Trump sets aside millions to defend family against potential probes if Democrats win House
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump is getting ready to put millions of dollars aside to help defend his family if Democrats take back Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.
The Daily Mail says Trump is thinking about using money from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to pay possible legal bills for his relatives. That would include first lady Melania Trump and his youngest son, Barron.
Democrats signal sweeping probes into Trump family business dealings
The reported plan could complicate Republican efforts to persuade Trump to spend more of his political war chest helping candidates ahead of the elections.
Democrats have signaled that, if they retake control of the House or Senate, they intend to scrutinize alleged conflicts of interest and claims that the Trump family has benefited financially from the presidency.
The White House, however, has dismissed the prospect of renewed investigations as politically motivated attacks against the president and his relatives.
Trump was impeached by House Democrats twice in his first term, once for threatening to withhold congressionally-approved military aid from Ukraine unless President Volodymyr Zelensky announced an investigation into Joe Biden and once for stoking the January 6 Capitol riot, only to be acquitted by Senate Republicans in each instance.
This time, top Democrats have signaled that, should they win back the majorities, they would focus their attention on the Trump family allegedly using the presidency to enrich themselves.
When Politico pressed California Rep Robert Garcia about his ideal approach in August, he said, “Ideally, it’s the president’s sons, the president himself, and the family.”
He also pointed to a few Trump advisers and Cabinet members he’d want to hear from, like Susie Wiles, Stephen Miller, and Jared Kushner, who’s Trump’s son-in-law.
In the same interview, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said: "There's enough Trump family corruption to go around. I don't think we have to worry about that. We will just be dividing it up."
Barron and Melania Trump could face unprecedented congressional scrutiny
It used to be that the president’s family was pretty much untouchable, but House Republicans changed that in 2024 when they started going after Hunter Biden.
Now, investigating the president’s relatives feels like fair game.
Last July, Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari said she wanted to hear Barron Trump talk to Congress about supposedly reaching out to Andrew Tate after Tate and his brother Tristan got arrested in Miami.
"Barron Trump is an adult," she told Mediaite. "He is somebody who is deeply involved in Trump's orbit and the whole manosphere, and he has a lot of influence. So he needs to be held accountable if he has committed any wrongdoing."
While all this was happening, Melania found herself at the center of a letter sent to Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy. In March, Massachusetts Sen Elizabeth Warren and Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson asked if Amazon’s $40 million documentary about her was really just a risky bet or even a bribe.
If Congress decides to call the first lady to testify, she'd be only the fourth in history. And she’d be the first to show up over a personal issue. Eleanor Roosevelt spoke about migrant labor back in 1940. Rosalynn Carter shared her thoughts on mental health in 1979. Hillary Clinton talked about healthcare reform in 1993.
Responding, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told The Independent: "Democrats targeted President Trump and his family with witch-hunts and hoaxes for over a decade.
"President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public – which is why they overwhelmingly re-elected him to this office, despite years of lies and false accusations against him and his businesses from the fake news media.
