Washington, Nov. 7 -- United States President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately investigate Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of committing "extortion at the highest level" by threatening administration officials, including the US Attorney General, and Republican donors with impeachment and legal prosecution.

Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump alleged, "The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so, and there have been no impeachable acts committed, or even thought of, by the victims of this ill...