Why is she doing this? Let the other Dems on the Judiciary Committee make up their minds on the document. Roe v. Wade is at stake.
DEMOCRATS ON THE Senate Judiciary Committee have privately requested to view a Brett Kavanaugh-related document in possession of the panel’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, but the senior California senator has so far refused, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
The specific content of the document, which is a letter from a California constituent, is unclear, but Feinstein’s refusal to share the letter has created tension on the committee, particularly after Feinstein largely took a back seat to her more junior colleagues last week, as they took over Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings with protests around access to documents.
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Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter, and some of the sources said they themselves had heard different versions, but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.
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Word began leaking out on the Hill about it, and Feinstein was approached by Democrats on the committee, but she rebuffed them, Democratic sources said. Feinstein’s fellow senators want their own opportunity to gauge whether or not the letter should be made public, rather than leaving it to Feinstein to make that call unilaterally.
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The woman who is the subject of the letter is now being represented by Debra Katz, a whistleblower attorney who works with #MeToo survivors.
The Intercept, by Ryan Grim
Update: TPM: Feinstein Turned Over A Mysterious Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has turned over a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI.
“I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court,” Feinstein said in a statement Thursday. “That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”
Update II:
The letter about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R-CA) referred to the FBI “involved possible sexual misconduct between Judge Kavanaugh and a woman when they were both in high school,” the New York Times reports.
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