Democrats will have ‘field day’ with Trump inquiries if they win House, legal experts say

Donald Trump on 26 June. Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Donald Trump on 26 June. Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock Democrats will have ‘field day’ with Trump inquiries if they win House, legal experts say Investigations into president and corruption charges will get heavy scrutiny if Democrats win majority in midterms Donald Trump’s presidency is facing investigations and corruption charges from a key House Democrat and ex-prosecutors, involving political and personal abuses of power, which legal experts predict will get heavy scrutiny if Democrats win the House majority in the midterms. Legal critics call the scandals dogging the president “target rich” for investigations that Democrats will have a “field day” investigating if they win the House majority. Critics cite, for instance, Trump’s damaging the rule of law by weaponizing the Department of Justice (DoJ) to exact revenge on political foes and protect himself from federal investigations, plus Trump moves to profit in radical ways from his presidency with lucrative and new cryptocurrency ventures. Among the scandals plaguing Trump are a proposed $1.8bn “anti-weaponization” slush fund to help “Maga” allies charged with crimes and deter IRS investigations of Trump’s taxes, the weaponization of DoJ to prosecute Trump enemies and help friends, the escalating private and public costs of his prized White House ballroom , and Trump’s backing of cryptocurrency policies that coincided with his earning a whopping $1.4bn from his crypto ventures in 2025. Trump hijacked US’s 250 anniversary to serve ‘political ideology and pet projects’, congressional report says Read more In the House, Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the judiciary committee, has already spearheaded Democratic inquiries by the panel and is expected to assume the top post and lead key investigations if Democrats take back the House. In Raskin’s eyes, the stakes are high for the rule of law and democracy. “The political and financial corruption driving the Trump presidency is a civic emergency,” Raskin said in a statement. “Congress has a responsibility to confront all this corruption directly – to expose it and take all steps necessary to crush it as quickly as possible. “Democrats may not yet hold the gavels, but we are already pursuing a broad range of investigations using every tool available to us. That work includes scrutiny of, and opposition to, the $1.8bn convicted criminal slush fund and super pardon for the Trumps,” which he has noted gives them total and permanent immunity from all tax and legal matters. View image in fullscreen Jamie Raskin. Photograph: Allison Robbert/AP Raskin in his statement also cited investigations into “the weaponization of the Department of Justice against chosen enemies in the nonprofit world; the comprehensive Epstein human trafficking cover-up; rampant violations of the foreign emoluments clause and legal conflicts of interest by the president, Ja