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turbinetree

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Fri Oct 5, 2018, 04:47 PM Oct 2018

Former FBI special agent: Kavanaugh probe not 'authentic investigation'

By Caroline Orr - October 5, 2018

'This does not fall under the definition of a real, authentic FBI investigation.'

A former FBI special agent confirmed on Thursday that the background probe into Brett Kavanaugh was not a “real, authentic investigation,” thanks to the restrictions imposed by the White House and Senate Republicans.

Speaking to MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson, former FBI supervisory special agent John Mindermann called it “very, very problematic” that the investigation was so severely limited in time and scope because it means that the bureau could not look at the full picture of Kavanaugh or the sexual allegations against him.

“It’s like taking the brush out of the hand of the painter midway through the portrait session,” Mindermann said in reference to the restrictions placed on the FBI investigation, which reportedly included limitations on who FBI agents could interview, what leads they could follow, what areas of Kavanaugh’s background they could look into, and how long they could keep the investigation open.

As Jackson pointed out, Kavanaugh and his first accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, were among those not interviewed by the FBI.

https://shareblue.com/former-fbi-special-agent-kavanaugh-probe-not-authentic/

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Former FBI special agent: Kavanaugh probe not 'authentic investigation' (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2018 OP
The fix has been in for a long time... how these fucks get away with this shit is beyond me. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #1
Money..................and the model created by James Buchanan, a professor of Economics turbinetree Oct 2018 #2
They get away with it because nobody stops them. FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #3
It will have to be up to the American people to do it. rockfordfile Oct 2018 #4

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
2. Money..................and the model created by James Buchanan, a professor of Economics
Fri Oct 5, 2018, 04:53 PM
Oct 2018

for the right wing and by the right wing fro this country and the world, he and others created this crap...............Nancy Maclean pretty much explains the model in her book, Democracy in Chains

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