What the FBI investigation will leave out..
Quote:The Wall Street Journal on Saturday also reported that the White House’s parameters for the FBI probe didn’t include Swetnick because the White House doesn’t consider her accusations “credible.” According to the NBC News’ report, if the FBI learns of others not on the pre-approved list who can corroborate witness’ accounts, it’s not clear whether agents will be able to reach out to them. That could have important implications for Ford, who alleges Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while in high school, and Ramirez, who claims he exposed himself to her in college.Brett Kavanaugh FBI investigation: White House is reportedly limiting the probe - Vox
Kavanaugh has vehemently denied all of the women’s claims against him and appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to refute Ford. One curious feature of NBC News’ reporting is the way the administration instructed the FBI to handle its work on Judge. Ford alleges he was in the room when Kavanaugh drunkenly pinned her down, tried to take her clothes off, and covered her mouth when she screamed while they were at a party in the 1980s. He’s cooperating with the investigation.
In an attempt to help narrow the time frame of when the alleged incident took place, Ford told the judiciary panel on Thursday that six to eight weeks afterward, she went with her mother to a local Safeway supermarket in Potomac, Maryland and saw Judge, who was working there at the time. According to NBC News, “the FBI cannot ask the supermarket that employed Judge for records verifying when he was employed there.” The FBI reportedly also isn’t able to look into why Kavanaugh’s account of his drinking at Yale differs from what former classmates say. Kavanaguh claims he wasn’t a heavy drinker, others say he was. Both Ford and Ramirez claim he was excessively drunk during the two incidents.
Quote:On Fox News Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to answer whether the White House is limiting the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “Has the White House limited in any way who the FBI may talk to?” host Chris Wallace asked her in an interview that aired on Sunday. “And specifically, has the FBI given a list of potential people to talk to that does not include Julie Swetnick, the woman, the third accuser who talked about gang rapes — and also college friends who may contradict Judge Kavanaugh on the issue of heavy drinking?” Sanders did not explicitly answer Wallace’s question about reports that the White House counsel gave a specific witness list to the FBI that did not include Swetnick, who last week said that Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were both involved in sexual assault and gang rapes when they were students at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s.Sarah Sanders won’t say the White House isn’t interfering in FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh – ThinkProgress