Retiring senator Arizona Jeff Flake accused President Donald Trump of reckless disregard for the truth Wednesday, saying that the White House had launched an “unrelenting daily assault on constitutionally protected free speech.”

Speaking from the Senate floor, Flake said that Trump had waged a constant war on the Washington press and done serious damage to the public’s trust in our national institutions, while empowering unscrupulous leaders around the world to do the same.