Why has Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) been blocking Rosenstein confirmation? (Pool party!) ( pizzagate )

submitted by SoberSecondThought

It took unusually long to appoint Rod Rosenstein as the Deputy Attorney General under Jeff Sessions. This was in part because Senator Blumenthal (among others) specifically held up Rosenstein's confirmation with demands that Sessions appoint a special prosecutor on the Russia file. Why was Blumenthal so opposed to Rosenstein?

Originally, President-elect Trump submitted Rosenstein's name on January 13th. Confirmations of more senior posts (such as Jeff Sessions for Attorney General) took longer than usual, so Rosenstein did not come before the Senate Judiciary Committee until March 7th.

Blumenthal vowed on March 6th "to use every tool to block" Rosenstein . For those wanting all the details, The Intercept has a great article covering the first attempt by the Dems in the hearing on March 7th to pressure Rosenstein into promising a special prosecutor.

The Senate Judiciary Committee did not vote on Rosenstein until Monday, April 3rd. He was approved 19-1, with only Blumenthal voting against him . Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was approved by the committee 11-9 in the same session. The Rosenstein appointment was passed to the full Senate, which voted 94-6 on April 25th. Blumenthal continued to insist on the need for a special prosecutor even after Rosenstein had been confirmed. Blumenthal later broadened his argument, saying on May 4th that a special prosecutor is also needed to look at Huma Abedin . Unusually for a Democrat, Blumenthal conceded that Abedin may need to face criminal charges for mishandling classified material, but insisted that only a special prosecutor can handle such politically charged files.

Today, in the aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Blumenthal said yet again that a special prosecutor is needed , calling the FBI Russia investigation "catastrophically compromised" by Trump's action.

Why is the Senator so intent on not having Rod Rosenstein oversee the FBI? Here are some interesting facts that may be relevant.

In the Wikileaks dump of Podesta's emails there was a notorious pool party email from "Bonnie," with the three girls aged 11, 9, and almost 7. Among the addressees was Laurie Rubiner, Blumenthal's chief of staff since 2010. Rubiner dropped out of the party at the last minute.

Before she became chief of staff to Blumenthal in 2010, Rubiner was a senior exec at Planned Parenthood. And before that, she was legislative director to then-Senator Hillary Clinton .

Blumenthal also seems to be a current favorite of the Podestas. In 2016 they gave him $7,400 , which puts him seventh after Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, and three others. Since they give money to nearly half of Congress, this is significant.

Senator Blumenthal is co-chair of the Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking. His chief of staff Rubiner went to India in 2013, with Cindy McCain , sponsored by the International Justice Mission, to investigate "sex trafficking of minor girls abroad".

Voaters have already had a look at Connecticut, which reportedly has high levels of child sex trafficking .

I think a closer look at the Senator, his chief of staff, and his state are all warranted.

Jem777

Source=FBIanon. if you don't know his story I believe it's posted on the front page of Voat.

kestrel9

Great post thanks!

SoberSecondThought

(Copied this from my previous post: Timing of Comey's firing was set by Congressional opposition to Rosenstein )

In retrospect, the firing of James Comey as FBI Director happened about as fast as it was physically possible to make it go. Here's the sequence:

  1. Congress did their best to delay appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. He was sworn in on Feb 9th, roughly three weeks after inauguration. Two weeks would have been typical.

  2. Confirmation hearings began for Rod Rosenstein for Deputy Attorney General. Given the highly politicized circumstances, neither Sessions nor Trump could move against Comey directly. They had to have a nonpolitical appointee evaluate Comey's conduct. Rosenstein has an excellent reputation, and would eventually be confirmed 94-6 by the Senate. But as far back as Mar 6th, Senator Blumenthal was vowing to hold up Rosenstein's confirmation, demanding that Sessions appoint a special prosecutor on the Russia file.

  3. Rosenstein was finally confirmed on Apr 25th, a Tuesday. That's after SEVEN weeks of grandstanding and obstruction by Congress. Within two weeks he had taken over the job, reviewed Comey's conduct (including interviewing several former high-ranking Justice officials), and submitted a recommendation that Comey be fired.

  4. Sessions endorsed and passed the recommendation to Trump, and Trump acted on it the same day.

This is lightning speed by Washington standards, and it was the only legitimate way that it could be done. For either Sessions or Trump to do it themselves would have cast a permanent shadow over the whole process.

If you look at this in context, it was competent, professional, and above-board. I expect further delays and grandstanding when Rosenstein recommends the new Director, and more Russia nonsense, and more tweets by John Podesta, but justice is coming for these freaks and it is coming very fast (again, by Washington standards).

Vindicator

@SoberSecondThought , add your post from yesterday to this article. It will help people understand the larger picture.

Timing of Comey's firing was set by Congressional opposition to Rosenstein

Vindicator

@SoberSecondThought , I am flairing this "Potential Lead". This is a nice catch.

Apparently, Trump thinks he's dirty. He tweeted Blumenthal should be investigated this morning:

Watching Senator Richard Blumenthal speak of Comey is a joke. "Richie" devised one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history. For.... 1/3

years, as a pol in Connecticut, Blumenthal would talk of his great bravery and conquests in Vietnam - except he was never there. When.... 2/3

caught, he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness...and now he is judge & jury. He should be the one who is investigated for his acts. 3/3

pbvrocks

Glad you took this one mainstream...great data!

equineluvr

Many suspect that Dick Blumenthal and Sidney Blumenthal (Hitlery's attorney) are related, but to date nobody has found any hard evidence.

Jem777

FBIanon was asked if he would provide the initials of the high ranking politicians who are involved in pedo. and who wouldt be arrested if they had a chance. RB was one of them.

Mad_As_Hell

He was classmates with Bill and Hillary in Yale so they go way back https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blumenthal

GhostOfSwartz

Wasn't Blumenthal's name brought up here on voat before for dating his wife while she was underage? I could be mistaken.

redditsuckz

(((Richard Blumenthal)))

(((Rod Rosenstein)))

I guess they ran out of cryptos...

Dressage2

Well now, this sounds like it deserves another look. Thanks for the info.

anonOpenPress

A very good piece of investigation despite some pretty hard speculation included. Some of the sources should be checked further, but in overall you definitely make a valuable point there. Worth some flair @Vindicator ?

Vindicator

Yep . :-)

2impendingdoom

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1687683

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