Why Is Congress Silent as the Executive Ignores the Law?

I write to you with deep concern and growing alarm over recent revelations regarding President Donald Trump’s attempt to override legislation through a direct challenge to the separation of powers—an action that should have triggered immediate oversight, if not outright condemnation. According to public records recently released through a Freedom of Information Act request, President Trump authorized Attorney General Pam Bondi to send letters to multiple major technology companies, instructing them to disregard Congress’s explicit ban on TikTok. These letters effectively claimed that the president had the unilateral authority to exempt companies from following U.S. law—simply because he believed it interfered with his control over foreign policy. This is not merely a policy disagreement or a constitutional gray area. This is a former president instructing private entities to ignore an act of Congress. Such an action is a flagrant violation of the separation of powers and an assertion of unchecked executive authority—one that even the British monarchs of old were not permitted to exercise. How can Congress—an institution charged with creating and upholding the laws of this nation—remain silent in the face of such a clear usurpation of its power? Where is the investigation? Where is the accountability? Where is the bipartisan demand that no president, present or former, be permitted to ignore the rule of law when it suits their personal or political interests? This is not about TikTok. This is about the core foundation of American democracy. If a president can ignore legislation and tell corporations to do the same, what prevents future administrations from doing the same with tax laws, antitrust regulations, or election rules? I urge you—regardless of party affiliation—to immediately hold hearings, demand answers, and reaffirm to the American public that no one, not even the president, is above the law.