Aaron Reitz is the top federal prosecutor in Houston. On Wednesday he wrote to a Connecticut senator about a ballroom in Washington, and he put two federal crimes in the subject line.
Reitz told Sen. Richard Blumenthal to preserve every record of his inquiry into who paid for President Trump's White House ballroom. He headed the letter "Conduct Implicating 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242," the federal statutes on conspiracy against rights and deprivation of rights under color of law. He warned of "significant legal consequences," gave Blumenthal until 6 p.m. Nov. 18 to confirm, and posted the letter on X.
Reitz named no case. He kept the letter to one page, named no victim and cited one act by Blumenthal, an Oct. 1 press release.
We think the donor list explains why the Justice Department sent it.
