--- title: "Democrats Trying to Get Hold of Trump’s Grok Conversations" description: "Donald Trump's love of the AI chatbot Grok is now becoming a major liability, as Democrats probe his use to make executive decisions." date: "2026-10-30" modified: "2026-10-30" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins.md" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/democrats-probe-trump-grok-chatbot-venezuela" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Ethics" - "Future Society" - "xAI" --- # Democrats Trying to Get Hold of Trump’s Grok Conversations ![US President Donald Trump silenced his cellphone in the Oval Office of the White House.]() *Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images* Ahead of the deadly airstrikes and military raid that saw US troops kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and deputy to the National Assembly Cilia Flores, Donald Trump was reportedly in the throes of a [weeks-long mind meld]() with Grok. Elon Musk's [notorious generative AI chatbot]() had evidently convinced the president that he would be hailed as a hero for kidnapping the elected officials — a claim reinforced by widespread [AI-generated misinformation]() on social media following the attack. Trump's murderous assault on Caracas was successful, at least by the standards Grok cooked up. Now, however, the president's obsession with the chatbot is becoming a major liability, as Democrats in the House judiciary and oversight committees demand the president's chat logs be preserved for investigation. In a letter addressed to Trump, [viewed by *Politico*](), Democratic representatives Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia pressed the president to preserve "any prompts" given to AI chatbots like Grok while "carrying out your constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties." Any response from AI chatbots are likewise expected to be preserved. The letter asks for a briefing on the president's use of large language models for executive decision making by November 11. According to *Politico*, the letter was triggered by reporting of Trump's reliance on Grok to plan the January 3 attack on Caracas, which [killed 100 people]() and left parts of the city [in ruins](). Specifically, Raskin and Garcia charged that Trump used Grok to "opine on how Venezuelans would respond to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro." Based on the bot's response, they say, Trump then "ordered the US military, without congressional authorization, to attack Venezuela and capture President Maduro." How cooperative the notoriously churlish White House will be under Trump's second term remains to be seen. In a statement shared by *Politico*, a White House official said that the "White House preserves all required records in accordance with the law" — though there's no telling whether Trump will delete the logs himself following Grok's advice. **More on Trump:** *[Trump Admin to Blast Immigrants With Heat-Ray Gun]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() ## More - [Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok]() - [Trump’s Air Strikes Targeted a Scientific Research Institute, Venezuela Says]() - [Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela]() - [Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader]() - [New Law Would Prevent Trump Officials From Invading a Country and Profiting by Placing Bets on Polymarket]() - [That Video of Happy Crying Venezuelans After Maduro’s Kidnapping? It’s AI Slop]() - [Former Astronaut Smacks Pete Hegseth With Huge Lawsuit]() - [The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad]()