Posted on 09/13/2018 10:35:13 AM PDT by mandaladon
Senate Democrats have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI for investigation.
“This matter has been referred to the FBI for investigation,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat and a member of the Judiciary Committee, told BuzzFeed News on Thursday about the letter.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that the letter had been referred to the FBI for investigation.
The letter has been the subject of days of intrigue on Capitol Hill but the contents of it have not been publicly disclosed by senators who have seen the document.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was given the letter by Calif. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D), according to multiple reports.
But Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has refused to answer multiple questions about the letter over the past two days.
She confirmed in a statement on Thursday that she had referred the matter to federal authorities.
"I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further," Feinstein said.
"I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities," she continued.
Questions about the letter boiled over on Wednesday after The Intercept published a piece saying Feinstein had refused to share the content of the letter with other members on the committee.
Sources told The Intercept that the letter was relayed by an individual affiliated with Stanford University. Some sources told the publication that it was about an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Desperate libs are desperate.
Will the Deep State thwart Kavanaugh?
The Dems hope so.
this is very bad. Weak-knee’ed folks like Susan Collins will use this as an excuse.
while they were in high school........................
Pure psy-ops.....
Here comes the hit piece and allegations of an abortion
It is all the ‘rats have
Ridiculous...
Now they will argue “He cannot be confirmed because he is under investigation. We must wait until the investigation is over.”
Sounds like fhe Dems think Kavanaugh committed a #MeToo crime.
Does this involve Stormy Daniels ?
How low can they go ??
They are the equivalent grade school bullies.
“Some sources told the publication that it was about an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.”
A Clarence Thomas redo. Again the Dims will lose.
The FIB investigated the lyrics of Louie, Louie! too....
Anita Hill remake
Ain’t no secret if it’s been outed.
[Attorney Debra Katz is representing the woman who is the subject of the letter, according to The Intercept. She declined to confirm to BuzzFeed News that she is representing the woman, and did not comment further.]
When all else fails, pull out the “Clarence Thomas” card.
So Kavanaugh diddled a woman thirty years ago.
Shades of... well you know it won’t end well.
What happened to sex is a private matter?
“Some sources told the publication that it was about an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.”
Oooh, high school! I’ll bet if they dig deeper they’ll find an incident in kindergarten too!
Thank God we have the FBI to investigate important matters like high school gossip from 30 years ago.
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