Grassley seeks update after referring Avenatti, Swetnick to DOJ for false Kavanaugh claims
October 9, 2019 | BPR Wire
Kevin Daley, DCNF
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked the Department of Justice and FBI Tuesday for an update on the criminal referrals he submitted against witnesses who made potentially false accusations of sexual misconduct against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to pursue criminal investigations of four individuals following Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2018.
“When individuals intentionally mislead the committee, they divert important committee resources during time sensitive investigations and materially impede its work,†Grassley wrote in a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray. “Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to congressional investigators. It is illegal to obstruct committee investigations.â€
“The next Supreme Court nominee should not have to defend himself or herself against baseless and fabricated allegations, and committee staff should not have to spend valuable time investigating them,†Grassley added.
The senator asked for a response to his letter by Oct. 21.
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