Calls For Investigation Into The FBI Grow After New Smoking Gun Evidence Revealed Against Brett Kava

[babylonsister]

Posted on Sat, Jan 21st, 2023 by Sarah Jones and Jason Easley
Calls For Investigation Into The FBI Grow After New Smoking Gun Evidence Revealed Against Brett Kavanaugh


Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) is calling for the House to investigate the FBI’s refusal to investigate the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, as a new documentary reveals smoking gun evidence of Kavanaugh sexual assault.

Rep. Torres tweeted:

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The Wrap reported that the documentary Justice contains new evidence against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh:

The film also surfaces a smoking gun: Max Stier, a suitemate of Kavanaughs’ at Yale, left a phone recording for the FBI, played in the documentary, in which he recalled learning at Yale of a incident involving a “very drunk” Kavanaugh with his pants down, having a female freshman hold his penis, while laughing.

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FBI Director Chris Wray admitted while testifying before Congress in 2022 that the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh were never investigated.

Wray told the Senate, “I apologize that in advance that it’s been frustrating for you, we’ve tried to be clear about our process, so when it comes to the tip line, we wanted to make sure that the White House had all the information we have so when the hundreds of calls started coming in we gathered those up reviewed them and provided them to the White House without investigation.”

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https://www.politicususa.com/2023/01/21/house-democrat-calls-for-investigation-brett-kavanaugh.html

[Blue Owl]

1. I wanna see Brett and Lindsey weeping again

And Brett stripped of his robe

[mjvpi]

4. I want to see Bob Barr squirm for 8hrs of questioning.

This is pure fantasy, but I would love to see VP Harris have the honors. I know that she is not in any official capacity to do so, but we’re talking political porn here.

[Scrivener7]

19. Bill Barr.

[RockRaven]

2. What is there to investigate about the FBI? Wray has stated that the FBI did no investigation.

It is all in plain sight. What's the question Congress needs to answer?

[Lonestarblue]

3. Why these agents haven't been fired for not doing their jobs would be one thing to investigate.

I’m sure Trump told them not to bother, but it’s their responsibility to conduct such investigations.

[markodochartaigh]

8. That's a question that will require

an answer which exposes the soul of the US. When an organization has been so compromised, so corrupted that it no longer performs its functions, what will be done. In the case of the FBI we can see what happened under Hoover. And we can see how the rot weakened the country.

[Samrob]

50. It is all in plain sight and once again, nothing is going to happen to the guilty or the corrupt.

White, male privilege has its benefits and it is taking this country down the abyss. Who can stop it?

[Joinfortmill]

5. I understand that...

because the White House initiated this investigation, all evidence was turned over to them and any decisions to act on it was up to the White House. Maybe someone can confirm this. I read it quite a long time ago and I don't recall the source.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Nothing's changed since 1991

When Clarence Thomas was caught sexually harassing Anita Hill and several other women. The FBI didn't investigate back then and they didn't investigate in 2018 when it was revealed Brett Kavangh whipped out his junk and assaulted women.

But you have to think it's a crime to assault women and to sexually harass women before you make any effort to investigate. Over a quarter of a century later and the FBI are as incompetent as they ever were. What a most useless organization.

[orleans]

10. +1 nt

[gopiscrap]

11. totally agree with you

[Wednesdays]

13. Incompetent?

I think they're performing exactly the way they're designed to do.

[SunSeeker]

7. It's not an ongoing investigation so investigate away! nt

[MyOwnPeace]

9. At the rate THIS DOJ 'investigates' and 'charges'........

Brett will attend 50 year 'Kegger' reunions wearing his black robe and NOT remembering where he is nor what he has done - ever.....

[Takket]

12. The FBI wasn't ALLOWED to do a full investigation. McConnel shut them down

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. How does a Senator control the FBI?

The FBI is part of the Executive branch; the Senate is part of the Legislative branch.

[Takket]

25. politics

This article was a pretty decent summary of the farce that was the investigation. drumpf and the white house ultimately made the calls, but McConnell for all intents and purposes put them on a 1 week clock to "investigate". Being that we are now TWO YEARS into investigating Jan 6, you can image what a FARCE it is to put a 1 week clock on an investigation. Granted the White House could have told McConnell to stuff it but as you can imagine very little "arm twisting" needed to occur (i.e. drumpf and McConnell were in complete sync on there being no investigation.)

McConnell controlled the Senate vote schedule, and drew the line in the sand, which drumpf was more than happy to go along with.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/5/17940738/fbi-investigation-kavanaugh-thorough-limits

"But the White House and Senate Republicans, at least, were very clear that they didn’t want the investigation to go on for longer. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for one, said repeatedly throughout the week, even before the FBI investigation concluded, that a vote on Kavanaugh would happen “this week.” That had to weigh on the FBI, making it clear that investigators were on the clock."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. No. McConnell controlled the vote; traitortrump controlled the FBI.

[Turbineguy]

14. This should be very popular with republicans

they love really sordid sex scandals. The worse, the better.

[progree]

15. The female freshman laughing while holding his penis? Kavanaugh must have been mortified

with embarrassment.

a “very drunk” Kavanaugh with his pants down, having a female freshman hold his penis, while laughing.

Like is this teeny little thingy all there is? Ha ha ha

[PCIntern]

16. The tweezers are evidence!

[calimary]

27. So is a microscope.

Or, let’s give the guy a break. Not a microscope. Maybe just a hand-held magnifying glass…

[PCIntern]

28. He is Dickless...

“This man has no Dick.” -Dr Venkman (Bill Murray) in Ghostbusters.

[calimary]

36. Okay, you broke the mood with that one. Now I'm laughing!

Shit - now I’ll never be able to think about the hapless unfortunate Kavanaugh WITHOUT that little mental sidecar permanently attached.

Come to think of it, THAT is its own payoff! From the “You may already be a winner” department!

[Scrivener7]

18. I can't wait until this movie is widely available. Though the George Clooney doc on

the Penn State abuse has been quashed, so who knows how many of us will get to see this one?

[catchnrelease]

32. Re the Ohio State doc

Where did you hear that it was quashed? I can't find anything recent on it, only that it is/was supposed to air on HBO. You're saying that is won't be shown now?

[Scrivener7]

38. I couldn't find anything either, but after she looked for it, niyad said it was shelved

in the Warner/Discovery merger.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17577396

[catchnrelease]

44. Oh rats!

Thanks for your reply. Maybe someone will bring it forward again if Gym acts like the lunatic we all know him to be. If he grandstands as expected he will be in the headlines and more worth some screen time.

[Scrivener7]

47. I know. I hope you are right. I was looking forward to that.

Also looking forward to the film about Kavanaugh they just released at the Sundance festival. I hope they get a distributor.

[ancianita]

20. I'm just not feelin' it because, while it's well intentioned investigative documentary work,

it's too fucking late. So it's not "justice."

[calimary]

29. There is that.

Plus any number of Republicans scrambling to stand in the way.

THIS is why I keep thinking we need more devious thinkers on OUR team. It’d level the playing field, at the very least. Almost every damn one of the enemy teammates thinks deviously with their cornflakes every morning. Sometimes it seems as though our team hasn’t even located the cereal aisle at the grocery store yet.

Democrats tend to be generous with the benefit of the doubt. But too often, it’s far too overly-generous to the point of being unreasonably naive.

[ancianita]

30. And lots more. I've got feminist arguments against this kind of "allyship," if that's how it's

presented.

I hear you about Democrats. It's not that we don't know how to fight or be devious. It's that it's not our first impulse. IMO, we assume goodness; we come from a place of good faith, and choose to assume the best of others will come out if we let it; we assume that facts and science matter; that others want to do the greatest good for the greatest number.

Which, I believe, is why we did get some Republican votes on the major laws that Biden's signed so far.

We tend to get used to corporate media presenting us as weak on fight, to the point where we believe it.
But I think we're mostly like, "Don't start nothin', won't be nothin.' We've learned, at least, not to be reactive. We actually school our opponents into saner, adult decisions, even as they play their histrionics playbook.

[calimary]

33. Great post, great thinking, my friend.

Rising above it. Allowing our “better angels” to lead. Probably means ultimate victory in the long run.

But dammit, I want it NOW!!! I keep fighting back against the mental 2x4s that my mind wants to swing and do damage to the enemy and all that. I keep beating down the impulses to seek revenge, to seek domination by any means necessary, inflict pain and suffering as just desserts…

And as I wrote that paragraph, my mind already jumped to “am I just getting in touch with my inner Republican? IS there one, buried deep in there? Does that mean I’m potentially as evil as I view them to be after years of observation of that side of the aisle? Is it just set in stone over there or are there any recoverable potential allies? Is it hopeless? Are THEY hopeless?

Tons more questions than answers start bedeviling my weary head. It’s an ongoing dilemma I live with.

[ancianita]

35. ...

I hear you. Of course you feel all this about Republicans. And I feel you. I have, too.

It's like the old story of feeling our two inner wolves fighting. We all have our "inner Republican" wolf moments, but that's why we're here together -- to feed the inner Democratic wolf.

We'll be doing that a lot through the next two years, my friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Wolves

[calimary]

37. Yep. Exactly.

[druidity33]

42. It's a play on words...

He’s “Justice Kavanaugh”.

[ancianita]

43. I wish that could do it for me. Or the other 51% of the country.

Thanks for trying. But how this man got railroaded through congress to the bench is the Koch-paid low point in court capturing. The cover up by investigating entities was worse than Kavanaugh's crimes. And years after, just the idea of finally getting around to creating a documentary about all that? It just rubs salt into the collective wound.

[lindysalsagal]

21. Anyone know where the film is streaming?

[intrepidity]

31. I mean, it just premiered on Friday

I think there's usually at least a few week lag before wide release? But I don't know for certain.

[Scrivener7]

48. Apparently they're looking for a distributor. They kept it secret from

EVERYONE before the screening Friday, so there isn't a deal yet. Hopefully they can get one.

[republianmushroom]

22. good luck, Torres

[C0RI0LANUS]

23. Some Tactics, Techniques, Procedures (TTP)

Colleagues:

1) We can sign this petition below:
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/impeach-brett-kavanaugh

2) www.ImpeachBrettKavanaugh.com seems available for any IT person to populate.

3) Ask your Member of Congress to
request the DOJIG to investigate the FBI handling of Kavanaugh's investigation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Office_of_the_Inspector_General

4) Ask your Member of Congress to introduce a bill to eliminate the ten-year tenure given FBI Directors (Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968).

EOM

[calimary]

34. Good fodder for asks!

I may start working up a Kavanaugh one for my Indivisible group’s next Call to Action email. Sure seems timely and worthy of attention.

[czarjak]

24. Crime/Coverup

[Evolve Dammit]

39. Rot is deep. FBI, Secret Service; other agencies that are supposed to "protect" the US?

[Martin68]

40. Republicans just don't want to know what Kavanaugh was actually doing during his drunken

heyday. Let's have the FBI conduct a real investigation.

[Scrivener7]

49. Or they do know and don't like the fact that one of their own will be

punished for things they did too.

[Martin68]

51. Yes, I sense that a lot of white male college-educated Republicans totally identify with Kavanaugh's

out-of-control frat boy entitlement behavior. Some may envy him. All of them think , "Ah, c'mon, we were all like that as young men: Young, dumb and full of cum." Actually that attitude wouldn't be limited to the college-educated except for the frat boy part.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

41. So not illegal right? Remember that day. Phil Mudd on CNN

( former DC FBI head) early on in day said " what
?? Not enough time to do a good investigation". Then later.." no problem!, FBI will rise to occasion. Even with short window they will drive her around neighborhood until she recognized the house".

Perhaps there was nothing we could have done. But just remember the way Lindsay Graham went from bear to happy. Suspicious. It appeared we got bamboozled.. but perhaps someone who was involved has talked about how we knew additional investigation was bullshit? I just remembered glee ( to a non-privvy watcher).

[Poiuyt]

45. It's my understanding that the FBI vetting of a nominee isn't required

They don't investigate unless the White House asks them to. Obviously, Trump didn't want him investigated, so the FBI didn't act.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[onetexan]

46. Wray needs to go. No question about it.