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Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Summary of Investigation from Supreme Court Confirmation

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414-Page Report Concludes No Evidence to Support Allegations Against Justice Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is releasing a summary report on the committee majority’s investigation of misconduct allegations presented during the confirmation process of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“The revelation of last minute allegations tested the committee in many ways. But these investigative efforts rose to the occasion and were critical to helping us obtain the truth.

This was a serious and thorough investigation that left no stone unturned in our pursuit of the facts,” Grassley said. “In the end, there was no credible evidence to support the allegations against the nominee.”

The summary report and its exhibits amount to 414 pages. Committee investigators spoke with 45 individuals and took 25 written statements relating to the various allegations made in the course of the Supreme Court confirmation process.

In neither the committee’s investigation nor in the supplemental background investigation conducted by the FBI was there any evidence to substantiate or corroborate any of the allegations.

The full text of the summary report can be found HERE.

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Summary of the Investigation

The Committee’s investigative efforts consistently modeled the standard process and procedure employed by its Oversight and Investigation Unit. Committee investigators gathered information from various sources,

including: (a) individuals who contacted the Committee directly by phone, email, or through the whistleblower tip line; (b) interviews of individuals with knowledge relevant to the allegations; (c) information referrals from individual Senate member offices; (d) media reports;

(e) the Department of Justice; (f) Dr. Christine Blasey Ford; and (g) Justice Kavanaugh. If the Committee determined through its initial review of information and investigative research that a particular individual had relevant information,

Committee investigators attempted to verify the identity of the individual using open-source research tools and other methods. Committee investigators then contacted the individual or the individual’s counsel if the Committee knew the individual was represented by an attorney.

As a general practice, interviews of this nature are staffed by teams of two or three investigators, which include attorneys and federal law enforcement detailees with years of experience conducting government investigations.

A court reporter transcribed each interview with Justice Kavanaugh. For all other interviews, investigators took live notes via computer and in written form to document the conversation in the greatest detail possible under significant time restraints.

If a witness was willing to provide a written statement to the Committee, investigators discussed the process and procedure for doing so and the possibility of, and risks attendant to, the statement or any portion thereof becoming public.

The Committee’s Majority staff investigative practices are designed to ensure a certain level of confidentiality for those who request it.

During this investigative process, depending on the level of confidentiality requested, witnesses were explicitly cautioned that confidentiality could not be guaranteed in every case...

because information would be shared with Senate offices that may not have the same confidentiality policy. Some witnesses wrote statements independently before being interviewed by Committee investigators.

Importantly, witness statements to the Committee are subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a statute that criminalizes making materially false statements to Congress, and 18 U.S.C. § 1505, a statute that criminalizes obstructing a congressional investigation.

All interviews were conducted in an objective and fair manner aimed at producing a final determination of fact with respect to the allegations levied against Justice Kavanaugh.

In order to accomplish that, investigators conducted extensive interviews with individuals who knew Justice Kavanaugh in high school and college;

investigators also conducted extensive interviews with individuals who knew the accusers in order to better weigh the credibility of their allegations. In sum, the Committee spoke to 45 individuals and collected 25 written statements.

A large portion of individuals providing testimony in support of Justice Kavanaugh asked that their names be redacted out of fear that their statements might result in personal or professional retribution or personal physical harm –

or even risk the safety and well-being of their families and friends. The Committee respected all requests for anonymity. Accordingly, some aspects of this memorandum are redacted.

In addition to conducting interviews, Committee investigators continuously monitored social media and news reports. They also reviewed all documentary evidence submitted by Justice Kavanaugh, his accusers, and other witnesses.

Finally, the Committee conducted a supplemental daylong hearing and asked the White House to direct the FBI to reopen its investigation of Justice Kavanaugh to explore potential credible allegations pending against the nominee.

The Committee received that supplemental FBI background investigation report on October 4. All senators and a limited number of appropriately cleared Committee staff had the opportunity to review it in a secure facility on October 5 and 6.

After an extensive investigation that included the thorough review of all potentially credible evidence submitted and interviews of more than 40 individuals with information relating to the allegations, including classmates and friends of all those involved,

Committee investigators found no witness who could provide any verifiable evidence to support any of the allegations brought against Justice Kavanaugh. In other words, following the separate and extensive investigations by both the Committee and the FBI,

there was no evidence to substantiate any of the claims of sexual assault made against Justice Kavanaugh. The details of the Committee’s investigation, broken down by claim, are provided below.

***I cannot go into the individual cases because, honestly, I don't have time or the will power to muscle through posting 400+ pages. I'm sorry, but that is a taste of the document. Check it out.***