Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) slams President Donald Trump over the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday’s edition of “The Weeknight” on MSNBC.

SYMONE SANDERS, HOST: Senator Blumenthal, thank you for joining us tonight. Your reaction to the president’s statement, and then my question about the indictment of James Comey that we have not asked yet is, is this even legal? SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT): Great questions, Simone, and thanks for having me. It is a really dark, sad, scary day for America, and that post that you just showed is truly petrifying. The president of the United States ordered criminal charges against an individual who happens to be a political adversary and a critic of him, and let’s be clear about what’s happening here. The president is singling out someone he just doesn’t like, and that post that you just showed could create a defense, maybe even grounds for dismissal. I spent most of my life in law enforcement. I was the US attorney in Connecticut for four and a half years. We were very careful about what we said on charges because they could be used against us in a criminal trial, and this case is replete with Donald Trump telling the attorney general to act, to act fast, and creating possible defenses here, but let’s look at the broader picture. I always felt, as a prosecutor, the most consequential decisions I made were whether to charge someone. People simply don’t fully recover from criminal charges, even if they are acquitted, because half the world believes that they were acquitted on some kind of technicality. Well, Donald Trump is populating the Department of Justice with lawyers who will do his bidding, pervert the rule of law, and single out people that they may not like, who may have offended them, or may be adversaries politically, whether it’s a small business person or a public official. Today, it’s Comey. Tomorrow, it could be you.

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