House Democrats are ready to investigate Brett Kavanaugh if they win the House
by Laura Barrón-López
| October 01, 2018 05:15 PM
House Democrats are still holding out hope that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t confirmed, but if he is and they win the majority in November, they’ll launch investigations of their own.
House Democrats want to interview witnesses who could provide more insight into multiple allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh, and investigate whether the judge perjured himself during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senate Republicans, facing pressure from one of their own, Sen. Jeff Flake, urged President Trump last week to reopen an FBI background check into Kavanaugh after long saying it couldn’t be done. Now, the scope of the investigation is coming under scrutiny. And former classmates of Kavanaugh’s have come forward to say he lied to the Judiciary committee about his drinking.
If Kavanaugh committed perjury, Democrats warn, they’ll investigate. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who would be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee if Democrats control the House, told ABC News on Sunday that the lower chamber would likely investigate.
"If he is on the Supreme Court, and the Senate hasn't investigated, then the House will have to," said Nadler. "We would have to investigate any credible allegations of perjury and other things that haven't been properly looked into before."
The current FBI investigation, which is set to last one week, so far does not include interviews with the former classmates who have disputed Kavanaugh's testimony about his partying, according to the New York Times.
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