50 Days Until the U.S. Midterm Elections... Opposition Prepares to Investigate Trump

[Financial News] The United States midterm elections, which will determine the course of the remainder of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over the next two years, are just 50 days away. The opposition Democratic Party, confident that it will retake the House, has already begun preparing to investigate allegations of corruption involving Trump.
As of the 14th (local time), 50 days remain until the United States midterm elections, which will be held on November 3 this year. In this election, all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the Senate's 100 members will be elected. At the same time, gubernatorial elections will be held in 36 of the 50 states.
The House currently has 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats, along with one independent member who leans Republican and two vacant seats. The Republican Party also holds 53 of the Senate's 100 seats. There are 26 Republican governors and 24 Democratic governors, while in the 36 states holding elections this year, each party's governors occupy 18 seats.
Current polling results are unfavorable to the Republican Party and Donald Trump. According to a U.S. poll conducted last month by the French polling firm Ipsos, Trump's approval rating was 33%, its lowest level since the start of his second term. Trump's approval rating was also 33% in a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University from the 3rd to the 6th, while 59% disapproved. According to the U.S. election analysis site 270toWin, as of the 10th, the Democrats were favored in 214 of the 435 House races, while the Republicans were favored in 204. Seventeen seats were classified as toss-ups. In the Senate, each party was projected to win 47 seats, with six seats considered competitive.
If the Democratic Party retakes the House, it can take control of the speakership and the chairmanships of the standing committees. The Washington Post (WP) reported on the 12th, citing sources, that the Democrats are assuming they will retake the House and are preparing in advance to investigate allegations of corruption involving Trump. The Democrats are also considering impeachment proceedings, but because there is no guarantee that they will retake the Senate as well, they are reportedly focusing first on corruption investigations. The Washington Post also reported that the Democrats are receiving outside advice on the investigations.
Representative Robert Garcia (Democrat, California), who is likely to become chair of the House Oversight Committee if the Democrats win the election, said of Trump, "There is so much corruption and fraudulent self-dealing that every Democratic member of the House will have to step forward to investigate it properly."

The Washington Post explained that the Democratic Party is preparing to investigate allegations involving government contracts awarded to the Trump family, profits related to virtual assets, an agreement to halt the National Tax Service (NTS) investigation into the Trump family, the controversy over Truth Social selling early access to information about Trump, business dealings involving Trump's eldest son-in-law Jared Kushner, the controversy over pardons for those involved in the January 2021 Capitol riot, allegations of involvement in lucrative deals related to the Middle East and Ukraine, the controversy over Trump's alleged ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the construction of a new East Wing of the White House. The Washington Post claimed that the White House, preparing for a sweeping Democratic offensive, mobilized its legal counsel to explain to political appointees how to respond to United States Congress investigations.

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