WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on August 7 lashed out at Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal, calling him a “phony Vietnam con artist” after the lawmaker expressed concerns about the Justice Department’s pursuit of leakers and embraced a special counsel’s probe of Russia meddling in the election and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials.
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US Senator Richard Blumenthal participates in an anti-Gorsuch rally April 6 on Capitol Hill.