Elissa Slotkin (D) · U.S. Senator, Michigan
Topic: Federal prosecutions and political opponents
“President Trump is weaponizing the federal government against his perceived enemies. If he is going to use intimidation like this against a Senator, God knows what he could do against a private citizen.”
“In Poland, they called this plan the Iron Broom – cleaning the place up. The goal here is to have a list of ‘signature cases’ that go after some of the most obvious and harmful abuses of taxpayer dollars”
Context: The January post came with her video statement after the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. contacted her about an investigation tied to a November 2025 video in which she and five other Democrats told service members they must refuse illegal orders. In the September speech she framed the 'signature cases' as accountability for abuses of taxpayer dollars, named Kristi Noem, Doug Burgum and Jeanine Pirro as examples, and added: "But, retribution cannot be the only thing citizens see after the election."