Rep. Jason Crow Says He Is 'Taking Names' for Future Oversight of Trump Officials

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., said in a televised MS NOW interview on Tuesday that he is 'taking names' and 'creating my own lists of people that need to have oversight and accountability' in the Trump administration, in response to reports that DOJ officials are maintaining an internal 'enemies list.' Pressed by host Ari Melber on how Democrats would respond to alleged selective prosecutions, Crow said 'accountability will come, sooner or later,' warning that administration officials who violate the law or their oaths 'cannot escape it forever' and 'will be judged — one way or another.' He framed compiling these lists as part of Congress’s 'duty' to enforce the law and uphold democratic 'guardrails,' signaling an intent to use future oversight powers against specific DOJ actors such as former Attorney General Pam Bondi and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The interview also revisited the Justice Department’s failed bid to indict six Democratic lawmakers, including Crow, over a 2025 video urging troops and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders, which a Washington, D.C., grand jury declined to charge in February. The rhetoric is already circulating on social media as evidence either of needed pushback against politicized prosecutions or, conversely, of Democrats preparing their own retaliatory investigations, underscoring how normalized talk of 'enemies lists' has become in U.S. politics.