Blumenthal on Sessions Firing: ‘Break the Glass Moment,’ Our Democracy Is under Attack, ‘Slow Motion Saturday Night Massacre’

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BLUMENTHAL: "It is a break the glass moment, an attack on our democracy, and it should precipitate exactly the kind of firestorm that we saw in the wake of the Saturday Night Massacre under Richard Nixon. It’s, in fact, a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre. And the reason they’re doing it in this slow motion way is to avoid that uproar and uprising that I think now my Republican colleagues have an obligation to show. So first point, he must recuse himself. Whitaker has not only demonstrated hostility to this investigation, he’s also provided a road map for strangling the funds that are necessary for it. Ultimately the Congress has the power of the purse and the Democratic victories just last night demonstrate that the American public wants checks on this kind of abuse and overreach. So my Democratic colleagues and I on the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the House Judiciary Committee should press for an investigation and for legislation. I’m going to be proposing legislation that will stop the defunding or cuts in funding for the special counsel and also require a report. So all of those thumb drives that were referred to earlier are made public through a report prepared by the special counsel. Even better, indictments and charges brought by the special counsel, which he may be on the verge of doing."