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Trump says he'll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing

Pete Aguilar of Redlands, Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and Zoe Lofgren of San Jose, all members of the House Jan. 6 panel, could be among Trump’ s targets if he’ s reelected.

WASHINGTON — Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.

Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past election day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.

In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on "day one." In August, he said he would "have no choice" but to lock up his political opponents.

"If he intends

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