President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE attacked Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (D-Mich.) on Twitter on Sunday after she said in an interview that House Democrats have discussed jailing allies of the president who refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas.

“A despicable human being!” Trump wrote in a tweet that also retweeted commentary on the matter by White House social media director Dan Scavino, who accused Democrats of planning a “coup.”

A despicable human being! https://t.co/3KpgUuRaXU — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2019

Tlaib said in an interview with Deadline Detroit that House Democrats have had “serious conversations” about using Congress's inherent contempt power.

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Rep. John Garamendi John Raymond GaramendiWuhan is the final straw: The world needs to divest from China GOP seizes on 'defund the police' to galvanize base Peace Corps faces uncertain future with no volunteers in field MORE (D-Calif.) also floated the idea of using the power of inherent contempt on Wednesday, even saying that he thinks “it's time to call in the sergeant-at-arms and march” off Trump officials and allies who refuse to comply with congressional investigations to “our little jail,” which he added Congress does “happen to have.”

"Let them sit there and cool off for a while," he also said.

The White House this week said it would not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry.

In an eight-page letter the White House sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) and three Democratic committee leaders on Tuesday, White House counsel Pat Cipollone accused House Democrats of violating the Constitution by opening an impeachment inquiry into the president over his dealings with Ukraine.

Later on Wednesday, Trump appeared to walk back the letter while speaking at an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Trump said then that he would cooperate with Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry if “they give us our rights.”

However, he added that he wouldn't be inclined to cooperate with the inquiry if Democrats "say you can’t have lawyers, you can’t ask questions, you can’t have anybody present, all of these crazy things."