Color me surprised! He was going to be confirmed regardless of what was found. Notice how he didn’t even try to sue for slander?
accountabilitycounts on
I am shocked to learn this fact that we all already knew was, in fact, a fact.
AINonsense on
Lucky I was sitting down for that bombshell.
Harak_June on
We knew this at the time. They’re was plenty of reporting them.
AINonsense on
> that FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh?
Did it involve checking his name and a contact number? Or was it less exhaustive than that?
vaalbarag on
Obviously we knew that even if there are some new minor details here. But why aren’t these things investigated afterwards? I get that there isn’t really a mechanism that you can use to have a do-over of the confirmation or remove Kavanaugh, but the fact that it was a sham investigation should in itself warrant an examination of why it unfolded the way it did, and what it would have uncovered if it hadn’t been obstructed. Is it just the Democrats playing nice here and moving on?
ford7885 on
Just like John “Opie” Roberts before him, and Amy Covid Handmaid after him, Rapey Brett is on the Extreme Court as a reward for his part in the Florida 2000 election theft. All this theater about the Trump MAGAtt wing of the party being enemies with the Bush Crime Family wing of the party is complete bullshit. They always were one and the same.
L11mbm on
The move by Sen. Flake to have the FBI investigate before voting was the right one.
Trusting the investigation, handled by Trump’s DOJ, to be thorough was…not the right one.
RealBigBossDP on
Sexual predators helping other sexual predators…
Mike_Pences_Mother on
In other “No shit” news….
Independent_Brief_81 on
If true, it’s ridiculous. There’s a more thorough background investigation to hold a secret-level security clearance than for a seat as a Supreme Court Justice. This needs to change. Our country can’t rely on the “honor” system any more.
ExtremeThin1334 on
Yeah . . . I think this was clear at the time.
420PokerFace on
I don’t believe congress is capable of providing oversight against corruption
theombudsmen on
Anyone paying attention and not bought in was pretty vocal about this as it was(n’t) happening.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a62542737/fbi-probe-brett-kavanaugh-trump/) reduced by 84%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> The report found that messages to the FBI tip line regarding Kavanaugh were forwarded directly to the White House and never probed, and that the FBI had no written protocols for the supplemental background investigation ordered by the White House.
> The FBI received more than 4,500 calls and electronic messages related to Kavanaugh and was directed to forward the tips to the White House without pursuing any possible leads, according to the report.
> Neither the FBI nor the White House explained whether the tips had been reviewed, Whitehouse said.
But thanks to him, we now have “boof” in the national archives
Reviews-From-Me on
We already knew that.
The aspect of that whole sad episode was the fact that the GOP hired someone to ask their questions, in order to appear like they cared about the truth, but as soon as she started asking Kavenaugh to explain an event on his calendar that matched the get together that Ms. Ford described in her accusation that he attacked her, the GOP sent their questioner packing.
Pitiful-Bus-4791 on
WTF is this fake shock? We knew it then. It was an obvious trump directive to install this rapist as a gift to his Christian Nationalist handlers.
Agnos on
This is why he should always be referred as “accused rapist Kavanaugh” because it is what it is without real refutation….
1Originalmind on
Man I am so sick of the media putting on ignorant guises. Every fucking news article is from someone who is acting like they’ve just crawled out from behind a rock im 2016. So fucking stupid.
jeremiah1142 on
We already knew that back when this was done…
snoopingforpooping on
No shit
audeus on
No shit. I seem to recall that people tried to give the FBI information and they turned it down
Electrical_Room5091 on
Fire Christopher Wray.Â
ciopobbi on
That was obvious at the time. This is only a small sample of what you can expect a second Chubby Cheeto administration
Big_Simba on
Can anyone do anything about it? Like clearly the Supreme Court is a banana republic and corrupt as shit, why doesn’t Joe Biden use some of that new official order power and purge these assholes
QuintillionthCat on
Duh!
LSBeasyas123 on
No shit
Old-Ad-3268 on
It was obvious at the time
EminentBean on
Wow you don’t say?
Another painfully unqualified and bad Supreme Court judge unethically placed in power for life by Donald Trump 😮
GoodUserNameToday on
There were multiple rape and gang rape allegations. None of the women were contacted.
OkImagination4404 on
For the love of god….CONSEQUENCES please
ahaz01 on
Are we not surprised? They only gave them a week, what can credibly be accomplished in that duration? Nothing.
Beer-Me on
Wasn’t this the investigation that wasn’t actually allowed to investigate anything?
Kablammy_Sammie on
The best thing about appointing US Supreme Court justices: you can’t triple stamp a double stamp, Lloyd.
2kids2adults on
Really? I would never have guessed!
iamaredditboy on
Can’t the public sue the FBI for dereliction of duty?
GM_PhillipAsshole on
No shit
Equivalent-Log8854 on
But he likes beer
AmberDuke05 on
Wasn’t this known already?
PickledFryer on
Yeah, no shit
Chfgraegl on
No surprise here
Epistatious on
media got into the sex scandal side of things, and forgot everything else curious about him and his finances, although in their defence the media mostly feeds us the grool we are hungry for.
SaviorofMoe on
Yeah. We all saw that play out live and it’s been obvious from the start.
saymyname12345678 on
Shocked face. 😑
mytthewstew on
The FBI did not interview the suspect, the victim or the potential witness.
NSYK on
Appoint a special counsel to investigate what crimes the White House was complicit in covering up
Hannah_Marble on
We saw it happen and were powerless
EnvironmentalNet3560 on
This was hinted at in reporting at the time as well.
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Color me surprised! He was going to be confirmed regardless of what was found. Notice how he didn’t even try to sue for slander?
I am shocked to learn this fact that we all already knew was, in fact, a fact.
Lucky I was sitting down for that bombshell.
We knew this at the time. They’re was plenty of reporting them.
> that FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh?
Did it involve checking his name and a contact number? Or was it less exhaustive than that?
Obviously we knew that even if there are some new minor details here. But why aren’t these things investigated afterwards? I get that there isn’t really a mechanism that you can use to have a do-over of the confirmation or remove Kavanaugh, but the fact that it was a sham investigation should in itself warrant an examination of why it unfolded the way it did, and what it would have uncovered if it hadn’t been obstructed. Is it just the Democrats playing nice here and moving on?
Just like John “Opie” Roberts before him, and Amy Covid Handmaid after him, Rapey Brett is on the Extreme Court as a reward for his part in the Florida 2000 election theft. All this theater about the Trump MAGAtt wing of the party being enemies with the Bush Crime Family wing of the party is complete bullshit. They always were one and the same.
The move by Sen. Flake to have the FBI investigate before voting was the right one.
Trusting the investigation, handled by Trump’s DOJ, to be thorough was…not the right one.
Sexual predators helping other sexual predators…
In other “No shit” news….
If true, it’s ridiculous. There’s a more thorough background investigation to hold a secret-level security clearance than for a seat as a Supreme Court Justice. This needs to change. Our country can’t rely on the “honor” system any more.
Yeah . . . I think this was clear at the time.
I don’t believe congress is capable of providing oversight against corruption
Anyone paying attention and not bought in was pretty vocal about this as it was(n’t) happening.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a62542737/fbi-probe-brett-kavanaugh-trump/) reduced by 84%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> The report found that messages to the FBI tip line regarding Kavanaugh were forwarded directly to the White House and never probed, and that the FBI had no written protocols for the supplemental background investigation ordered by the White House.
> The FBI received more than 4,500 calls and electronic messages related to Kavanaugh and was directed to forward the tips to the White House without pursuing any possible leads, according to the report.
> Neither the FBI nor the White House explained whether the tips had been reviewed, Whitehouse said.
*****
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But thanks to him, we now have “boof” in the national archives
We already knew that.
The aspect of that whole sad episode was the fact that the GOP hired someone to ask their questions, in order to appear like they cared about the truth, but as soon as she started asking Kavenaugh to explain an event on his calendar that matched the get together that Ms. Ford described in her accusation that he attacked her, the GOP sent their questioner packing.
WTF is this fake shock? We knew it then. It was an obvious trump directive to install this rapist as a gift to his Christian Nationalist handlers.
This is why he should always be referred as “accused rapist Kavanaugh” because it is what it is without real refutation….
Man I am so sick of the media putting on ignorant guises. Every fucking news article is from someone who is acting like they’ve just crawled out from behind a rock im 2016. So fucking stupid.
We already knew that back when this was done…
No shit
No shit. I seem to recall that people tried to give the FBI information and they turned it down
Fire Christopher Wray.Â
That was obvious at the time. This is only a small sample of what you can expect a second Chubby Cheeto administration
Can anyone do anything about it? Like clearly the Supreme Court is a banana republic and corrupt as shit, why doesn’t Joe Biden use some of that new official order power and purge these assholes
Duh!
No shit
It was obvious at the time
Wow you don’t say?
Another painfully unqualified and bad Supreme Court judge unethically placed in power for life by Donald Trump 😮
There were multiple rape and gang rape allegations. None of the women were contacted.
For the love of god….CONSEQUENCES please
Are we not surprised? They only gave them a week, what can credibly be accomplished in that duration? Nothing.
Wasn’t this the investigation that wasn’t actually allowed to investigate anything?
The best thing about appointing US Supreme Court justices: you can’t triple stamp a double stamp, Lloyd.
Really? I would never have guessed!
Can’t the public sue the FBI for dereliction of duty?
No shit
But he likes beer
Wasn’t this known already?
Yeah, no shit
No surprise here
media got into the sex scandal side of things, and forgot everything else curious about him and his finances, although in their defence the media mostly feeds us the grool we are hungry for.
Yeah. We all saw that play out live and it’s been obvious from the start.
Shocked face. 😑
The FBI did not interview the suspect, the victim or the potential witness.
Appoint a special counsel to investigate what crimes the White House was complicit in covering up
We saw it happen and were powerless
This was hinted at in reporting at the time as well.