Jeff Flake takes to Senate floor to suggest Trump committed TREASON by giving 'aid and comfort' to 'enemy' Russia
President Trump's controversial summit with Vladimir Putin is sparking new further divisions in Congress
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake and Democratic Delaware Sen. Chris Coons offered an amendment calling for notes from summit, praising Justice Department
Flake delivered a blistering speech accusing Trump of providing 'aid and comfort' to Russia
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn blocked the resolution
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell asks two panels to consider sanctions
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:28 EDT, 19 July 2018 | Updated: 16:43 EDT, 19 July 2018
The Trump-Helsinki summit brought new accusations in Congress Thursday, as GOP Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona accused the president of providing 'aid and comfort' to the enemy.
Flake's choice of words evoked the Constitution's definition of treason – at a time when President Trump is facing a new level of scrutiny for his refusal to forcefully condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for election meddling during their summit meeting Monday in Finland.
'By choosing to reject objective reality in Helsinki, the president let down the free world by giving aid and comfort to an enemy of democracy. In so doing he dimmed the light of freedom ever so slightly in our own country,' said Flake, a Trump critic who has announced his retirement from the Senate at the end of his term.
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