Senate panel asks FBI to investigate person who gave 'false statements' against Kavanaugh
Channel: Breaking news
Date: 2018-09-30

Senate panel asks FBI to investigate person who gave 'false statements' against Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Saturday to investigate a person who gave apparent "false statements" during its vetting of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 

Kavanaugh was questioned about the claim, which accused him of sexually assaulting a woman in Rhode Island. After the claim was made public, the man who made it recanted his story, the committee says. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the committee, said the reporting of the false statement slowed Kavanaugh's hearings and diverted resources. 

"The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know," he said in a statement. "But when individuals provide fabricated allegations to the Committee, diverting Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations, it materially impedes our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal"

Grassley said the man could be potentially charged.

"It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators," he said. "It is illegal to obstruct Committee investigations."

While it's unclear whether the man had malicious intent to "obstruct" the investigation, the recanting of an allegation could allow Republicans to cast doubt on other allegations lodged against Kavanaugh. 

"It seems like an effort to emphasize that not all reports were accurate," said Renato Mariotti, a defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor. "This is a way to suggest you can't trust all the allegations made to the committee and could cause some people to draw conclusions that more are false."

Mariotti said the effort could also prevent others from providing false accusations during this weeklong delay before the Senate takes up a full vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation to the high court.
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