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In reply to the discussion: Calls For Investigation Into The FBI Grow After New Smoking Gun Evidence Revealed Against Brett Kava [View all]Takket
(23,781 posts)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 didnt 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."