UPDATED: Trump rips NBC over report on limits to Kavanaugh investigation

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY KYLE BALLUCK - 09/30/18 07:49 AM EDT

President Trump in a tweet late Saturday ripped NBC News after the network reported that the White House was limiting the scope of the FBI's investigation into sexual assault allegations leveled against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Link to tweet

Sources told the network that the FBI has not been permitted to investigate claims made by the third woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, Julie Swetnick, and will instead focus on accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez.

Those sources said that the White House counsel’s office gave the FBI a list of witnesses it is permitted to interview.

The lawyer representing Swetnick, Michael Avenatti, said the development would be "outrageous" if true.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409111-trump-rips-nbc-over-report-on-limits-to-kavanaugh-investigation

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UPDATE:

Trump says FBI has 'free rein' in Kavanaugh probe

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 9:26 PM ET, Sat September 29, 2018

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Saturday that the FBI has "free rein" to investigate his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

"The FBI as you know is all over, talking to everybody ... " Trump told reporters Saturday in Washington on his way to a rally in West Virginia. "They have been all over it already. They have free rein to do whatever they have to do."

On Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee formally requested the White House instruct the FBI to conduct a supplemental background investigation, saying it should probe "current credible allegations" against Kavanaugh.

Complying with the Senate's request, Trump directed the FBI Friday night to re-open its background investigation into Kavanaugh with the probe "limited in scope and completed in less than one week."

Republicans said it would be left up to the FBI to decide which allegations are considered credible. Republican Sens. Jeff Flake, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, all key swing votes, set the terms of the investigation, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/politics/trump-fbi-investigation-kavanaugh/index.html

[turbinetree]

1. Well sexual predator....................your character is lets say not the best, and you really have

no fucking room to speak.......every time you open your mouth it is a lie......doing this while you are flying around on the taxpayers doles, making a complete ass of your self....................traitor


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough....................vote

[Iliyah]

2. Then it's probably true.

[rzemanfl]

7. +1. n/t

[djg21]

9. He tried.

It got leaked, he got called out, and now he’s lying and blaming NBC so he won’t look like more of an idiot.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. ...

[Achilleaze]

4. #NoLimitsOnFBI Hashtag goes viral...

Dig the dirt on Dirty Donny*s deceitful Suprem-O nominee. Squee!


* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[beachbum bob]

5. to solve this, let the FBI announce what are the constraints of their investigation, simple

if they are not allowed to announced, then trump is once again lying as we all expect him to be.

[beachbum bob]

6. btw, the GOP and Democratic senators who could vote NO, can actually demand

the restraints and limits of the FBI investigation as well as releasing them to the public. A coverup by trump will not serve the Senators very well if they are to be believed they are not in on the coverup either

[BigmanPigman]

11. That would mean that the

"iffy" GOP senators would have to find a spine someplace but they won't since they aren't in the market for a spine, just more self serving power and money.

[janterry]

8. So, the liar claims he is telling the truth

Nice try, trump. But you're a liar.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Include the perjury. . . . nt