Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"We have been denied -- we have been denied real access to the documents we need to advise -- which turns this hearing into a charade and a mockery of our norms."

"As a Federal judge, you always want the best evidence, don't you?"

"his failure to ask for an FBI investigation, in my view, is tantamount to a cover-up."

"Well, calling someone an alumnus in that way----"