The FBI said it received 4,500 tips about then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and forwarded 'relevant' ones to the White House counsel's office; it is unclear what became of the tips after that.
to Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Chris Coons, D-Del., made public Thursday, Jill Tyson of the FBI's congressional affairs office acknowledged that the department conducted only 10 additional interviews in its supplemental investigation, even though it had received over 4,500 tips.
Tyson said"relevant tips" from phone calls and messages were forwarded to the White House counsel's office. It's unclear what became of the tips after that.Whitehouse, who had written FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for details about the inquiry in July 2019, said,"This long-delayed answer confirms how badly we were spun by Director Wray and the FBI in the Kavanaugh background investigation and hearing.
While Wray has said the FBI followed tip line procedures,"he meant the 'procedure' of doing whatever Trump White House counsel told them to do,"A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment. Former White House counsel Don McGahn did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
"As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week," Trump said at the time.
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