Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who is set to chair the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations when the Democratic majority takes control of the Senate next year, said the implied investigation is baseless.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Thursday he received a letter from a U.S. attorney informing him he’s being investigated for conducting a congressional inquiry.

Blumenthal, who is set to chair the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations when the Democratic majority takes control of the Senate next year, said the implied investigation is baseless.

In his own letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Aaron Reitz, Blumenthal said the public has a right to know under what circumstances corporations donated millions of dollars to projects Trump supports. He directed Reitz to preserve records and correspondence with the White House and senior Justice Department officials related to Reitz’s letter.

“I will not be intimidated,” the senator wrote.

I’m not sure what argument the government’s attorney could make about this in court. Congressional representatives have ABSOLUTE immunity from Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1 of the US Constitution for their official acts as congressmen in their representation on the floors of Congress. Aaron Reitz would have learned that in law school.

  • mkwt
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    2 days ago

    Which is why Stan Woodward, the AAG, has been flying all over the country lately, signing his name alone to a bunch of filings.

    He can’t recruit anyone else to do it with him.