Trump says he supports ‘comprehensive’ FBI Kavanaugh probe
PRESIDENT DONALD Trump said Monday he wants the FBI to do a “comprehensive” investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh. But he also said he stands by his Supreme Court nominee “all the way”.
Trump said during a Rose Garden press conference that he wants the probe to wrap up quickly because the accusations have been “so unfair” to Kavanaugh and his family. But he said it’s fine with him if the FBI wants to pursue accusations made by three women who have publicly come forward, even as he has left the scope of the investigation to Senate Republicans.
“My White House will do whatever the senators want,” Trump said. “The one thing I want is speed.”
The president added, “We don’t want to go on a witchhunt, do we?”
FBI agents interviewed one of the three women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarrelled over
whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a highstakes vote on his nomination to the nation’s highest court.
The White House insisted it
was not “micromanaging” the new, one-week review of Kavanaugh’s background, but some Democratic lawmakers claimed the White House was keeping investigators from interviewing certain witnesses.
President Donald Trump tweeted that no matter how much time and discretion the FBI was given, “it will never be enough” for Democrats trying to keep Kavanaugh off the bench.