Short thread here on the back and forth between R's and D's on Senate Judiciary Committee regarding what was in PAST FBI background investigations of Kavanaugh.
2/ The debate began after GOPers on Senate Judiciary tweeted this:
3/ Democrats took issue and wrote a letter disputing the assertion in this tweet:
4/ Sen. @ChrisCoons on Fox this morning noted that the issue was GOP assertion
"there was not a whiff, not a whiff of any allegations around drinking or sexual misconduct" in previous investigations.
"there was not a whiff, not a whiff of any allegations around drinking or sexual misconduct" in previous investigations.
5/ More Coons: "This is not the sort of back and forth by the majority and the minority that is constructive, frankly, because we can't tell the public what is in the background investigation."
Coons noted: "There is nothing in here that is some bombshell that is unknown. "
Coons noted: "There is nothing in here that is some bombshell that is unknown. "
6/ This morning, @SenSchumer said "having received the briefing on all of the documents, I disagree with Sen. Grassley's statement that there was no hint of misconduct."
