Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think
Wray said the investigation was “limited in scope” and “followed standard procedures,” though he seemed to sidestep repeated questions about the involvement of the White House in determining the scope of the investigation.
- Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) pressed Wray on the Kavanaugh probe during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
- Wray said the White House had corresponded with the agency about the probe but stopped short of addressing whether or to what extent the White House limited the investigation.
- The probe ultimately failed to produce new significant information, a result that expected by Republicans and Democrats, some of whom argued the investigation wasn’t designed to produce new evidence.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Senators on Wednesday that the agency’s investigation into sexual assault allegations against recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was “limited in scope” and “followed standard procedures.”
The Kavanaugh probe included interviews of 10 people associated with Kavanaugh or his primary accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. It ultimately failed to produce any significant information that the Senate Judiciary Committee didn’t already know. That was the expected result for Republicans, and the probe struck a chord with right-leaning Americans by framing the national debacle as a calculated smear campaign by Democrats. President Donald Trump went so far as to tell Kavanaugh, “You, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent.”
But Democrats say the investigation wasn’t designed to produce new evidence and have questioned why FBI agents didn’t interview new witnesses who came forward in…
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