Article 5FCVV FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’

FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
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A Democratic senator has asked attorney general Merrick Garland to facilitate proper oversight' into concerns on the investigation

The FBI is facing new scrutiny for its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh, the supreme court justice, after a lawmaker suggested that the investigation may have been fake".

Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator and former prosecutor who serves on the judiciary committee, is calling on the newly-confirmed attorney general, Merrick Garland, to help facilitate proper oversight" by the Senate into questions about how thoroughly the FBI investigated Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing.

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