Trump Goon’s Wild Ballroom Threat to Dems Exposed

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Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Trending Now A Trump DOJ loyalist has issued a legal warning to a senator investigating the president’s donors. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS A…

A Trump loyalist serving as a top federal prosecutor has threatened a Democratic senator with “legal consequences” over his investigation into the president’s $400 million White House ballroom.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, 80, has been examining whether companies and wealthy individuals helped finance Donald Trump’s pet project in return for favorable treatment from his administration, and demanded explanations from donors.

Trump, 80, celebrated the installation of the ballroom’s final steel beam on Nov. 4, hours after his Republican Party’s devastating midterms humiliation.

With Blumenthal’s investigation certain to gather pace after Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress, U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz, 39, has accused the Connecticut Dem of violating Americans’ constitutional rights, cautioning that he could face “significant legal consequences.”

In a letter sent Wednesday, Reitz, the chief federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Texas, demanded Blumenthal retain emails, messages and other records relating to his probe, claiming the senator has been attempting to intimidate Americans over their Trump connections.

He then took his attack public, posting the letter on X and declaring: “Congress is not a weapon to be wielded against the American people.”

The letter cited two federal criminal statutes, including a law prohibiting conspiracies to violate constitutional rights, although it did not say Blumenthal was under criminal investigation.

Reitz ordered the senator to confirm by 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 18 that he had complied, and warned that destroying evidence could lead to penalties.

The prosecutor, who is a former senior aide to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has a history of making outspoken and fierce political statements. After promising to “destroy the left,” Reitz unsuccessfully sought the Texas attorney general nomination earlier this year.

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