I hope it’s OK that I’m posting several items in a row in this thread, but major developments are breaking very fast right now.
The Democratic minority on the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing the Republican majority of lying to the American people about Kavanaugh’s previous FBI background checks. This is a serious allegation that I’m sure the Democrats who signed this letter did not take lightly. I hope there is some way to confirm whether or not the Republicans told the truth.
Here’s the official Judiciary Committee tweet that the Democrats are questioning:
Here are some excerpts from HuffPost’s reporting followed by a copy of the letter:
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their Republican colleagues of mishandling confidential information contained in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past FBI background checks on Wednesday and alluded that the files may contain evidence of inappropriate sexual behavior or alcohol abuse.
In a letter addressed to committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight of the panel’s 10 Democratic members said the majority’s official Twitter account was incorrect when it sent out a message saying: “Nowhere in any of these six FBI reports … was there ever a whiff of ANY issue ― at all ― related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior or alcohol abuse.”
The eight lawmakers indicated that statement was false and called on Grassley to issue an immediate correction.
“While we are limited in what we can say about this background investigation in a public setting, we are compelled to state for the record that there is information in the second post that is not accurate,” the Democrats wrote. “It is troubling that the Committee Majority has characterized the information from Judge Kavanaugh’s confidential background investigation on Twitter, as that information is confidential and not subject to public release.” . . .
The letter: