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Wednesday on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called on Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller report. Blumenthal said, “What I heard today was continuing evasive, disingenuous, and outright deceptive answers

“You know, the letter is a bit snitty and I think it was probably written by one of his staff people,” Barr said during Senate testimony on Wednesday in response to Sen. Richard Blumenthal. 

While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the Mueller report demonstrates “a national scandal.” Blumenthal said, “What’s demonstrated, in powerful and compelling detail in this report, is nothing less than a national

Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said he hoped people would “begin to express their outrage” and demand to see the Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Blumenthal said, “I think all of Congress deserves

Sunday on MSNBC’s “Kasie DC,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reacted to Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation from her position as Department of Homeland Security secretary. Blumenthal said Nielsen was a “disgrace” who leaves behind a legacy of tearing apart families and lying about the

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the full Mueller report is needed to know if Trump has “abused his office.”

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are joining a moveon.org protest on Thursday at the White House to demand that the Department of Justice release the Mueller report in its entirety.

While speaking with MSNBC on Saturday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that Attorney General William Barr’s letter summarizing the Mueller report is “brazenly devious.” Blumenthal said, “This letter is elegantly, but brazenly devious. What [Bill] Barr has

During an interview with CNN on Saturday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the fact that President Trump wasn’t indicted by the Mueller report “is probably dictated as much by the policies that the Department of Justice

Leftist thought leaders urged supporters not to lose hope after the Mueller report ended Friday with no new indictments against President Donald Trump and his family.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the facts and evidence in the Mueller report “are likely to show a lot of criminality, a lot of wrongdoing, and law-breaking” that isn’t

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) predicted that there were indictments in President Donald Trump’s “future.” Discussing Special Counsel Robert Mueller upcoming report, Blumenthal said “I hope and I think he has an obligation to do more, to actually

Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric was “a factor” in the mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques that left 49 dead. Partial transcript as follows: BLUMENTHAL: A heartbreaking day, and of course our

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that “Paul Manafort caught a break” in the overall sentence he received. Blumenthal further stated that Judge Amy Berman Jackson didn’t commit a “miscarriage of justice” like

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that people “would be justified in feeling that there has been some miscarriage of justice” in Paul Manafort’s sentence of 47 months. Blumenthal said, “[T]he American people would be justified

Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said he thought Donald Trump, Jr. lied during his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Blumenthal said, “I would anticipate Donald Trump, Jr. hopefully coming back before the Judiciary Committee. He testified

“I have now spent more time in Vietnam than Da Nang Dick Blumenthal, the third rate Senator from Connecticut,” Trump wrote on Twitter from Vietnam.

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) commented on the report that FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s is on the verge of coming out. Blumenthal warned that the public will “rightly believe” there is a coverup if Attorney General

Breitbart News asked ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee if they believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson’s claim that Justin Fairfax assaulted her.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, is not committing to releasing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to the public when it is finished, according to a Democrat senator.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that President Trump “would be prosecutable” for witness intimidation for his statements about Michael Cohen, “but for his being president.” Blumenthal said, “Clearly, there’s a violation here of

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Tuesday said until the government is reopened, “there will be no successful negotiations” on President Donald Trump’s planned border wall. “There have been negotiations, but there will be no successful negotiations until the government reopens,”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is pushing a ban on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and “high capacity” magazines.

Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will be introducing legislation Tuesday to expand background checks.

President Donald Trump took a shot at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a Monday interview with the Fox News Channel, saying one must “ask her psychiatrist” if the progressive lawmaker, still smarting from the fallout over her DNA test results, thinks she can defeat him in 2020. 

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that for President Trump, “testimony would be necessary to exonerate himself.” Blumenthal added that because he doubts Trump will testify voluntarily, the president should be subpoenaed by either Special

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the on-camera meeting between President Donald Trump, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about border wall funding was “mind-blowing.” Blumenthal said, “You called it jaw-dropping. I

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reacted to the Southern District of New York’s sentencing memo on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen by stating that the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place, “and the

Over 400 former DOJ employees have come out in protest of Trump’s appointment of Whitaker as acting Attorney General.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that President Trump is “extremely compromised.” And Russia has “the same leverage” over the president that they did over Michael Flynn, the ability to “blackmail” them “with the

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said if President Donald Trump were to pardon his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, it could be obstruction of justice. Blumenthal said, “A pardon could well be obstruction of justice if done with criminal

Blumenthal says there should be “some kind of investigative effort” into the personal email use of senior White House advisor Ivanka Trump.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Tuesday’s “New Day” on CNN discussed the lawsuit he and fellow Democrats filed to challenge the legitimacy of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. Blumenthal questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s appointment, calling

Schumer requested the DOJ inspector general to probe “whether any potentially unlawful or improper communications have occurred between Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the White House, and other entities.”

Democrat Sens. Blumenthal, Whitehouse, and Hirono filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s appointment of acting AG Whitaker.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said there is planning to attach legislation protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller to “must-pass bills relating to appropriations or the continuing resolution.” Blumenthal said, “[W]e are thinking about ways that