Richard Blumenthal Biography, Age, Net worth, Family, Sibling, Wife, Children, Education

Richard Blumenthal Biography

Richard Blumenthal is an American attorney an d politician born on February 13, 1946 in New York City, New York, United States. He served as the United States Senator since 2011.

Richard Blumenthal Age

Richard Blumenthal is 72 years old as of 2019.

Richard Blumenthal Net worth

Richard Blumenthal has an estimated net worth of $80 million.

Richard Blumenthal Family

Richard Blumenthal was born to Jane Rosenstock (mother) and Martin Blumenthal (father) who was the president of a commodities trading firm.

Richard Blumenthal Siblings

Richard Blumenthal has one sibling David Blumenthal who is an academic physician and health care policy expert, he is famously known as the National Coordinator for Health and Information Technology.

Richard Blumenthal Wife

Richard Blumenthal married Cynthia Malkin in 1982 the daughter of real estate investor peter L . Malkin. The couples were blessed with four children.

Richard Blumenthal Children

Richard Blumenthal has four children namely Claire Blumenthal (daughter), David Blumenthal (son), Michael Blumenthal (son) and Matt Blumenthal (son).

Richard Blumenthal Education

Richard Blumenthal attended Riverdale Country School in Bronx. He later joined Harvard College, where he was editorial chairman of The Harvard Crimson. He went to study for a year in Trinity College, Cambridge, in England. He then attended Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. While at Yale h e was a classmate of Hillary Clinton who later became the Secretary of State. He received his JD degree from Yale School. Hillary Clinton was one of the co-editors at Yale Law Journal together with Richard. He was also a classmate of the supreme associate justice Clarence Thomas and radio host Michael Medved. .

Richard Blumenthal Millitary Service

Richard Blumenthal started his millitary career as a corp Seargent, he enlisted himself in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, he served in units in Washington, D.C., and Connecticut from 1970 to 1976, where he was ranked as a sergeant. During his Senate campaign in 2010,the news reports was that Blumenthal had claimed or implied that he’d served “in Vietnam” during the war creating a controversy. He denied having misled voters in believing that he fought in Vietnam, but he was occassionaly acknowledged having “misspoken” about his service record, but later he apologized for the remarks about his military service.

Richard Blumenthal Political Career

Richard Blumenthal served as an administrative assistant to Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, he has aide to Daniel P. Moynihan when Moynihan was Assistant to President Richard Nixon, and as a law clerk Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. District Court of the District of Connecticut, and to Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun. At 31 he became the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, serving from 1977 to 1981, and as the chief federal prosecutor of that state he successfully prosecuted major cases involving drug traffickers, organized crime, white collar criminals, civil rights violators, consumer fraud, and environmental pollution.

From 1981 to 1986, he volunteed himself as the counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In 1984 he was elected as the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 145th district. He won the election as the 27th District of Connecticut Senate, at the age of 41. In 1980, he testified in the State Legislature in favor of abolishing Connecticut’s death penalty statute. He did represented Florida death row inmate Joseph Green Brown, who had been wrongly convicted. He succeeded in staving off Brown’s execution just 15 hours before it was scheduled to take place

Richard Blumenthal Attorney General

Richard Blumenthal was elected as the first 23rd Attorney General in 1990 and was again re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. On October 10, 2002 he was awarded the Raymond E. Baldwin Award for Public Service by the Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Richard Blumenthal Quotes

• I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to do.
• Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless.
•  Knowledge, People, World, Networking Still, there may be technologies that are very useful in identifying people over the age of 18 because they have all kinds of identifying characteristics, while those same tech may be useless for 12- and 13-year-olds.
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Richard Blumenthal Internship

Senator Blumenthal is hiring a team of law clerks for summer 2018. Senator Blumenthal’s Law Clerk Program allows individuals to become part of the legislative team that manages the Judiciary Committee portfolio for Senator Blumenthal. Law Clerks will be responsible for advising senior staff and Senator Blumenthal on legislative decisions, as well as drafting legislation, performing legal research and writing, and composing a variety of written materials. Law Clerks may also have the opportunity to collaborate with staff members in other policy areas as well, depending on the needs of the office and the interests of the student.

Law Clerks must be able to write quickly and clearly, be flexible in adjusting to changing circumstances and legislative priorities, and be self-starters capable of taking responsibility for complicated, ongoing projects. Applicants must either (1) be currently enrolled in an accredited JD program, or (2) have a JD from an accredited program. Demonstrated interest in public service is preferred. To apply for the program, please submit a cover letter, resume, one 3-5 page writing sample, and current transcript to jobs@blumenthal.senate.gov with the subject line Judiciary Law Clerk. This is an unpaid position. Applications for the fall, spring, and summer sessions are processed on a rolling basis.

Applications for the Fall 2018 semester will be considered until July 15, 2018. Senator Blumenthal’s Internship Program provides an excellent opportunity for students to learn and serve through first-hand participation in government services and the legislative process in both our Hartford and Washington, D.C. offices. The program is intended to provide participants with the tools, skills, and experience that they can readily apply to future challenges and professional pursuits. We expect a great deal from our interns. Candidates will have a diverse, challenging experience and make a genuine contribution to Senator Blumenthal’s work on behalf of Connecticut and the nation.

We welcome all applicants who have demonstrated academic excellence and have displayed a commitment to public service. While preference is given to Connecticut residents, students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This program is designed to enhance a course of study for an undergraduate or graduate student. The level of work is appropriate for students who have completed their first year at a college or university. On the whole, the goal is to offer as rewarding an experience as possible, while fulfilling the existing needs of the office.
The deadline for Summer 2019 internship sessions is April 15, 2019 for all applicants. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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President Trump attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Twitter Monday night, mockingly referring to him as “Da Nang Dick” and questioning his fitness to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the wake of decade-old allegations of stolen valor related to Blumenthal’s false claim that he fought in the Vietnam War. “How does Da Nang Dick (Blumenthal) serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee when he defrauded the American people about his so called War Hero status in Vietnam, only to later admit, with tears pouring down his face, that he was never in Vietnam,” wrote Trump, who added that Blumenthal was, “An embarrassment to our Country!”

It’s unclear exactly what prompted the president’s tweet. Earlier Monday, Blumenthal and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced legislation that would require Special Counsel Robert Mueller to submit a report to Congress and the public when his investigation into alleged collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign concludes. The legislation also would require a report within two weeks if a special counsel is fired, transferred or resigns. Blumenthal, who was elected to the Senate in 2010, regularly referenced his supposed Vietnam service in the 2000s, when he was Connecticut attorney general. “I served during the Vietnam era,” Blumenthal reportedly said at a Vietnam War memorial in 2008.

“I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even the physical abuse.” Blumenthal reportedly obtained at least five military deferments between 1965 and 1970. He eventually served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, but did not deploy to Vietnam. In 2010, Blumenthal admitted that he had “misspoken about my service, and I regret that and I take full responsibility. Grassley and Blumenthal are both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Grassley is a former chairman of the panel. Both men supported legislation last year to protect Mueller’s job. The bill, approved by the Judiciary Committee in April, would allow any fired special counsel to seek a judicial review within 10 days of removal and put into law existing Justice Department regulations that a special counsel can be fired only for good cause.