Rep. Jason Crow's (D-Colo.) office is seeking a U.S. Capitol Police investigation into President Trump for what they described as "intimidating, threatening, and concerning" social media posts he made.

Why it matters: It's highly unusual for a member of Congress to request a police investigation into a sitting president of the United States. • Crow's request is a long shot and touches on murky and long-debated legal questions about the extent to which a president is subject to the normal processes of the criminal justice system. • The White House has denied that Trump's posts appearing to label comments by a group of congressional Democrats urging service members to ignore illegal orders as "punishable by DEATH" constituted a threat.

Driving the news: In an email sent Thursday aftern

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