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12. Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick to be excluded from FBI investigation

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:19 AM

Oct 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/30/fbi-investigation-brett-kavanaugh-julie-swetnick-kellyanne-conway

The FBI will not interview Julie Swetnick, the third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, according to multiple reports and the Republican senator Lindsey Graham, highlighting the narrow scope of the agency’s supplemental investigation into Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee.

After NBC News and the other outlets said Swetnick would not be questioned, the White House, which has stood by Kavanaugh through the fallout from an explosive Senate hearing on Thursday, denied it was limiting the investigation.

On Saturday Donald Trump said on Twitter he wanted the FBI “to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion”

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Frank Figliuzzi, MSNBC pundit, former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI... [View all] spanone Oct 2018 OP

We already know Kavanaugh lied Chiquitita Oct 2018 #1

Perjured. Not lied. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #2

perjure - to tell an untruth under oath Chiquitita Oct 2018 #3

Yep. Using the word "lie," discounts the fact that Kavanaugh performed a crime while under oath. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #5

The oath makes no difference. Scruffy1 Oct 2018 #17

Here we go (again) live2011 Oct 2018 #4

I'll go with TRUMP IS LYING. It's a pretty safe bet. spanone Oct 2018 #6

it isn't hard to decide. irresistable Oct 2018 #7

I've been hearing him say this all morning. MoonRiver Oct 2018 #8

Rethugs have learned there are no consequences for outright lying. This must somehow change. JudyM Oct 2018 #9

THIS! jmbar2 Oct 2018 #14

And it'll keep happening as long as they know there'll be no consequences. calimary Oct 2018 #20

consequences of 'put it behind us' Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #24

Yes, DAMMIT! calimary Oct 2018 #25

What entity could file charges against K for lying to congress last week? Who enforces Maraya1969 Oct 2018 #10

Best point yet... ewagner Oct 2018 #13

I would bet that any accusations coming from a Senate Mr.Bill Oct 2018 #21

Dump thinks we can't see him..... dawnie51 Oct 2018 #11

Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick to be excluded from FBI investigation Botany Oct 2018 #12

trump is lying....imagine that? spanone Oct 2018 #15

Come, you mean . . . . . at least you're implying that . .. . . TRUMP would LIE???? OMG! pdsimdars Oct 2018 #16

Lying? Sociopathic-narcissists don't lie. RVN VET71 Oct 2018 #18

not enough buses in the world to cover the people he would throw under them STARTING with Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #22

Bureau of Fake Investigatios Zackr Oct 2018 #19

Which show was it on? WHat do we search for? Amaryllis Oct 2018 #23

"The WH is not speaking the truth..." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2018 #26