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The new investigation comes just days after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claim that the matter was settled.

White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said in a statement that Democrats “continue to show their disdain for the Constitution and it continues to show in their insane objections to the President’s commonsense executive actions to require proof of U.S. citizenship in an effort to protect the integrity of American elections.”

US outlet Axios quoted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying this was because existing US sanctions on Russia "preclude any meaningful trade" and noting that Cuba, Belarus and North Korea were also not included.

The exact nature of the tariffs was kept a mystery until the last moment, with Trump meeting with economic advisors as late as Tuesday afternoon to finalize details, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the report from Politico "garbage" in a post to X.