Senator Questions FBI's Kavanaugh Investigation During Hearing On Nassar Case
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse suggested the FBI’s probe into Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations was “just as flawed” as the agency's investigation into Larry ...
A senator on Wednesday drew parallels between the FBI’s mishandling of the Larry Nassar abuse case and its treatment of Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, suggesting the agency’s probe into the Supreme Court nominee was “just as flawed.”
Gymnasts including Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman delivered powerful testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the FBI botching its investigation of Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team physician who sexually abused hundreds of young athletes. FBI agents in Indianapolis didn’t look into multiple allegations made against Nassar for over a year and made other “fundamental errors” during their investigation, including concealing and fabricating information in their reports to FBI Headquarters.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said that reminded him of how the FBI handled a 2018 investigation after Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school gathering in 1982.
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