Blumenthal Responds to Trump Administration's Baseless Attempt at Intimidation

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), incoming Chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today released the following statement in response to a letter he received from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas:

“The Trump Administration is so afraid of transparency and oversight that they are weaponizing the Department of Justice to baselessly target Congress in direct violation of the Constitution. As incoming Chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, I will not be intimidated, and I will work on behalf of the American people to vigorously pursue investigations into this Administration's persistent misuse of taxpayer dollars and any corporate entity that has enabled their boundless corruption.”

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