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The unindicted co-conspirator in the White House has offered his muted, but unqualified support Monday following allegations that his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when they were in high school. Trump also insisted that "we want to go through a full process," in investigating the allegations. "I'd like to see a complete process. I'd like everybody to be very happy," he said, and "If it takes a little delay it'll take a little delay."
That "full process" Trump is calling for, apparently, is not going to extend to an actual investigation. Because Trump is not going to ask the FBI to investigate, as is required for the bureau to proceed. It has the letter accuser Professor Christine Blasey Ford sent to Rep. Anna Eschoo (D-CA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) after Feinstein referred it to them last week.
It would make sense for the FBI to investigate at this point, says Ronald Hosko, a former senior FBI agent who’s now president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. That would protect all parties—the White House and Ford and Kavanaugh. "Their job is to dig into the details and let the White House counsel know if there is derogatory information," he told Bloomberg News. The White House, however, doesn't want to know if there is derogatory information.
They've already decided the course of action, according an unnamed White House Official. That's to attack Democrats and Ford, Bloomberg reports. "The Trump team plans to try to discredit the charges for surfacing late in the confirmation process and to question the credibility of the accuser because she didn’t tell anybody about the incident at the time, the official said."
What a shocking response from the groper-in-chief.