The FBI hasn’t questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford because it doesn’t have the authority from the White House to interview them, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
Instead, Team Trump told the FBI that testimony from Kavanaugh and Ford, who has accused him of attempting to rape her when they were in high school, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was sufficient, the network reported, citing sources.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the feds were trying to force the issue and seek explicit approval from the White House to interview Ford and Kavanaugh.
And it wasn’t clear why the FBI hasn’t yet talked to other people who have been recommended by lawyers or who have voluntarily come forward — or if the bureau would need explicit approval to talk with them as well.
President Trump said Monday that “the FBI should interview anybody that they want, within reason.”
But the White House said Wednesday it was up to the GOP-controlled Senate.
“We’re going to allow the Senate to make the determination of the scope,” spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
Officials have said the White House is relying on a request from the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee setting out the terms for the FBI inquiry.
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