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Will Scharf reportedly warned that aggressive congressional investigations could themselves be criminal. The New York Times identified the White House official as the source of the warning. That creates a dangerous open loop: can the executive branch investigate Congress for investigating it? Pick a side—accountability or criminalized oversight—and say why staying silent is acceptable.

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00:00Scharf, aggressive oversight could be criminal.
00:04Congressional oversight now comes with a threat.
00:07Investigate the White House too aggressively, and the investigation itself could be criminal.
00:13According to the New York Times, White House official,
00:17Will Scharf made that warning about aggressive congressional investigations.
00:21That flips the power dynamic.
00:23Oversight stops being a check if the target can label the check a crime.
00:28Is this accountability?
00:30Or criminalized oversight?
00:32Send it to the person who still calls that normal.

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