FBI Kavanaugh Investigation Labeled a 'Sham' as Report Reveals Missed Witnesses, Thousands of Untouched Tips

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One of the new masterpiece by Sherman Cohen looks back--dishonestly, I assume--on a very different stroke of the pen that slipped past us all as fit to print.

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The report suggests that just the opposite may have been true: the Trump White House was able to run roughshod over the FBI's investigation effort! But none of this ever found its way into print or onto an evening news report? "If you're genuinely indignant," McCarthy said--about the suggestion in Washington that Trump supported a putative independent investigation, then Yes, Hayes added, these stories are ca

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The FBI investigation had a number of problems missed by many major newspapers (and several ran long features on how thorough its work was) in following up these issues.

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The FBI, in its own defense, averred that it had followed standard procedures in conducting its background investigation.

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The report by Senator Whitehouse serves as a wake-up call to the FBI background checking process.

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