GOP, Dems battle over secret FBI report on Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON — A high-stakes partisan row quickly broke out Thursday over a confidential FBI report about allegations that Brett Kavanaugh sexually abused women three decades ago, with Republicans claiming investigators found "no hint of misconduct" and Democrats accusing the White House of slapping crippling constraints on the probe.
The verbal battling commenced as the conservative jurist's prospects for winning Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court remained at the mercy of five wavering senators, with an initial, critical vote looming Friday. It followed the FBI's early-morning release of its investigation, which President Donald Trump reluctantly ordered under pressure from a handful of wavering GOP senators.
"There's nothing in it that we didn't already know," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a written statement. He said he based his view on a briefing from committee aides and added, "This investigation found no hint of misconduct."
Top Democrats fired back after getting their own briefing.
The Judiciary panel's top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, said it appeared that the White House had "blocked the FBI from doing its job." She said that while Democrats had agreed to limit the probe's scope, "we did not agree that the White House should tie the FBI's hands."
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If it's so thorough why is it secret? Release the thing so we all can see it.
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