Contrary to suggestions by Dr. Ford’s attorneys, the committee had no plans to place Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh on a panel together, and never indicated plans to do so. Grassley’s staff offered Dr. Ford multiple dates as well as a choice of providing information in a public or private setting.
Oct 06, 2018 · Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, the attorneys representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, spoke to ABC News about the investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Sep 19, 2018 · WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement after lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford sent a letter to the Judiciary …
Sep 28, 2018 · "It was appropriate for Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the final step in the committee's …
Sep 25, 2018 · WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans said Tuesday that they had hired an outside attorney to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and …
Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers, was not interviewed as part of the investigation, one of her attorneys, Debra Katz, told ABC News, calling the move a "grave injustice.".
Ford gave the Senate committee "very important information they needed to make a fully-informed vote, " Banks added. "And, unfortunately, because there was no fully comprehensive investigation, their vote really won't be fully informed.". (MORE: Protesters shout 'shame' at Democrat supporting Kavanaugh)
The Kavanaugh accuser's legal team called the FBI investigation a "sham.". Win McNamee/Getty Images. The attorneys representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford described the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a "sham" after several senators cast on Friday their votes to move his nomination to the Senate floor for a final vote.
ABC News. Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, the attorneys representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, spoke to ABC News about the investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Ford testified in front of the Senate Judicial Committee last week on the events of the alleged attack. The FBI did interview "a number of people who submitted sworn ...
FBI investigation into Kavanaugh was a 'sham,' say Ford's lawyers. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation on Saturday. The Kavanaugh accuser's legal team called the FBI investigation a "sham.".
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans said Tuesday that they had hired an outside attorney to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her, at the committee's hearing on Thursday.
"The goal is to de-politicize the process and get to the truth, instead of grandstanding and giving senators an opportunity to launch their presidential campaigns," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the committee's chairman, said in a statement. "I’m very appreciative that Rachel Mitchell has stepped forward to serve in this important and serious role."
Meanwhile, both President Donald Trump and leading Hill Republicans continued to take a sharper tone Tuesday on the accusations against Kavanaugh.
Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct before he was confirmed in 2018 as a Supreme Court justice, said Thursday that the FBI’s investigation into her allegations was a “sham and a major institutional failure.”. The attorneys' comments came after the FBI sent a letter to Sens.
The attorneys' comments came after the FBI sent a letter to Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), who wrote to FBI Director Christpher Wray two years ago with questions about how the investigation into Kavanaugh was conducted.
A June 30 letter from the FBI revealed that the bureau got over 4,500 tips about the now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court in October of 2018, after Blasey Ford and two other women accused him of sexual misconduct, which he denied. The Senate voted to confirm Kavanaugh on a 50-48 vote.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the statements.
Blasey Ford’s attorneys said in their statement that the investigation into Kavanaugh “never should have been an ordinary background check,” adding that the FBI and Trump administration “hid the ball on this” with regard to the 4,500 tips about the now-Supreme Court justice.
The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh in a 50-48 vote two days after the FBI showed the report to Congress members. Whitehouse's letter says that the FBI initially did not assign anyone to gather evidence or respond to witnesses reaching out to testify.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island who sits on the Judiciary Committee, is requesting Justice Department support for a Senate review of the FBI's actions.
Kavanaugh faced several accusations of sexual assault and misconduct after he was nominated to the Supreme Court in July 2018. One of his accusers, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Kavanaugh allegedly held her down on a bed, covered her mouth and tried to remove her clothes at a party when they were both teenagers.
Whitehouse says the FBI and its director, Christopher Wray, have repeatedly refused to answer Judiciary Committee questions about whether the bureau followed its own procedures for investigations. "Such stonewalling does not inspire confidence in the integrity of the investigation," he writes.
Senator alleges FBI's Brett Kavanaugh investigation may have been "fake". The FBI investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process may have been "fake" and compromised by politics, a senator alleges in a letter to the new attorney general, Merrick Garland.
In his own testimony, Kavanaugh vehemently denied the allegations from Blasey Ford and others. Then-President Trump authorized an FBI investigation into the claim, but the investigation did not include interviews with Kavanaugh, Blasey Ford or several key witnesses to the alleged incidents, and the FBI's report was never released to the public.