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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 20, 2018, 10:44:04 pm

Title: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: mystery-ak on September 20, 2018, 10:44:04 pm
Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
By Tal Axelrod - 09/20/18 05:23 PM EDT

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) vowed Thursday that if Democrats take control of the House or Senate in November they would launch a probe into the FBI's handling of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Whitehouse said during an interview on CNN's "The Lead" that Democrats would “get to the bottom” of what happened between Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford at a high school party in the early 1980s where Ford claims Kavanaugh assaulted her.

Kavanaugh has strongly denied the allegations after Ford came forward on Sunday, and both have indicated that they are willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee sometime next week.

“I think we’ll also be investigating why the FBI stood down its background investigation when it came up in this particular background,” Whitehouse said on CNN.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407685-dem-vows-to-probe-why-the-fbi-stood-down-on-kavanaugh
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: Night Hides Not on September 21, 2018, 03:25:17 am
This is so ridiculous, what is the statute of limitations on sexual assault? I'm not suggesting it happened, but how do you "investigate" a case that's over 30 years old?
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: RetBobbyMI on September 21, 2018, 03:27:20 am
Stupid ass Dems. And lawyers to boot. Not even a Federal crime. But, lying to Congress is.
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: Applewood on September 21, 2018, 09:20:25 am
Ummmmmm...maybe because the FBI is under no obligation to investigate? 
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: kevindavis007 on September 21, 2018, 10:59:45 am
So now they want the FBI to investigate all Sexual assault cases?
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: GrouchoTex on September 21, 2018, 11:37:29 am
Quote from: kevindavis on September 21, 2018, 10:59:45 am
So now they want the FBI to investigate all Sexual assault cases?

Exactly, wouldn't this crime be something the local law enforcement officials would look into, and not the FBI?
Title: Re: Dem vows to probe 'why the FBI stood down' on Kavanaugh
Post by: kevindavis007 on September 21, 2018, 11:49:45 am
Quote from: GrouchoTex on September 21, 2018, 11:37:29 am
Exactly, wouldn't this crime be something the local law enforcement officials would look into, and not the FBI?


So if it happened like she said, she should have gone to the local law enforcement. Not the FBI.