Mazie Hirono: “Judge Kavanaugh also tried to convince us that while he ``liked beer,'' he was basically a choir boy--interested in…”

“Judge Kavanaugh also tried to convince us that while he ``liked beer,'' he was basically a choir boy--interested in nothing more than sports, school, and service projects. This carefully painted image has been directly contradicted by Judge Kavanaugh's own words in his yearbook and by many of his high school and college classmates over the past weeks. These inconsistencies and contradictions were part of the reason I joined many of my colleagues in calling for a full FBI investigation of allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. I wanted the FBI to examine inconsistencies and contradictions between his testimony and that of others who knew him in high school, college, and beyond. Last Friday, Senators Flake and Coons brokered an agreement to hold off on a floor vote for at least a week while a supplemental background investigation could be completed to look into these allegations. But I was disappointed that as the days went by, it became more and more clear that the White House rigged the investigation. The President claimed to want the FBI to do a comprehensive investigation, but that did not happen. Our ranking member, Senator Feinstein, wrote to White House Counsel Don McGahn and FBI Director Christopher Wray the day after the investigation began to request a copy of the written directive sent by the White House to the FBI. She got no response. The following day, many other members of the committee also wrote to Mr.…”