Senators Vow ‘Full Scale’ Investigation to Determine Who Leaked Kavanaugh Accuser’s Letter
By The Blaze. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) charged Sunday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will face an investigation over her office’s handling of a letter from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who initially accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Weeks after President Donald Trump announced Kavanaugh’s nomination, Ford wrote Feinstein an anonymous letter outlining her allegations. She demanded she remain anonymous. But sometime after the media learned of the allegations, Ford’s letter was leaked to the press. The only people who reportedly had access to the letter were Feinstein’s office, the office of Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), and Ford’s attorneys.
How the letter leaked has been a huge source of contention, as it could prove a level of coordination to undermine Kavanaugh’s confirmation. . .
Speaking on CBS’ “Face The Nation,” Cotton also revealed that Ford’s attorneys will face a Washington, D.C., bar investigation for allegedly withholding from their client the fact that the Senate Judiciary Committee offered to take her testimony in a confidential manner by flying staffers to interview her in California. (Read more from “Senators Vow ‘Full Scale’ Investigation to Determine Who Leaked Kavanaugh Accuser’s Letter” HERE)
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Limits to FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation Have Not Changed, Despite Trump’s Comments
By NBC News. The FBI has received no new instructions from the White House about how to proceed with its weeklong investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a senior U.S. official and another source familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
According to the sources, the president’s Saturday night tweet saying he wants the FBI to interview whoever agents deem appropriate has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsel’s office on the FBI investigation — including a specific witness list that does not include Julie Swetnick, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school.
Also not on the list, the sources say, are former classmates who have contradicted Kavanaugh’s account of his college alcohol consumption, instead describing him as a frequent, heavy drinker. The FBI is also not authorized to interview high school classmates who could shed light on what some people have called untruths in Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony about alleged sexual references in his high school yearbook.
The sources said nothing would preclude the FBI from asking Kavanaugh’s high school friend Mark Judge, who is on the witness list, about Swetnick’s allegations, but the sources stressed that this is not a top priority. (Read more from “Limits to FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation Have Not Changed, Despite Trump’s Comments” HERE)
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