Trump calls for investigation into sitting Democratic senator | International

WASHINGTON, Oct 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday against Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, calling for him to be investigated for embellishing his military record after the lawmaker clashed with US Attorney General Pam Bondi during a congressional hearing. "Sanctimonious Richard 'Da Nang Dick' Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest 'joke' in the United States Senate, is at it again!" Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social. "'Dick' lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great 'War Hero' who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam," he wrote in the lengthy post. "This guy shouldn't even be in the U.S. Senate. It...