民主党已告诉共和党“准备好应对法律诉讼”，因为他们计划在周一的中期选举后对特朗普政府发起调查。
Robert Garcia pledged to lead inquiries into Donald Trump and his family’s business dealings, alleged ICE abuses and the Epstein files Credit Bloomberg/Graeme Sloan Lily Shanagher Foreign Breaking News Reporter Show biography Lily has reported on the Iran war, Latin America and domestic events. You can contact her at lily.shanagher@telegraph.co.uk or via X 6:55pm GMT Democrats have told Republicans to “lawyer up” as they prepare to launch investigations into the Trump administration after Monday’s midterm elections.
该党周二夺回了众议院和参议院的控制权，对总统及其“让美国再次伟大”运动进行了严厉的斥责。
The party took back control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday in a blistering rebuke of the president and his Maga movement.
预计将成为众议院监督委员会下一任主席的民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚，在得克萨斯州和南卡罗来纳州等共和党大本营落入民主党手中后发表了声明。
Robert Garcia, the Democratic representative who is set to become the next chairman of the House’s oversight committee, made a statement after Republican strongholds such as Texas and South Carolina fell to Democrats.
民主党赢得了得克萨斯州等共和党大本营。监督委员会拥有广泛的权力，可以传唤证人、索取政府文件并发出传票。
Democrats won over Republican strongholds such as Texas Getty Images/Brandon Bell The committee has broad authority to call witnesses, request government documents and issue subpoenas.
在投票站开放之前，民主党曾威胁要就腐败指控起诉唐纳德·特朗普及其同伙。
Before the polls opened, Democrats had threatened to indict Donald Trump and his associates over allegations of corruption.
加西亚承诺，如果民主党获胜，他将领导对埃隆·马斯克在前政府效率部门的角色、特朗普及其家人的商业交易、移民与海关执法局（ICE）据称实施的滥用行为以及爱泼斯坦档案的调查。他于10月16日未预告地访问了加利福尼亚州的一个ICE处理中心，在那里他承诺将“要求问责”该机构的策略。
Mr Garcia pledged that, should the Democrats win, he would lead investigations into Elon Musk’s role in the former department of government efficiency, Mr Trump and his family’s business dealings, abuses allegedly committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Epstein files He made an unannounced visit to an ICE processing centre in California on Oct 16, where he promised to “demand accountability” for the agency’s tactics.
在民主党赢得包括肯塔基州、北卡罗来纳州和俄亥俄州在内的竞争激烈的众议院席位后，其他民主党人在社交媒体上暗示了可能的调查。
Other Democrats hinted at potential investigations on social media after the party had taken competitive House seats including in Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio.
庆祝民主党在密歇根州获胜的民主党支持者 Getty Images/Bill Pugliano 罗恩·怀登（Ron Wyden）是即将领导参议院财政委员会的民主党参议员，他在社交媒体上只发了一个词：“传票。”马萨诸塞州参议员埃德·马基（Ed Markey）则更加直言不讳。
Democrat supporters celebrating Democrat victory in Michigan Getty Images/Bill Pugliano Ron Wyden, the Democrat senator who is set to lead the Senate finance committee, posted a single word: “Subpoenas.”Senator Ed Markey, of Massachusetts, was even more explicit.
“他们将不得不为我们要打印的所有传票种植新的森林，”他在社交媒体上写道。
“They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing,” he wrote on social media.
被问及民主党是否计划调查与特朗普政府有业务往来的公司时，参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）告诉CNBC：“你必须追究腐败问题。”
Asked whether Democrats plan to investigate companies that have done business with the Trump administration, Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, told CNBC: “You have to go after the corruption.”
监督民主党（Oversight Democrats）的X账号周三写道：“早上好，除了以下所有人：特朗普犯罪家族；从美国人身上捞钱的裙带关系公司；利用总统职位牟利的腐败特朗普政府官员；杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的同伙；科里·利万多夫斯基（Corey Lewandowski）。”
The Oversight Democrats’ X account wrote on Wednesday: “Good morning to everyone except: the Trump crime family; Crony corporations ripping off the American people; corrupt Trump admin officials profiting off the presidency; associates of Jeffrey Epstein; Corey Lewandowski.”
调查可能涉及特朗普政府的政策，包括移民政策、卡塔尔私人飞机作为空军一号的赠送，以及特朗普内圈人士从加密货币交易、与多哈等外国实体的交易以及谈判赦免中获利的行为。
Investigations could be held into Trump administration policies, including on immigration, the gift of the Qatari private jet to serve as Air Force One and those in Mr Trump’s inner circle profiting from cryptocurrency trading, deals with foreign entities such as in Doha and negotiating pardons.
纽约州众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯（Hakeem Jeffries）表示，他的党打算在选举前“让骗子付出代价”，并补充说：“腐败是有代价的。”
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, said his party intended to “hold the crooks accountable” before the elections, adding: “There is a cost to corruption.”