Most Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to White House counsel Don McGahn and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday to request that Christine Blasey Ford and Julie Swetnick be included in the FBI’s background probe of allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) did not sign onto the letter. TPM has reached out to his office for comment.
One woman to accuse Kavanaugh of misconduct, Deborah Ramirez, has confirmed speaking with the FBI and handing over a list of witnesses of the alleged misconduct. Blasey Ford and Swetnick, the two other accusers, have reportedly not been contacted by the bureau, and reports indicate that the White House has restricted the FBI from speaking to them.
Read the Democrats’ letter below:
How exactly can Ford not be on the list in the first place?
‘…the White House has restricted the FBI from speaking to them.’ WTF?
How about we make sure they add Kavanaugh to the list of people the FBI questions? My guess is Republicans fight hardest to avoid that. Imagine if the lying weasel were stuck in a room with FBI agents where he couldn’t run the clock out, deflect and delay. It would be a disaster. And it needs to happen - it is a critical step in any real investigation to test his statements against his accusers and against known facts.
Not interviewing Blasey Ford wouldn’t just be limiting the investigation, it would be investigative malpractice.
As Josh noted, we need to know whether Brett was coordinating with Ed Whelan, the noted conservative christian ethics expert, on how to pin the sexual assault on Garrett.
I don’t think that Ed Whelan has the complete range of expertise to conduct the geospatial mapping, house plan analyses and student profiling without help from Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanagu has been trying to get several of his Yale classmates including Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage to lie on his behalf and/or discredit Debra Ramirez.