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Wed. 9:18 a.m.: Trump warns House Dems against starting investigations

President Donald Trump looks at his watch near the end of a campaign rally Monday in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning Democrats against using their new majority in the House of Representatives to investigate his administration. He said in a tweet this morning that if they do, the Republican-controlled Senate may investigate Democrats.

With the Democrats in the majority they now have the power to launch investigations and subpoena records, including possibly Trump’s tax filings and private business dealings.

Trump said that if the Democrats plan to “waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level,” then Republicans “will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level.”

He said that “two can play that game!”

It wasn’t clear what leaks he was referring to.

Asked about potential investigations, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said in a CNN interview this morning that “the president is not nervous about anything.”

Meanwhile, Trump is praising candidates who embraced his policies and principles during the midterm election, saying they “did very well.” In a tweet this morning, Trump tells those candidates who avoided him to “say goodbye!”

Trump is scheduled to “discuss our success in the Midterms!” at a White House news conference at 11:30 a.m. at the White House.

Trump campaigned repeatedly for Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates in Missouri, West Virginia, North Dakota, Florida, Georgia and other states where he won in 2016. Several of those candidates won their races Tuesday night, while other contests remained too close to call.

Trump says Tuesday’s “Big Win” for Republicans was achieved “all under the pressure of a Nasty and Hostile Media!”

But Tuesday didn’t bring complete good news for Republicans; Democrats won back control of the House. But the GOP gained ground in the Senate by defeating several Democrats in states where Trump was elected by wide margins in 2016. Republicans also preserved governorships in key states like Ohio and Florida.

Trump campaigned aggressively in the closing days of the campaign, mostly to help Republican Senate candidates.

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