Trump administration protected Brett Kavanaugh from full FBI investigation

Inquiry by Sheldon Whitehouse found White House and FBI misled' about inquiry into supreme court nominee

The Trump administration protected Brett Kavanaugh from facing a full FBI investigation in the wake of serious allegations that he sexually assaulted two women - once in high school and once in college - during his controversial 2018 Senate confirmation to become a supreme court justice, according to a new report.

An investigation led by the Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse also found that both the Trump White House and the FBI misled the public and the Senate" about the scope of the investigation it did conduct into the sexual assault allegations by falsely claiming that the FBI had conducted its investigation thoroughly and by the book".