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Sen. Blumenthal calls on Sessions and Rosenstein to testify
WTNH Television ^ | 06/09/2017 | Puppage

Posted on 06/09/2017 11:44:03 AM PDT by Puppage

HARTFORD. Conn. (WTNH)– A top Connecticut lawmaker wants to hear from Attorney General Jeff Sessions under oath on the Russia investigation. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal made his case for that Friday.

On Thursday, we had that bombshell testimony from former FBI Director Jim Comey. Friday, we have Senator Richard Blumenthal calling for the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General to come testify in front of his committee.

Blumenthal was there in the audience Thursday as Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Blumenthal is not on that committee, so he could not ask questions. He did say that Comey painted a picture of a president abusing his power.

Blumenthal says Comey also pointed out how his bosses in the justice department should have insured the FBI’s independence as it investigates possible ties between the Trump administration and Russian hacking of the election. So Blumenthal wants to have the two top men in the justice department come and testify before the committee he is on, the Senate Judiciary Committee to talk about their actions.

“The failure of the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy, to protect the FBI, to take action to safeguard the FBI,” said Blumenthal.

You may remember Sessions has had to recuse himself from anything to do with the Russia probe because of his ties to Russia, and Rod Rosenstein was the person who wrote the memo President Trump originally cited as the reason he fired Comey, before he said that he intended to fire Comey all along.

No word on when a hearing like that would take place, but Blumenthal says it is crucial to keep investigating the Russia ties, because the same interference could happen again in upcoming elections.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: blumenthal; connecticut; richardblumenthal; russia
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What a scumbag
1 posted on 06/09/2017 11:44:03 AM PDT by Puppage
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“”””Blumenthal says Comey also pointed out how his bosses in the justice department should have insured the FBI’s independence as it investigates possible ties between the Trump administration and Russian hacking of the election.”””””

But he is ok with Lynch telling Comey to back off from investigating the hildabeast.


2 posted on 06/09/2017 11:47:17 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Puppage

This is what happens when you don’t set the agenda day to day. They set it.


3 posted on 06/09/2017 11:47:24 AM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: Puppage

Blumenthal - stolen valor scumbug


4 posted on 06/09/2017 11:47:31 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Puppage

The sovereign power of the FBI so long as it does not look into the Clinton email “matter.”


5 posted on 06/09/2017 11:47:32 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Puppage
Dear senators,

STOP WASTING OUR TIME AND MONEY WITH THIS HORSESHIT!

6 posted on 06/09/2017 11:48:13 AM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: Puppage

Can we call on Blumenthal to be called to testify for war hero impersonation crimes?


7 posted on 06/09/2017 11:49:08 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Puppage

Time to dig up dirt on this POS. Any old sex scandal will do. Whether it is true or not. That’s what THEY do.

Fight fire with fire.


8 posted on 06/09/2017 11:49:33 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: unixfox

Rod Rosenstein should be fired in my humble opinion.


9 posted on 06/09/2017 11:51:25 AM PDT by magua
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To: Puppage

No.

Its time for the adults in the room to locate their tentacles, tell the Democrats they have election promises to meet and STOP THIS DAMN STUPID FARCE!!!!

ENOUGH!!!!


10 posted on 06/09/2017 11:54:08 AM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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No.

Its time for the adults in the room to locate their tentacles, tell the Democrats they have election promises to meet and STOP THIS DAMN STUPID FARCE!!!!

ENOUGH!!!!


11 posted on 06/09/2017 11:54:31 AM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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It’s time for Sessions to announce they are opening an investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing by former director Comey.


12 posted on 06/09/2017 11:55:19 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: chris37

Amen!!! My thoughts exactly! And just that loud too.


13 posted on 06/09/2017 11:57:03 AM PDT by coffeelover
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To: Puppage

Republicans will cave on this.

Count on it.

There is no will to support Trump. And, no will to overtly condemn him. They’ll just cave to any and all political demands made by Democrats.

That way they can deny leading the efforts in their next election.


14 posted on 06/09/2017 11:58:22 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Puppage

Get Lynch in there first you scumbag leftist weasel.


15 posted on 06/09/2017 11:58:43 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: proust
Post of the year! The friggin Republicans should be on the offensive everyday as if they are the minority!
16 posted on 06/09/2017 11:59:07 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: Puppage

What about Loretta Lynch?


17 posted on 06/09/2017 12:04:01 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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Is Bloomy going to cover his Viet Nam timeline?


18 posted on 06/09/2017 12:04:26 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Puppage

Blumenthal’s one of the Senators bribed on the Iran deal.


19 posted on 06/09/2017 12:06:14 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Puppage

Gee whiz. RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA


20 posted on 06/09/2017 12:06:38 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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