WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight fu...

Rep. Robert Garcia responded that it appears "Trump has something to hide," stressing Congress’s investigative powers do not need the White House's permission.

The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration. It's going as far as claiming that such investigations, which are a standard oversight function of Congress, may amount to

The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration.

The warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf.

WASHINGTON - The White House, anticipating a surge of congressional oversight and legislative probes, has started staffing up its counsel’s office — with 15 additional hires so far — as it prepares to do legal battle. Investigations are expected to ramp up aggressively in January. The aggressive pushback has already begun: On Wednesday, the White House released a letter from White House counsel Will Scharf accusing Democrats of making “abusive and capricious threats” that aim to “interfere with the lawful functioning of government.” The letter to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California), who is expected to chair the House Oversight Committee in the new Congress, made clear that the administration would resist congressional subpoenas on the grounds that they lack a “legitimate legislative purpose.” It went further to suggest that the administration might try to investigate the investigators, saying that “threats to executive branch officials” would go beyond Congress’s legitimate oversight role and “may cross the line…