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A top federal prosecutor appointed by Donald Trump is threatening “significant legal consequences” over a senator’s investigation into the president’s White House ballroom — and whether donors are getting anything from the government in return.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling the threat against him “just the latest in a series of unlawful actions” from the Trump administration in its attempts to “intimidate” members of Congress, with investigations into the president and his allies expected to accelerate after midterm elections victories.
“Your implied threat of an investigation is baseless,” Blumenthal fired back in his letter to U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz. “I will not be intimidated.”
Blumenthal, who is the incoming chair of a senate subcommittee on investigations, plans to “vigorously pursue investigations into this administration’s misuse of taxpayer dollars and any corporate entity that has enabled its boundless corruption,” he said.
“The public deserves to know the terms under which dozens of American companies were persuaded to donate millions of dollars to the president’s vanity projects, and whether lawsuits were dismissed, contracts were awarded, or regulations went unenforced in exchange for that money,” Blumenthal added.
In his letter to the senator this week, which he posted to X, Reitz instructed Blumenthal to…
