New York Post

House Dems: Bring it on, Don

- Marisa Schultz

Two key House Democrats on Thursday stuck by their pledges to investigat­e President Trump, defying his threat to release “devastatin­g” documents in retaliatio­n for such inquiries.

“The president has to learn that he is not above the law and his threats will not intimidate us from doing the work that Congress needs to do,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who is set to chair the House Judiciary Committee once the Democrats assume control of the House in January.

Trump told The Post on Wednesday that if Democrats engage in “presidenti­al harassment,” he would declassify documents that would embarrass them.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the likely chair of the House Intelligen­ce Committee, said he saw Trump’s threat as a desperate move.

“What he means: If Democrats do legitimate oversight I will burn sources and allies by selectivel­y declassify­ing info so my legal team can misreprese­nt it to the public,” he tweeted. “Why he’s doing it: Fear.” Trump has been sitting on classified Justice Department documents related to the start of the Russia probe.

They include officials’ request to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and memos on Justice official Bruce Ohr’s interactio­ns with Christophe­r Steele, author of a dossier that alleged Trump ties to Russia.

Trump also wants to release text messages sent by Ohr, fired FBI Director James Comey, fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as well as fired FBI agent Peter Strzok and lawyer Lisa Page.

“If they go down the presidenti­al harassment track . . . I think that would be the best thing that would happen to me,” Trump told The Post Wednesday. “I’m a counterpun­cher, and I will hit them so hard they’d never been hit like that.”

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