Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee who held a letter detailing Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations for over a month before submitting it to the FBI just days before the committee’s vote — was the first Democrat to ask Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh questions after his impassioned and powerful opening statement at the hearing Thursday. Feinstein’s series of transparently leading questions and her apparent attempt to shift the blame for the leaking of the Ford allegation have earned her overwhelming criticism from Republicans and other voices on the Right.
Feinstein began by asking Kavanaugh why he isn’t calling for an FBI investigation, a question he already addressed in his emphatic declaration of his innocence on all sexual misconduct charges in his opening statement. Unwilling to let her play the obvious political game, Kavanaugh repeated that he has been asking to come forward and clear his name from the first moment Ford’s allegation came to light. He asserted that he is willing to do “whatever the committee wants” and reminded Feinstein that the FBI doesn’t come to conclusions on such investigations anyhow, but rather simply provides its findings.
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