Just a few days into the FBI’s “investigation” into the multiple sexual assault allegations against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the law enforcement agency is allegedly wrapping up the probe three days before the deadline.
The WSJ reports that the FBI is expected to wrap up it's investigation of Kavanaugh today or tomorrow.
Here is a baseline: Any investigation that did not include interviews of Ford or Kavanaugh, not to mention other relevant witnesses, is a sham.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 2, 2018
The abruptness of its conclusion and the reports of the White House’s efforts to hamstring the investigation is raising eyebrows around the nation, especially on the legal teams of accusers Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez.
Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers sent a furious letter to the FBI this afternoon upon learning that they would be concluding their investigation without even interviewing her, the principal witness at the center of the allegations against Kavanaugh.
New: Letter from Ford attorneys to top FBI officials, excerpt below.
"It is inconceivable that the FBI could conduct a thorough investigation of Dr. Ford’s allegations without interviewing her, Judge Kavanaugh, or the witnesses we have identified in our letters to you." pic.twitter.com/T9cRt7Amhv
— Elana Schor (@eschor) October 2, 2018
Ford’s attorneys were joined by Deborah Ramirez’s lawyer John Clune, who took to Twitter and complained that they had provided the FBI with a list of more than 20 witnesses who would have information supporting her allegations that Kavanaugh had exposed himself and forced her to touch his genitals while he laughed at a drunken Yale party.
As of publication, the FBI has not reached out to speak to any of them.
at the end of the interview, her lawyers provided the FBI the names and known contact information of additional witnesses (totaling more than 20) who may have corroborating information. Although we do not know the status of the investigation, 2/
— John Clune (@CluneEsq) October 2, 2018
we are not aware of the FBI affirmatively reaching out to any of those witnesses. Though we appreciated the agents who responded on Sunday, we have great concern that the FBI is not conducting—or not being permitted to conduct—a serious investigation. 3/
— John Clune (@CluneEsq) October 2, 2018
Considering that Bloomberg reported earlier today that the FBI was not going to be investigating whether or not Brett Kavanaugh perjured himself upon the stand — which he almost certainly did — these new developments call into question whether or not they’re actually investigating anything or if this entire thing is just a sham to mollify Jeff Flake and pretend that appropriate measures have been taken before the Republican ram through his confirmation anyway.
Refusing to interview the people directly involved in an investigation is astounding malpractice at best and an active cover-up at worst. Ford, Ramirez, and the American people deserve answers.
