Background
At the Senate Judiciary Committee’s
request, the FBI opened a supplemental background investigation into Judge
Kavanaugh. It’s his seventh FBI background investigation in 25 years, going
back to 1993. The request was for an investigation into current credible
allegations against Judge Kavanaugh.
In the course of its investigation, the
FBI decided to reach out to eleven people, ten of whom agreed to be
interviewed. The FBI reached out to all witnesses with potential firsthand
knowledge of the allegations. The FBI provided to the Senate 12 detailed FD-302
reports summarizing their interviews with the witnesses as well as supporting
materials cited by the witnesses during their interviews.
Interview
Subjects
The FBI interviewed the following ten
individuals:
Ford
Allegations
·
The
three individuals identified by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as having attended
the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted.
o
PJ
Smyth
o
Leland
Keyser
·
Two
other individuals included on Judge Kavanaugh’s July 1, 1982 calendar entry.
o
Timothy
Gaudette
o
Christopher
Garrett
·
An
attorney for one of the witnesses
Ramirez
Allegations
·
Deborah
Ramirez
·
Two
alleged eyewitnesses named by Deborah Ramirez (a third alleged eyewitness
refused to submit to an interview)
·
Deborah
Ramirez’s close friend from college
Conclusion
The Supplemental Background
Investigation confirms what the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded after its
investigation: there is no corroboration of the allegations made by Dr. Ford
or Ms. Ramirez.
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Mr. Judge was also questioned extensively about other allegations besides Dr.
Ford’s.