{"id":39300,"date":"2018-09-28T16:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T23:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39300"},"modified":"2018-09-28T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T23:32:24","slug":"trump-caves-to-jeff-flake-and-the-radical-left-orders-the-deep-state-fbi-to-probe-kavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39300","title":{"rendered":"Trump Caves to Jeff Flake and the ‘Radical Left’ – Orders the ‘Deep State’ FBI to Probe Kavanaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the continuing saga of Brett Kavanaugh and his quest to be the second Supreme Court justice with a history of alleged sexual harassment and\/or assault (and nominated by a president with an even worse history<\/a><\/strong>). Today’s episode brings us to the Senate Judiciary Committee where Sen. Jeff Flake has issued an ultimatum demanding that the FBI investigate the charges of Kavanaugh’s accusers before he will consent to an affirmative vote.<\/p>\n

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Committee chairman Chuck Grassley actually doesn’t have the authority to call in the FBI or to put the confirmation vote on the calendar. But he essentially agreed to proceed with a promise that Flake’s condition would be honored. Subsequently, Donald Trump issued a statement<\/a><\/strong> saying that:<\/p>\n

“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh\u2019s file as the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a significant concession by a White House that has been fervently opposed to reopening Kavanaugh’s FBI background check. Just a couple of days ago Trump was holding a rare press conference where he refused to consider<\/a><\/strong> calling the FBI back in because “They don\u2019t do this.”<\/em> He elaborated saying that:<\/p>\n

“The FBI told us they\u2019ve investigated Judge Kavanaugh six times, five times, many times over the years. They know him very well. But here, there was nothing to investigate from at least one standpoint. They didn\u2019t know the location. They didn\u2019t know the time. They didn\u2019t know the year. They didn\u2019t know anything. And it\u2019s like, where do you go? Also, it\u2019s not for the FBI.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fact that Trump thinks that FBI cannot get involved in matters where “They didn\u2019t know anything”<\/em> would be hilarious if it weren’t so frightening. It’s exactly when little is known that the FBI is relied on to find out more. It’s called “Investigation”<\/em> and it’s right there in the name of the Federal Bureau. But Trump is so ignorant of his role as president that he just makes up phony reasons to justify whatever outcome he prefers. Only last week he posted a ludicrous tweet responding to suggestions that the FBI be consulted (Isn’t there always a tweet?):<\/p>\n

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The radical left lawyers want the FBI to get involved NOW. Why didn\u2019t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n