Overview
- On Nov. 14 aboard Air Force One, President Trump told Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey "Quiet, piggy" after she asked about Jeffrey Epstein records.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the president as "frank" and later said he does not want to execute members of Congress.
- After Democratic lawmakers posted a video about refusing unlawful orders, Trump labeled them "traitors," urged that they be "locked up," and amplified language describing their actions as "punishable by death."
- Sen. Elissa Slotkin's office reported threatening calls and emails, and said a U.S. Capitol Police officer has been assigned to her for round-the-clock protection.
- Media panels, veterans' leaders and opinion writers condemned the rhetoric, noting Trump also attacked ABC's Mary Bruce and suggested her network should lose its broadcast license.