Posted on 09/13/2018 10:35:13 AM PDT by mandaladon
Senate Democrats have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI for investigation.
“This matter has been referred to the FBI for investigation,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat and a member of the Judiciary Committee, told BuzzFeed News on Thursday about the letter.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that the letter had been referred to the FBI for investigation.
The letter has been the subject of days of intrigue on Capitol Hill but the contents of it have not been publicly disclosed by senators who have seen the document.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was given the letter by Calif. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D), according to multiple reports.
But Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has refused to answer multiple questions about the letter over the past two days.
She confirmed in a statement on Thursday that she had referred the matter to federal authorities.
"I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further," Feinstein said.
"I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities," she continued.
Questions about the letter boiled over on Wednesday after The Intercept published a piece saying Feinstein had refused to share the content of the letter with other members on the committee.
Sources told The Intercept that the letter was relayed by an individual affiliated with Stanford University. Some sources told the publication that it was about an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
From the Intercept:
The specific content of the document, which is a letter from a California constituent, is unclear, but Feinstein’s refusal to share the letter has created tension on the committee, particularly after Feinstein largely took a back seat to her more junior colleagues last week, as they took over Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings with protests around access to documents.
The letter took a circuitous route to Feinstein, the top-ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. It purportedly describes an incident that was relayed to someone affiliated with Stanford University, who authored the letter and sent it to Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who represents the area.
Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter, and some of the sources said they themselves had heard different versions, but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school. Kept hidden, the letter is beginning to take on a life of its own.
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/12/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-dianne-feinstein/
Oooooh, a secret letter.
I wonder if it was written in code or invisible ink?
The FBI reports to the DOJ. Instead of doing the right thing, flushing the letter down the toilet, Sessions will recuse himself, so will the FBI chief Wray, and they will let Ohr will handle it.
Weak Fools.....
another fake dossier
Desperate libs (read ALL democrap party members) are despicable. They lie so often now that any chanc e at a blue wave in November is being erased by blatant lying which is not getting past the awakened electorate. Black people have come to realize they have been exploited repeatedly by the demon crap party, so they are walking ...
Letter was originally written by Christopher Steele based on text from Peter Strzok and Lisa Page and signed off on by Comey.
High school. Ok
High School Huh?
Let me guess, he peed on Nancy Pelosi in a room once rented by Chuck Schumer.
Whatever happened in high school is now a disqualifying offense.
Dems don’t care how old it is as long as it blocks Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court.
Mission accomplished.
This scandal will disappear more quickly than a prom dress.
Calling Buckhead.
Okay, who won the poll that predicted the date the dems would drag out the harassment charges?
He went to Georgetown Prep...an all boys school.
If this is true, then the FBI should be a black hole for this letter.
The FBI has no role in investigating such matters -- even if it occurred last week.
Sources told The Intercept that the letter was relayed by an individual affiliated with Stanford University. Some sources told the publication that it was about an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.
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He was caught necking in the back seat of his dad’s Buick!
GASP!!!
(insert pearl clutching and fainting couch pics here)
That would be the late 1970’s or early 1980’s I assume.
No. Pre-school.
I heard in CNN when he was away he had a bowel movement in his diapers.
He went to an all boys high school....so this must be about a teacher.
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