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Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday that she is “very concerned” the White House will limit the scope of the FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, despite assurances from White House officials that the terms of the inquiry are being set by the Senate. The Minnesota Democrat said her worry is based on news reports. Klobuchar sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where one of Kavanaugh’s accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, testified Thursday. Story Continued Below “I’m very concerned about this because the White House should not be allowed to micromanage an FBI investigation,” Klobuchar said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” also calling on her Republican colleagues to ensure the investigation is fair and thorough. She said she was “really stunned” by an exchange between her and Kavanaugh at the hearing on Thursday in which she asked him whether he ever drank to the … [Read more...] about Klobuchar: ‘Very concerned’ about White House limiting Kavanaugh investigation

The president is not “micromanaging” the FBI’s investigation into Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults against three women, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sunday. “The Senate is dictating the terms,” she said on “Fox News Sunday." “They laid out the request, and we‘ve opened it up.”Story Continued Below Sanders said President Donald Trump will listen to whatever facts are found by the FBI, but she pointed out that Kavanaugh has already been through six FBI background investigations, so the administration does not expect investigators to find any new information in the latest one. Still, she warned that “this can’t become a fishing expedition like the Democrats would like it to be,” slamming Democratic senators for their “absolutely disgraceful” behavior in the hearing on the Supreme Court nominee. Trump previously said that he found testimony from Christine Blasey … [Read more...] about White House not ‘micromanaging’ FBI, Sarah Sanders says