Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers slammed the FBI late Wednesday for being uninterested in uncovering the truth about their client’s claims she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers.
“An FBI supplemental background investigation that did not include an interview of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford – nor the witnesses who corroborate her testimony – cannot be called an investigation,” Ford’s lawyers wrote in a statement to reporters. “We are profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice she made in coming forward, those directing the FBI investigation were not interested in seeking the truth.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., earlier Wednesday evening took steps to set up a Saturday vote to confirm Kavanaugh by filing a motion to end debate on his nomination.
His move signaled the end of the FBI’s probe into allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against the judge and former George W. Bush White House staffer by Ford dating back to the summer of 1982 when she was 15 and he was 17. Kavanaugh has denied the accusation.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday morning will get the first look at the FBI’s summaries of interviews it conducted as part of its inquiry. He will be followed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the panel. All senators will have the information made available to them after 11 a.m. Thursday.
