President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the FBI is not following up on professor Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh because “this is not really their thing.”
“I don’t think the FBI should really be involved because they don’t want to be involved,” Trump said. “If they wanted to be, I would certainly do that. But they say this is not really their thing. I think politically speaking, the senators will do a very good job.”
According to a Bloomberg report, the FBI requires a request from the White House to conduct a follow-up investigation on the accusation.
The White House and Department of Justice, on the other hand, argue that it’s not the FBI’s job.
Senate Democrats are clamoring for the investigation, but the White House and Republican senators have been dismissive.
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The WH and the DOJ are both hopelessly confused by the difference between having the FBI investigate a federal crime, and having the FBI conduct a background check. The latter is an effort aimed at discovering whether the nominee has anything in his past that could be used to blackmail him, for example. The lack of a federal crime is irrelevant.
Not to get all technical or anything, but…
The word “investigation”…IS RIGHT THERE IN THE NAME “FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION”!!!
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-18-nintendo-fans-react-in-dismay-after-trump-toad-comparison
Even more amazing, since the person making this accusation is being mean to a right-winger, you’d think Trump would be all in favor of unleashing the FBI on her. Maybe he’s not sure what they’d come up with. Or maybe he is.
What he means is they are too busy investigating his lying, compromised ass. However, it’s a big bureau and they can walk and chew gum at the same time.