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FBI Director Wray confirms Trump lied about giving the FBI “free reign” and “no limits” in the Kavanaugh supplemental investigation. Who could’ve seen that coming?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/kavanaugh-fbi-probe-limit-888667
FBI's Wray confirms limits on Kavanaugh probe
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate on Wednesday that the White House put limits on the re-opened investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but the law enforcement chief insisted that the process used was a typical one.

"Our supplemental update to the previous background investigation was limited in scope and that ... is consistent with the standard process for such investigations going back a long ways," Wray said under questioning by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on global security threats.

"I've spoken with our background investigation specialists and they have assured me this was handled in a way consistent with their experience and the standard process," the FBI director said, later adding that the inquiry was "very specific in scope—limited in scope."
Wray confirmed that background investigations are handled differently from other FBI probes and that the scope of inquiries into judicial nominees is dictated by the White House. However, he declined to discuss any specifics about what the White House decided should or should not be examined during the brief follow-up investigation conducted following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.

Democratic senators have complained that the FBI probe was unduly limited, failed to interview relevant witnesses and failed to re-interview Kavanaugh and one of his primary accusers, Christine Blasey Ford. However, the Republican senators who insisted on the renewed inquiry before voting on Kavanaugh have said they considered the effort sufficient.

Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate Saturday on a vote of 50-48. He was sworn in later that day and took the bench for his first round of oral arguments at the high court on Tuesday.

Asked by Harris if White House counsel Don McGahn set the limits on the investigation, Wray said he didn't know if McGahn had contact with FBI officials on the topic.

"The communication between the FBI and the White House for nominees, including judicial nominees, is through the FBI security division, background investigation specialists and the White House Office of Security," Wray said. "I can't speak to what anyone throughout the organization might have received instructions on."
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AEA18 said:
:smh:

Some people still think their votes don't matter. They wouldn't be trying this hard to stop you if it really didn't matter.
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Exhibit C


SCOTUS just upheld voter ID law in North Dakota that could disenfranchise thousands of Native voters & cost Heidi Heitkamp her Senate seat. "The risk of disenfranchisement is large" RBG writes in dissent
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As
@pemalevy
reports, ND GOP wrote voter ID law after Heitkamp won her Senate election by 3,000 votes with strong Native support. Tribal IDs, which use PO Boxes for addresses, are not valid IDs under the law, "a specification that seems designed to disenfranchise Native voters
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Belgium said:
FBI Director Wray confirms Trump lied about giving the FBI “free reign” and “no limits” in the Kavanaugh supplemental investigation. Who could’ve seen that coming?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/kavanaugh-fbi-probe-limit-888667
FBI's Wray confirms limits on Kavanaugh probe
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate on Wednesday that the White House put limits on the re-opened investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but the law enforcement chief insisted that the process used was a typical one.

"Our supplemental update to the previous background investigation was limited in scope and that ... is consistent with the standard process for such investigations going back a long ways," Wray said under questioning by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on global security threats.

"I've spoken with our background investigation specialists and they have assured me this was handled in a way consistent with their experience and the standard process," the FBI director said, later adding that the inquiry was "very specific in scope—limited in scope."
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It's funny that the GOP granted this sham investigation while people like dwalk are still claiming the Democrats were trying to delay.
 
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boris said:
It's funny that the GOP granted this sham investigation while people like dwalk are still claiming the Democrats were trying to delay.
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The dumb part is why would anyone who didn’t want him to win want to delay it? The point is to get it over with while the news was fresh. Of course idiots don’t have the ability to think that deep so I get it.
 
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