Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) criticized the Biden-Harris administration for “stonewalling” information requests regarding the assassination attempts against President Trump. According to Fox News, the Senate Democrat said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was “almost derelict in its duty by resisting our requests for documents, evidence and information that are necessary to investigate.” Blumenthal said he’s becoming “angry” at the department. BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to provide the necessary documents, evidence, and information required for the investigation into the first assassination attempt on former President Trump, according to Senator Richard Blumenthal. — Patrick Webb (@RealPatrickWebb) September 16, 2024 Per Fox News: The Democrat foreshadowed potential subpoenas being used in the future, telling reporters on Monday, “We may need to require more cooperation from them. And we have the power to do so through the compulsory process. In other words, the subpoena power.” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., PSI ranking member, echoed Blumenthal’s characterization of the DHS and its lack of transparency, claiming, “They’re holding all their cards close to the vest.” In fact, he said their withholding of information is “driving suspicion and driving conspiracy theories.” As for his Democratic counterpart on the PSI and HSGAC, Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., Johnson said, “I hope they’re getting frustrated.” “I wrote a letter that it took us a couple weeks for all four offices to sign onto. That’s the one that upset them because we sent it to Secret Service and DHS. We got a response in four hours, and the response was pretty disrespectful,” he described. “And I think that fired up Chairman Peters and Chairman Blumenthal… I think that’s the reaction you heard last week. They’re not happy with the way they’re treating them.” BREAKING: Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal has threatened to use "subpoena power" to compel the Biden-Harris administration's DHS to cooperate with their requests for the probe of the ass*ssination attempts on former President Trump. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) September 17, 2024 “Subpoenas should be issued, and they need to be enforced. There is no guarantee that federal agencies will comply,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said. Subpoenas should be issued, and they need to be enforced. There is no guarantee that federal agencies will comply. https://t.co/nWsIoauowy — Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) September 17, 2024 “I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished, and appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret Service in this assassination attempt on the former president,” Blumenthal said before the second assassination attempt against Trump. “I think they also ought to be appalled and astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security,” he added. WATCH: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), says forthcoming report on Trump assassination attempt "will absolutely shock the American people." "I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished & appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret… pic.twitter.com/fvyBU6UZMt — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 12, 2024

The Lebanese Health Ministry now claims that at least nine people were killed and over 2,700 were wounded after handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday in a targeted attack against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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