GOP senator: Anyone who thinks politics weren’t involved in Kavanaugh report ‘ought to put down the bong’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Thursday that anyone who thinks politics didn’t play a role in the FBI investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “ought to put down the bong.”
“I’ve now received a committee staff briefing on the FBI’s supplement to Judge Kavanaugh’s background investigation file. There’s nothing in it that we didn’t already know,” Grassley said in a statement.
“These uncorroborated accusations have been unequivocally and repeatedly rejected by Judge Kavanaugh, and neither the Judiciary Committee nor the FBI could locate any third parties who can attest to any of the allegations. There’s also no contemporaneous evidence,” he added.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats have railed against the FBI’s report.
“We had many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the FBI from getting the facts. … Those fears have been realized,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said during a press conference.
The report was released to senators a week after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified about claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s.
Kavanaugh has fiercely denied the accusation. He’s also denied misconduct claims from two other women, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday night filed cloture in order to set a vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation for this week.
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