Richard Blumenthal
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59 appearances
6 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 11 Mar
Richard Blumenthal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But now we know that it is authorized at the highest level of ICE.
This lawlessness is linked to the leaders like Kristi Noem and Totlein.
And I think it cries out for accountability.
That's the reason why I'm continuing to pursue this investigation, which is indicative of a pattern.
What we did in our investigation was we showed in a report that
about two dozen American citizens who were dragged from their cars, brutally assaulted, detained for days, deprived of access to doctors or their lawyers, American citizens.
And that report gave these whistleblowers the trust or credibility in our office to come forward with this shocking, hidden memorandum.
And I give them a lot of courage for their, a lot of credit for their courage.
Jen, that's really a fundamental core question here, because I've worked over the years with state, local police, as well as federal agency, FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration.
And there is an innate respect for the Constitution that
A warrant, a judicial warrant from a judge, not just an administrative officer in a form that they call I-205, is necessary to arrest someone, break into their home if necessary.
And it is based on probable cause.
Agents honestly have come to me when I was a lawyer and said, we want to be sure we have enough to go to the judge.
And that is generally the kind of respect for the law that is fundamental to our Constitution and the rule of law.
And it makes those agents and police safer.
Because think of it for a moment.
You're in your apartment and all of a sudden, mass unidentified people.
men armed are at your door, threatened to break it down and ransack your home, some people would be inclined to resist.
A warrant protects those individual agents as well as the people whose homes are approached.
So arrests require these judicial warrants if they're to be done under these circumstances.
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