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Senator Bob Casey
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The Administration needs to instruct the FBI to reopen Judge Kavanaugh’s background check and investigate Dr. Ford’s account of being sexually assaulted.
This investigation doesn’t have to take long but the White House is refusing to take the necessary steps to begin the investigation.
Speaking of delays, this “vote must be done next week” shenanigan is just that. Senate GOP held Justice Scalia’s seat open for 293 days under President Obama, refusing to give Judge Garland a vote or even a hearing.
There is plenty of time for a standard FBI background investigation to examine Dr. Ford’s account.
To those smear artists on Capitol Hill attacking Dr. Ford, why are you afraid of an FBI investigation?
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A third woman has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Julie Swetnick alleges that Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge conspired to drug girls and gang rape them. She said both were present while she was victim to one of these gang rapes.

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