A DEMOCRATIC senator has claimed that Brett Kavanaugh's FBI background check was "fake" – years after the infamous confirmation hearing.
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse alleged that the probe of the Supreme Court Justice was bogus in a letter to sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last Thursday.
The Rhode Island politician asked Garland to conduct “proper oversight” into the bureau’s 2018 investigation looking into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.
Christine Blasey Ford alleged that in high school, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and tried to remove her clothes in the early eighties, a claim he denied.
Whitehouse, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote: "In this matter the shutters were closed, the bridge drawn up, and there was no point of entry by which members of the public or Congress could provide information to the FBI."
The senator claims the FBI refused to hear witness testimony, ignored members who issued queries for witnesses as he blasted their "tip line."
“This ‘tip line’ appears to have operated more like a garbage chute, with everything that came down the chute consigned without review to the figurative dumpster,” he raged.
In another bombshell accusation, Whitehouse said Director Christopher Wray never answered inquiries from Congress about whether the background check was consistent with FBI protocol for something like this.
He continued: “If standard procedures were violated, and the Bureau conducted a fake investigation rather than a sincere, thorough and professional one.
"That in my view merits congressional oversight to understand how, why, and at whose behest and with whose knowledge or connivance, this was done.
“It cannot and should not be the policy of the FBI to not follow up on serious allegations of misconduct during background check investigations,” he added.
Ford's accusations prompted other women to issue allegations against him but Kavanaugh denied these claims.
Kavanaugh, who underwent questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee before his confirmation vote, called Ford's allegation “completely false”.
In October 2018, he was confirmed by a 50-48 vote.
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