Democrats warn investigations, possible impeachments

The new Congress doesn't take office until January, but lawmakers are already bracing for major battles on Capitol Hill. While Republicans are urging focus on the post-election transition, Democrats are weighing new investigations and possible impeachment efforts. The Trump administration's already preparing to push back. White House officials warn that aggressive threats could cross legal lines. A third impeachment, they can't help themselves. They're going to go after everyone in the cabinet. We've already seen that with Secretary of War Hegseth. Donald Trump is clearly hiding something. We're not going to be threatened or intimidated because we are demanding accountability and oversight. And Democrats are celebrating this, a surprise victory in Mississippi, a traditionally Republican state, after Democrat Scott Colome won Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race. And to talk more about this, we're joined now by American government professor at Georgetown University, Professor Michelle Swerz. Professor Michelle, thank you for being with us on Mornings on 2. Thanks so much for having me. So much is happening in Washington. I want to get your reaction to what happened in Mississippi. It's very historic. I mean, the first black senator was actually the replacement for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. And then you had a second black senator, Blanche Bruce, and there hasn't been a black senator since the 1880s. So it is quite historic, and it represents a strong rebuke to some of the... Actions of President Trump to the Supreme Court decision related to the Voting Rights Act, which really ginned up black participation, they were over one third of the voter turnout. So that in combination with Republican voters who were angry at President Trump and higher turnout among Mississippi voters led to this result. I'd like to get your opinion on looking at both Democrats and Republicans talking about major investigations against each other. What's your reaction to that? Well, it's going to be a very combative Congress. President Trump appointed Stephen Miller as his chief of staff, who's known to be very combative. Republicans elected Jim Jordan, who you had on there in your clip, who is known to be very combative and was the former chair of the Judiciary Committee, the Oversight Committee and head of the Freedom Caucus. And Democrats are focused on investigating what they consider to be corruption in the White House. Questionable decisions related to the Iran war, the president's business connections and possible aggrandizing of his own finances, cryptocurrency. Things like that. So there's going to be a lot of investigating going on, and they have subpoena power, so now they have the power to do it. And, Professor, before we go, I just want to get your opinion on the breaking news. We've just heard that Jensen Huang has resigned from his company. What's your reaction to that? On the one hand, it's not very surprising because a second affair was revealed, and so they're probably questioning what else could come forward. It is problematic for, you're going to see in Congress investigation into whether or not chips should be sold to China because the allegation is that he was having a relationship with someone who was potentially a Chinese spy, and that's going to give fodder for both Republicans and Democrats. You already see The banking and the Foreign Relations Committee chairs in the Senate demanding documents about this, Senator Warren and Senator Coons. It's going to be interesting. Yet another investigation. All right, Professor Michelle Swerz of Georgetown University, again, thank you for being with us this morning on Mornings on 2. Thanks so much for having me.