FBI Probe of Brett Kavanaugh Constrained by Trump

Previously undisclosed correspondence reveals that the FBI probe into Brett Kavanaugh when he was a Supreme Court nominee was constrained by the Trump White House, the Washington Post reports.

“The report found that messages to the FBI tip line regarding Kavanaugh were forwarded directly to the White House and never probed, and that the FBI had no written protocols for the supplemental background investigation ordered by the White House.”

“It notes that the FBI was instructed by the White House to talk to 10 potential witnesses and was not given the leeway to pursue corroborating evidence — the absence of which was cited by senators as they narrowly voted to confirm Kavanaugh, marking a major triumph for the conservative movement and locking in a right-leaning majority that would later overturn the constitutional right to abortion.”