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Who has Trump threatened to prosecute once he is president again?
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Who has Trump threatened to prosecute once he is president again?

STORY: Now that his return to the White House is assured, US President-elect Donald Trump has a list of people he says he wants to prosecute or investigate.

They include political rivals, left-wing Americans and tech giants.

So who could Trump target?

:: Political adversaries

Trump has called for investigations of Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and former Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney.

At a rally in September, Trump said Harris was responsible for the “greatest criminal story of our time,” referring to illegal border crossings.

“She should be charged and prosecuted for her actions.”

He has also posted online a call for the creation of military tribunals for Cheney and Obama.

:: Protesters

Following pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the United States this year, Trump told Fox News that anyone who desecrates the American flag should receive a one-year prison sentence.

He also said he would ban refugee resettlement in “terror-infested” areas like Gaza and arrest “pro-Hamas thugs” who engage in vandalism, an apparent reference to protesting university students.

:: Technological giants

Trump also warned Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google about what he claims is potential election interference on their platforms.

He has accused Zuckerburg’s Meta of suppressing content that would have harmed Biden in the 2020 election.

While Trump has also threatened to order the Department of Justice to criminally investigate Google just for “showing bad stories” about him.

:: Prosecutors

Trump and his allies have called for prosecutors who challenge him or have investigated him to be prosecuted, fired or jailed.

In an April interview with Time, he said that if federal prosecutors refused orders to prosecute someone, he would be willing to fire them.

He has also said he would fire the federal prosecutor leading the current criminal investigations against him.