Richard Blumenthal

That kind of comment would be bizarre from the most inexperienced junior prosecutor and from the attorney general of the United States.

There is no way that Roger Stone received anything less than complete due process here.

Hardly. It is really the result of an extensive and expansive investigation.

The complete report, unabridged, uncensored, unsilenced.

Well, I think one view is that he gave a signal in that memo that he wrote that the president cannot be charged or perhaps even accountable for crimes like obstruction of justice because of the view that the president has control over the…

I'm concerned because my own view is that a president can be indicted. There's nothing in the Constitution to prevent it, and it may be necessary to prevent the statute of limitations from running on a very serious charge like obstruction…

We will never see the Mueller report. Neither Congress nor the public will ever see the special counsel report if William Barr is confirmed and he carries out the scope and approach that he took today.

Too many loopholes and lawyerly gaps. For example, on the recusal issue. He's written a memo that basically would put the president above the law against any obstruction charges.

It is very serious because it relates to a key figure in Vladimir Putin's orbit and a potential Russian agent. But equally significant is the clear sign that this investigation is far from done.

What I'm seeing is the possibility that he could invoke unknown rules and regulations that would permit him to say no to a subpoena, no to an indictment, no to resources, no to an additional area of investigation that is directly related…

That's the only acceptable option in my book.

For Donald Trump, testimony would be necessary to exonerate himself, but as you know, having covered him and as the American people know having watched him, Donald Trump's connection to facts and evidence is very tenuous.

Unfortunately, I think my Republican colleagues need to find the Senate lost and found for their consciences, because history will judge them very harshly if they fail at this critical moment when we know the Russians are continuing this…

There has been absolutely a failure on the part of my Republican colleagues to stand up, to speak out, and to push back against Donald Trump.

What I see is that the sprawling, sweeping, Russian disinformation campaign is continuing.

Admiral Moran, for the Navy's fiscal year 2020 budget submission, will there be more emphasis on modernizing Navy C-130T propellers or should we expect to see another unfunded requirement like we did this past year for fiscal year 2019?

The investigation determined the primary casual factor of the mishap was an unnoticed fatigue crack on a propeller blade.

Where does the CH-53K program stand with regard to a Nunn-McCurdy violation?

I think it is very important that we address these maintenance needs.

Well, hope is not a strategy.

In my view, it is one of the most essential because our submarine fleet, our undersea warfare capability, is in my view one of the linchpins of our national defense

I'm going to be asking the Office of Legal Counsel for an opinion that in effect retracts its prior opinion indicating that the President cannot be indicted because I think the President, himself, can be indicted if only to stop the…

I believe very strongly that the president, himself, can be indicted. There's no constitutional bar to it.

It sends a couple messages. First of all, the judge indicated that the crime justified this three years, a significant sentence, because it was serious and sophisticated. Second, there were statements in court and there's other evidence…

I would argue that there's a continuing conspiracy that in effect surmounts this statute of limitations.