Veteran Dem breaks party line as Jack Smith spying scandal grips Capitol Hill
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital that his Republican colleagues are right to be troubled that the Justice Department spied on lawmakers to aid former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations."I think we need to have more facts. Republicans are rightly concerned about the possible breach of norms and improper access to email," Blumenthal told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Tuesday showing that Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump included the Department of Justice collecting text messages between 44 members of Congress, among them Republicans and Democrats, and White House staff.
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Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital that his Republican colleagues are right to be troubled that the Justice Department spied on lawmakers to aid former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations."I think we need to have more facts. Republicans are rightly concerned about the possible breach of norms and improper access to email," Blumenthal told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Tuesday showing that Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump included the Department of Justice collecting text messages between 44 members of Congress, among them Republicans and Democrats, and White House staff. The messages were purportedly related to Smith's probe of the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol and Trump’s storage of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.TODD BLANCHE EXPOSES HOW AGGRESSIVE BIDEN DOJ TARGETED LOW-LEVEL MAR-A-LAGO EMPLOYEESOther Democrats were less willing than Blumenthal to lend credence to Republican concerns regarding how Smith carried out his investigation."I've got no comment on that.
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- Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital that his Republican colleagues are right to be troubled that the Justice Department spied on lawmakers to aid former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations."I think we need to have more facts. Republicans are rightly concerned about the possible breach of norms and improper access to email," Blumenthal told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Tuesday showing that Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump included the Department of Justice collecting text messages between 44 members of Congress, among them Republicans and Democrats, and White House staff.
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