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David Smith in Washington

Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics

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Elissa Slotkin at a hearing on Capitol Hill last year. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to intimidate potential critics and discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.

Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a video with other Democrats imploring military service members to refuse “illegal orders”. Fellow senator Mark Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.

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