Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Regardless of whether that claim passes the smell test or not, remember what the key distinction is. Here, the money was coming from the DNC and it was going to opposition research. It was not support..."

"There's no question according to the intelligence community, that there was Russian interference."

"Not in the least because they have spent $6 million to hire Cambridge Analytica as a consultant, as an agent, in that capacity."

"There is a series of circumstantial evidence. No conclusion reached yet, but certainly a basis to investigate."