FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’

Posted on AllSides March 16th, 2021
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The FBI is facing new scrutiny for its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh, the supreme court justice, after a lawmaker suggested that the investigation may have been “fake”.

Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator and former prosecutor who serves on the judiciary committee, is calling on the newly-confirmed attorney general, Merrick Garland, to help facilitate “proper oversight” by the Senate into questions about how thoroughly the FBI investigated Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing.

The supreme court justice was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford and faced several other...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/16/fbi-brett-kavanaugh-background-check-fake

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