions and deportations of international students, solely for expressing personal beliefs that diverge from the right. Trump has also abused the immigration system by deporting Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, which the administration has defended with a series of lies and misinformation.

Trump could also be credibly impeached for accepting a bribe from CBS’ parent company Paramount in exchange for approving its merger with Skydance. And in May, Trump received a jet from the Qatari government, which he has said he will convert to operate as Air Force One.

Trump also abused his presidential powers by deploying the National Guard to multiple cities, including Washington and Los Angeles, based on lies about crime purportedly increasing—crime fell in those cities under the Biden administration.

Rioters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, at the encouragement of President Donald Trump. 

He also engaged in behavior like diverting funds authorized by Congress for his own pet projects, pushing for the execution of members of Congress, and using the Justice Department as his own personal retribution machine. 

Just four months into his second term, Trump was already the target of impeachment legislation, authored by Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan.

Trump holds the record for most impeached president in U.S. history after facing charges of abusing his office as part of a planned smear campaign against and for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

While it’s unlikely that Trump’s allies would put their partisanship aside to remove him as a threat to the country, another impeachment would make clear to millions—domestically and around the world—that his brand of criminal presidency is out of line. 

And the Republicans that give their blessing would be further tainted by their association with this rogue president.

Trump faces a third impeachment—and it’s not just about Venezuela

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Several congressional Democrats have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office following his abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. But less than a year into his second term, this is hardly Trump’s only impeachable offense.

“Trump and his administration have consolidated power and committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil and pursue regime change in line with their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere,” Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois said in a statement Sunday. “Trump must be impeached.”

Similarly, Rep. Dan Goldman of New York called the action Trump’s “unilateral and unauthorized military operation” and “an impeachable offense.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro getting off a helicopter on his way to Manhattan Federal Court on Jan. 5.

And Rep. Jared Huffman of California called Trump’s behavior “truly insane” and called to invoke the 25th Amendment, which says that a president can be removed from office due to incapacity.

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh of Illinois called on her fellow Democrats to take action in response to Trump’s many lawless actions.

“Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine. No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment. Impeach. Convict. Remove,” she wrote on Bluesky.

The current crop of impeachment demands is in response to Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, which is likely a violation of international law. Trump also broke the law by keeping Congress in the dark about his plan to abduct Maduro.

But since the start of his second term, Trump has engaged in numerous acts that would easily meet the constitutional requirement for impeachment.

Among them is his administration’s abductions and deportations of international students, solely for expressing personal beliefs that diverge from the right. Trump has also abused the immigration system by deporting Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, which the administration has defended with a series of lies and misinformation.

Trump could also be credibly impeached for accepting a bribe from CBS’ parent company Paramount in exchange for approving its merger with Skydance. And in May, Trump received a jet from the Qatari government, which he has said he will convert to operate as Air Force One.

Trump also abused his presidential powers by deploying the National Guard to multiple cities, including Washington and Los Angeles, based on lies about crime purportedly increasing—crime fell in those cities under the Biden administration.

Rioters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, at the encouragement of President Donald Trump. 

He also engaged in behavior like diverting funds authorized by Congress for his own pet projects, pushing for the execution of members of Congress, and using the Justice Department as his own personal retribution machine. 

Just four months into his second term, Trump was already the target of impeachment legislation, authored by Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan.

Trump holds the record for most impeached president in U.S. history after facing charges of abusing his office as part of a planned smear campaign against and for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

While it’s unlikely that Trump’s allies would put their partisanship aside to remove him as a threat to the country, another impeachment would make clear to millions—domestically and around the world—that his brand of criminal presidency is out of line. 

And the Republicans that give their blessing would be further tainted by their association with this rogue president.

Trump flips Democrats’ ‘no one is above the law’ mantra after Walz drops re-election bid

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President Donald Trump flipped the script on Democrats’ "no one is above the law" mantra after years of hearing it aimed at him, invoking the phrase after news broke Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz would not seek re-election as a sweeping fraud scandal rocks his state.

"Governor Walz has destroyed the State of Minnesota, but others, like Governor Gavin Newscum, JB Pritzker, and Kathy Hochul, have done, in my opinion, an even more dishonest and incompetent job. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!" Trump posted to Truth Social Monday afternoon. 

The message followed Walz announcing Monday that he was withdrawing his re-election effort to continue serving as governor. Walz was first elected the state's top leader in 2018 in a political career that also included him campaigning coast-to-coast in 2024 as former Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. 

"As I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all," Walz wrote in a statement. "Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences."

KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS MINNESOTA'S 'ENTIRE DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION' WILL HAVE TO RESIGN OVER FRAUD SCANDAL

Minnesota has come under fierce scrutiny in recent weeks as a sprawling fraud scandal that has led to dozens of arrests, mostly from the state's large Somali community, since 2022 comes to light. Minnesota was allegedly home to a massive COVID-era scheme that allegedly involved money laundering operations related to fraudulent meal and housing programs, daycare centers and Medicaid services, according to investigators. 

The Minnesota fraud is still being tabulated, with local officials speculating it could exceed $1 billion and rise to as high as $9 billion.

NICK SHIRLEY GLOATS HE 'ENDED TIM WALZ’ AFTER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR SCRAPS RE-ELECTION BID AMID FRAUD SCANDAL

Trump's use of the phrase "no one is above the law" follows years of Democrats employing the same rhetoric against him as he faced a barrage of charges and court cases in between his first and second administrations. 

"No one is above the law," President Joe Biden said after Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsified business records in a Manhattan court in May 2024. 

Trump faced four criminal indictments, which resulted in accusations of "lawfare" on the national stage as Trump maintained his innocence and slammed the cases as efforts by the Democratic Party to hurt his political chances for re-election in 2024. 

DAVID MARCUS: TIM WALZ'S WHITE GUILT FINALLY ENDS HIS CAREER AS MINNESOTA’S FRAUD EXPLODES

"As I’ve said before, no one is above the law, including Donald Trump," then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in 2023 after the Biden administration's Department of Justice announced Trump had been indicted on 37 counts related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Even during Trump's first administration, Democrats championed the phrase as they combated MAGA Republicans and Trump policies. 

"Everybody wants the president to be held accountable in the most serious way," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of Trump in 2019 amid a discussion at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, underscoring that Democrats believe "no one is above the law." "And everybody believes, now I'm talking on the Democratic side, that no one is above the law, especially the president of the United States."

"We must be clear: no one, not even the president, is above the law," Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said in a statement in 2019 when introducing articles of impeachment against Trump. 

COMER WARNS WALZ ABSENCE AT MINNESOTA FRAUD HEARING WOULD BE 'ADMISSION TO GUILT' BY GOVERNOR

Upon his victory over the Harris–Walz presidential ticket in 2024, Trump has taken a victory lap for allegedly snuffing out the weaponization of government. 

"We have ended weaponized government, where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent, like me. How did that work out?" he said during his joint address to Congress in 2025. "Not too good. Not too good." 

Trump added in his Monday Truth Social post that "Minnesota’s Corrupt Governor will possibly leave office before his Term is up," and that he's confident the fraud investigations "will reveal a seriously unscrupulous, and rich, group of 'SLIMEBALLS.'"

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson added in comment to Fox Digital on Monday afternoon when asked about the Truth Social post: "It shouldn’t take an education from the Quality Learing Center for Democrats to understand this: Tim Walz and his Somali friends have been caught ripping off hardworking Minnesota taxpayers and now they will face the consequences. President Trump is right, no one is above the law."

Walz has taken ownership of correcting the fraud. He said his administration had been taking action to stop some suspected fraudulent payments over the summer and that his office referred some for prosecution. The governor, however, has said that multibillion figures were "sensationalized" by Republicans.

"This is on my watch, I am accountable for this and, more importantly, I am the one that will fix it," Walz told reporters in December. 

Fox Digital reached out to Walz's office for a response to Trump's Truth Social but did not immediately receive a reply. 

Fox News Digital's Amanda Macias contributed to this report. 

Democrats label Trump’s Venezuela operation an ‘impeachable offense’

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Democrats' anger over President Donald Trump's weekend operation in Venezuela is now turning into demands for his impeachment by some members of the party's leftmost flank.

Several progressives have now called for proceedings against Trump after the administration carried out strikes in Caracas and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. 

"Many Americans woke up to a sick sense of déjà vu. Under the guise of liberty, an administration of warmongers has lied to justify an invasion and is dragging us into an illegal, endless war so they can extract resources and expand their wealth," Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., a member of the House's "Squad," posted on X over the weekend.

"We must pass Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s War Powers Resolution that asserts Congress' authorities, and Trump must be impeached."

GREENE HITS TRUMP OVER VENEZUELA STRIKES, ARGUES ACTION 'DOESN'T SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'

Ramirez was referring to a resolution led by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., aimed at blocking Trump from carrying out military action against Venezuela.

Meanwhile, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., who is facing a primary challenge from his left, criticized Trump for bypassing Congress to launch what he called a "war" with Venezuela, and he argued the administration failed to give lawmakers "any satisfactory explanation."

"This violation of the United States Constitution is an impeachable offense," Goldman said in a statement. "I urge my Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives to finally join Democrats in reasserting congressional authority by holding this president accountable for this gross violation of the Constitution."

HOUSE DEMOCRAT CALLS TRUMP'S MADURO CAPTURE 'WELCOME NEWS' AS LEFT ACCUSES HIM OF 'ILLEGAL ACTIONS'

Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., did not mention Trump by name, but she posted on X, "Let’s be clear, invading and running another country without a congressional declaration of war is an impeachable offense. Whether it makes sense to pursue impeachment as the best strategy to end this lawlessness is a tactical judgment that our Caucus needs to seriously deliberate."

And Golden State gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., did not rule out supporting Trump's impeachment when asked at a press conference in California, according to local outlet Pleasanton Weekly.

Progressive House candidates also spoke up, including Kat Abughazaleh, who is running for an open seat in Illinois.

"I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president," Abughazaleh posted on the Bluesky app.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for a response.

HOUSE GOP CRITICS BREAK WITH TRUMP OVER VENEZUELA OPERATION THAT CAPTURED MADURO

Republicans and Democrats have, for the most part, been sharply divided in their responses to the operation in Venezuela.

Democrats have accused Trump of running afoul of U.S. laws to launch an illegal invasion of a sovereign country.

Republicans, meanwhile, have defended it as a successful move to take out a dictator and longtime hostile actor to the U.S. and in the region as a whole.

Top GOP lawmakers have also argued there was no need to notify Congress prior to what they called a law enforcement action rather than a military operation.