James Comey says Brett Kavanaugh's 'obvious lies' about yearbook 'are a flashing signal to dig deeper'
by Steven Nelson
| September 30, 2018 04:49 PM
Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's "obvious lies" about his high school yearbook hint at "bigger lies" that may be uncovered.
Comey wrote that FBI agents are up to the task of unearthing the truth of sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and others, and that he believes Kavanaugh's Thursday testimony could suggest trouble.
"Yes, the alleged incident occurred 36 years ago," Comey wrote in a New York Times op-ed, referring to Ford's accusation. "But FBI agents know time has very little to do with memory."
"They know every married person remembers the weather on their wedding day, no matter how long ago. Significance drives memory. They also know that little lies point to bigger lies," he wrote. "They know that obvious lies by the nominee about the meaning of words in a yearbook are a flashing signal to dig deeper."
On Thursday, Kavanaugh told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that apparent sexual references in his self-written yearbook biography actually had innocent and lesser-known definitions.
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