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FBI not allowed to investigate whether Brett Kavanaugh committed perjury: repor (Original Post) Gothmog Oct 2018 OP
WTF???? honest.abe Oct 2018 #1
Well, if they found Kavanaugh guilty of perjury, they might want to hold Trump accountable world wide wally Oct 2018 #2
I said yesterday this whole thing is a scam. triron Oct 2018 #3
trump's idea of free reign spanone Oct 2018 #4
What bullshit! Flake said lying would disqualify him. How convenient, eh? nt. PearliePoo2 Oct 2018 #5
The agents probably now have permission to ask for more permission SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2018 #6
What, exactly, *are* they investigating, then? Reader Rabbit Oct 2018 #7
From the NYT Gothmog Oct 2018 #8

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)
2. Well, if they found Kavanaugh guilty of perjury, they might want to hold Trump accountable
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:37 PM
Oct 2018

We can't be having that!

6. The agents probably now have permission to ask for more permission
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 02:30 PM
Oct 2018

...to interview any newly discovered lead or person, and then wait for McGahn's, Trump's, and Grassley's decision, whenever that might or might not happen. And that's only so long as the new witness can give a first-hand account about only a narrow predetemimed set of topics or reported events.

Remember the word "necessary" in there? Agents can do whatever's necessary? Who and what defines what's necessary to pursue in the BI? I'll bet that's tightly constrained and it's not the agents who decide, it's McGahn Trump and Grassley.

Drinking? Off limits. Temperament? Off limits. Bar fights? Off limits. Lies to Congress other than explicitly about sexual assault charges 1-4? Off limits. These are my strong suspicions about how this sham is set up.

Without seeing the written orders and knowing the written or verbal constraints, word for word, we just cannot know the obviously many ways in which this BI is being kept clear of harmful reports about Kav.

That's why witnesses with information need to physically go to an FBI office and demand to report a federal crime... the hell with this bogus "background check" and the prison it's being held in for its last week of existence... and instead demand to report the federal crime you know about: a lie made under oath to Congress.

(An FBI director with integrity would have refused to let his agents take part in this whitewash, btw. He would have refused, and if need be, resigned. But that's one for another day.)

Reader Rabbit

(2,624 posts)
7. What, exactly, *are* they investigating, then?
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 03:29 PM
Oct 2018

Their reports won't be published, and they aren't investigating the numerous perjuries committed.

This is a farce.

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