Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has threatened to use his "subpoena power" to get to the bottom of both assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump, the Post Millenial reported. Blumenthal said the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is "stonewalling" the investigation.
Blumenthal is the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations under the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He promised to use the force of his position to thoroughly investigate the two attempts on Trump's life.
The Connecticut Democrat railed against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' Justice Department for obstructing that mission. On Monday, he said the agency was "almost derelict in its duty by resisting our requests for documents, evidence, and information that are necessary to investigate" the attempts.
"We may need to require more cooperation from them. And we have the power to do so through the compulsory process. In other words, the subpoena power," Blumenthal said.
The senator has turned on Biden and Harris over this issue. Although Blumenthal has never been a fan of Trump, he is rightly blaming the current administration, if not for its failures to protect the former president, then for its continued obstruction in the probe.
The first assassination attempt occurred on July 13 when Trump was hit in the ear by a bullet. Blumenthal already believes the committee found abysmal failures that can be laid directly at the feet of the Biden-Harris administration.
After all, this happened to Harris' GOP rival under her watch. "I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished, and appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret Service in this assassination attempt on the former president," Blumenthal said.
"But I think they also ought to be appalled and astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to be more forthcoming, to be as candid and frank, as it should be to them in terms of providing information," Blumenthal added. If they are hiding something, it's reasonable to ask why.
The second attempt on Trump's life only adds to the suspicion. On Sunday, the Secret Service spotted would-be gunman Ryan Wesley Routh just one hole ahead of where Trump was playing a round of golf, the New York Post reported. How he knew where to find Trump and got so close to him before being discovered leaves many unsettled.
Even if there is none of the stonewalling Blumenthal is alleging, Biden and Harris still share a portion of the blame for what has happened. ABC News reported that Trump believes Democrats' "highly inflammatory language" is inciting people like Routh to violence against him.
"These are people that want to destroy our country. It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat," Trump said.
Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, was more direct in blaming the president and vice president. "I know it's popular on a lot of corners of the left to say that ... we have a both-sides problem. And I'm not going to say we're always perfect. I'm not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right," Vance said in Atlanta at the Georgia Fath and Freedom Dinner Monday.
"But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we -- no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months. I'd say that's pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out," Vance added.
Trump has been too close to mortal danger two times in as many months. If there truly is obstruction on the part of the current administration in finding out how and why, Blumenthal's committee needs to get to the bottom of it before another attempt succeeds.
