A new report details how the Trump White House secretly killed an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against then–Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The White House under sexual abuser Donald Trump secretly worked to suppress an FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh while his Supreme Court nomination was under consideration by the Senate.
In September 2018, when Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, Trump promised that the FBI would have “free rein” to fully investigate the claims, adding that the bureau was “talking to everybody.”
“I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion,” Trump posted on Twitter at the time. However, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Trump’s assertions were all a farce, citing a new report by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Whitehouse’s report states that the FBI was directed to conduct a limited investigation in only a week, and requested “additional guidance” from the White House. But Trump administration officials never provided any authorization for a deeper probe into the allegations against Kavanaugh.
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I wonder if this wouldn’t be grounds to reopen a more thorough investigation under a Democratic president.
Wouldn’t matter. The only means of reversing this is impeachment of a SCOTUS judge, or him stepping down willingly. That’s why things like passing laws for term limits matter, to at least eventually get these people off the bench.
It’s sad, but honestly my my hope with that would be further erosion of the public support and opinion of the conservative wing of SCoTUS and a growth in support for expansion.