BLUMENTHAL, SHAHEEN, & 12 BIPARTISAN SENATORS QUESTION PRESIDENT TRUMP ON INVITATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN TO G20 ON AMERICAN SOIL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

[Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and 12 bipartisan colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump inquiring about the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Group of Twenty (G20) Leader's Summit in Miami, Florida this coming December.In the letter, the Senators question why Vladimir Putin, who has committed atrocities against the people of Ukraine and silenced his own people, has been welcomed with open arms to participate in a G20 meeting on American soil. This comes at a time when the Russian government is ...