Garcia has said repeatedly this month that Trump officials should “lawyer up” and be ready to be subpoenaed.The White House cited that comment, as well as several others by Democrats in its letter this week.Representative-elect Katy Padilla Stout, for instance, reiterated Garcia’s rallying cry, advising “corrupt officials and billionaires” with the following line on social media: “Lawyer up, clear your schedules, & put some makeup on for the cameras.”Another recently elected Democrat, Richard Ojeda of North Carolina, posted a similar message, anticipating a subpoena for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.“Can’t wait to watch him squirm in hearing room,” Ojeda wrote.Both comments were included in Scharf’s letter to Garcia as examples of “abusive and capricious threats” to executive officials.Hegseth is likely to be among the officials subpoenaed in the new year, given his role in several military actions that bypassed congressional authorisation.On Tuesday, House Democrats failed to muster enough votes to keep an impeachment resolution against Hegseth from being shelved.But the move to impeach Hegseth could be up for consideration again after the Democratic majority is sworn in.Tuesday’s impeachment resolution had been publicly supported by Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who could become the House speaker in January.Garcia has also said he will use the House Oversight Committee to look into other issues, including potential ties between Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The committee, currently led by Republicans, issued a report this week saying there was no evidence to connect Trump with Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking ring. Instead, it blamed Democrats for being “obsessed” with trying to connect Trump to the case, calling their efforts an “unfounded witch hunt”.