Washington – FBI Chief Says ‘Usual Process Met In Kavanaugh Probe

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    FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on 'Threats to the Homeland'on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 10 October 2018.  EPAWashington – FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that the FBI’s background investigation of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was limited in scope but that the “usual process” was followed.

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    Wray’s comments a Senate committee hearing on national security threats were his first public statements about the bureau’s investigation into Kavanaugh’s past and allegations of sexual misconduct dating from Kavanaugh’s high school and college years.

    Democrats have complained that the White House constrained the FBI and worked with Senate Republicans to narrowly define the parameters of the investigation, which lasted just a week and did not include interviews with people who said they had relevant information to share about Kavanaugh’s past. The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday.

    Wray, responding to questions from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said that unlike criminal investigations, the FBI’s authority in background investigations is determined by the agency that requested it — the White House in this case.

    “I think I would say that our investigation here, our supplemental update to the previous background investigation, was limited in scope and that that is consistent with the standard process for such investigations going back quite a long ways,” Wray said.

    He said at another point that there had been communication between the FBI’s Security Division, which runs the background investigation process, and the White House Office of Security. Wray said he had spoken with “our background investigation specialists and they have assured me that this was handled in the way that is consistent with their experience and the standard process,” he said.

    Wray declined to answer a question from Harris about whether the FBI had investigated whether Kavanaugh had lied to Congress under oath.


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    5 years ago

    Hey dems , this is the same FBI that cleared Hillary and same FBI who is vigoursly investigating Trump. Are they credible or not?

    5 years ago

    If you listen to the questioning in the clip, it is obvious that the senator is grandstanding, doing the usual thing the Dems did throughout the K hearings. They ask suggestive questions, get their negative answers, and then behave as if their assumptions are correct. This is blatantly dishonest, and should be portrayed to the public as the manipulation of public opinion.

    There is zero indication that the WH dictated the scope of the investigation, and the senator knows that. But she is desperate to make us all believe that Trump tied the hands of the FBI. Other senators stated that openly, and they, too, should be disgraced for this dishonesty.

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    5 years ago

    Kamala Harris go fly a kite Smell de coffee

    5 years ago

    Hey! How about if Christine Blasey Ford lied under Oath? Did that even occur to liberal Lyer Democrat?? She should be charged for false accusations and slander etc.