WASHINGTON — As the FBI began looking into allegations of sexual assault against then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings last year, a Democratic senator wrote to the director of the FBI saying he had “information relevant” to the inquiry, but the bureau apparently failed to follow up.
In his correspondence, Coons told Wray that he and his colleagues had heard from several people who wanted to share information about Kavanaugh, but “have had difficulty reaching anybody who will collect their information.” Trump and other backers of the justice furiously defended him, and excoriated The Times, which published an essay in its Sunday opinion pages by the authors of the new book, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,” by reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly. Theirs is one of a spate of forthcoming books about the Kavanaugh confirmation.
In a copy of Coons’ letter obtained by The New York Times, the name of classmate with information about Kavanaugh is redacted, but a spokesman for Coons, Sean Coit, confirmed that the classmate was Max Stier, who runs the Partnership for Public Service, a Washington nonprofit. Stier, whose resume includes a stint as one of the lawyers who defended former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment, was first identified in the book by Pogrebin and Kelly.
Grassley insisted in a speech on the Senate floor Monday that his “office never received anything from Mr. Stier or his unnamed friends, and we never received an allegation against Kavanaugh like the one referenced in the report over the weekend.” Kelly, speaking on behalf of both reporters, said that while she would “take issue” with Grassley’s “characterization,” she “can’t get into who our sources were” to protect their confidentiality.“There should certainly be a full, fair investigation, as was never done at the time,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. “It was a sham, as we said then, and there should be a full inquiry now.”
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