Sen. Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) just dramatically raised the stakes with a threat to put Don Trump Jr in jail. Wow, an unnecessary escalation if ever there was, but what do you expect from the left?
“If he fails to answer, he ought to be put in jail. If he fails to comply with a lawful subpoena, he has no privilege. Prison is the only answer,” Dick whined.
Look, Mueller could have brought charges if they were warranted, and he did not so what do these Senators hope to gain from this move?
Enter Lindsey Graham who shut down the hapless Democrat from Connecticut.
“If I were his lawyer I wouldn’t put him back into this circus. The freak show in the house, I’m not gonna let it come to the Senate so we gave Mueller two years and $25 million and it’s over for me.
Don Jr seems to agree with his people released a short and biting statement addressing the issue:
“Don is a private citizen, who has already been cleared by Mueller after a two-year investigation. He has done 8-9 hours of testimony in front of Senate Intel already and 27 hours of testimony in front of various committees in total.”
“When he originally agreed to testify in front of the Senate Intel Committee in 2017, there was an agreement between Don and the Committee that he would only have to come in and testify a single time as long as he was willing to stay for as long as they’d like, which Don did.
Don continues to cooperate by producing documents and is willing to answer written questions, but no lawyer would ever agree to allow their client to participate in what is an obvious PR stunt from a so-called ‘Republican’ senator too cowardly to stand up to his boss Mark Warner and the rest of the resistance Democrats on the committee.”
Don Trump Jr. then issued a series of cryptic tweets making his feelings clear. From the Daily Wire: