The FBI has not been permitted to investigate claims of Julie Swetnick, White House official ...

[Donkees]

Sep.29.2018 / 4:33 PM EDT

While the FBI will examine the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, the bureau has not been permitted to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick, who has accused Kavanaugh of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s, those people familiar with the investigation told NBC News. A White House official confirmed that Swetnick's claims will not be pursued as part of the reopened background investigation into Kavanaugh.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-limits-scope-fbi-s-investigation-allegations-against-brett-n915061

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Put her on every talk show in America, Avenatti.

[Donkees]

4. This limited investigation is not what judiciary members agreed to ...

The limited scope seems to be at odds with what some members of the Senate judiciary seemed to expect when they agreed to give the FBI as much as a week to investigate allegations against Kavanaugh, a federal judge who grew up in the Washington DC area and attended an elite all-boys high school before going on to Yale.

Sen. Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, who led an 11th hour move in the Senate committee for an FBI inquiry, said he thought the bureau would decide how to carry it out. His Democratic colleague Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said he expected the FBI probe to include "adequate staffing," support from the committee for "rapid immunity and subpoena decisions as needed, plus the ability to investigate claims of a "penchant for drunkenness and inappropriate treatment of women, particularly where specifically related to incidents under investigation."

[Grasswire2]

16. Why would Senators be so stupidly naive?

The other side has already shown us what they are and what they will do.

This ain't a croquet party on the lawn, boys and girls. Manners don't apply. This is a takeover by a crime syndicate, trying to bury the bodies before the G-men can finish.

Act accordingly.

[avebury]

2. Does Trump really want to go to war

with Avenatti? Avenattis will probably wipe the floor with him.

[RandySF]

3. MSNBC reported that

the White House can determine the outcome of the investigation by limiting the scope.

[dameatball]

5. I am going to take a guess

The Ford claims are now being classified as attempted rape, which was a misdemeanor at the time of occurrence. Statute of limitations was one year at that time.

Swetnick has actually claimed rape (or was it gang rape?) So naturally, they will not investigate that. Tragic BS.

Not sure if the local authorities can do anything with this either.

[mythology]

20. Except that the FBI investigation wouldn't be a criminal investigation

It's a background investigation that will still likely turn up that Kavanaugh is in fact at least an attempted rapist, plus whatever the correct crime is for a perv who rubs his dick in front of a non-consenting woman's face.

There is functionally no way for a crime that old to be prosecuted when no evidence or investigation was done at the time.

My guess is that the real reason the Swetnick claim won't be investigated is that Trump has a grudge against Avenatti over the Stormy Daniels stuff.

[procon]

6. That's Trump being petty and retaliating against Avenatti. nt

[DesertRat]

7. They do this on a Sat. afternoon because they don't think we're paying attention

What right do they have to tell the FBI who they can interview?

Link to tweet

[Grasswire2]

18. somebody is scared of Avanatti. nt

[ConstanceCee]

8. Not What Was Agreed To

This isn't the investigation that the Judiciary Committee agreed to. Senators Flake and Coons are scheduled to be on 60 Minutes tomorrow. We'll see what they say about these restrictions.

[femmedem]

11. Exactly. Maximum pressure should be brought to bear on Flake et al to vote no because of this.

Welcome to DU!

[Grasswire2]

19. it may be up to us to apply that pressure

Heads up.

[kacekwl]

9. Did anyone ask the White House

why not ? Would be nice to hear the answer.

[Jarqui]

10. The Fix is in

No surprise

[moondust]

12. Trump says FBI has "free reign."

From the article:

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the FBI has "free reign" in the investigation. "They’re going to do whatever they have to do," he said. "Whatever it is they do, they’ll be doing — things that we never even thought of. And hopefully at the conclusion everything will be fine."

Somebody's pumping bullshit again.

[Donkees]

14. ''White House spokesman Raj Shah said that "the scope and duration has been set by the Senate''

White House spokesman Raj Shah said that "the scope and duration has been set by the Senate. The White House is letting the FBI agents do what they are trained to do.”

The Senate has only said that supplemental FBI background investigation “be limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today.”

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Trump's Thumb on the Scale includes the FBI not being able to inquire on Mark Judge's Safeway info.

[Donkees]

15. They might be kept from investigating the supermarket, but aren't they interviewing Mark Judge?

Seems there's a lot of information about that time period in his book.

There’s a better source, as it turns out: Judge’s book, “Wasted: Tales of a Gen X Drunk,” published in 1997.

In one passage, beginning on Page 92, Judge describes his time working at a grocery store in the context of his drinking problem. Emphasis added.

It was the summer before senior year, and by now, even though I wasn’t drinking every day, I was completely hooked. Going a week without getting drunk was unthinkable. I was spending between four and seven nights with the gang, either at a party or at O’Rourke’s.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/27/mark-judges-book-validates-christine-fords-timeline-alleged-kavanaugh-assault/?utm_term=.54da5e4fc079

[Vinca]

17. Then Avenatti should march her into the local police station and file a criminal complaint.

[spanone]

21. Abuse of power.

[ooky]

22. If Trump's interference with the investigation renders it ineffective

we will essentially be in the same place next week as we were this week - incomplete investigation, and Senators who claimed the lack of the investigation was an issue will still have the same issue. Could mean that Flake, Collins, Murkowski, and Manchin still "no" votes.