Christine Blasey Ford’s legal teams says the FBI have not made contact with them in the Brett Kavanaugh probe that Donald Trump ordered Friday, even though they’ve been told to complete the task in one week.
A journalist from the New York Times spoke to a lawyer representing the woman who accused the Supreme Court Justice nominee of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, and the federal investigators have allegedly not consulted her for help with their research into his background.
A tweet Sunday shared a statement from Debra Katz, which claimed Dr Ford’s team has tried to initiate a conversation themselves but to no avail.
Christine Blasey Ford’s legal teams says the FBI have not made contact with them
‘NEW: FBI has not responded to requests from Christine Blasey Ford to do an interview,’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote on Twitter Sunday morning.
She added the attorney said in the statement: ‘We have not heard from the FBI, despite repeated efforts to speak with them.’
Trump denied the investigation may not be entirely fair in a tweet Saturday night.
The Brett Kavanaugh probe is supposed to be completed in the next five days
He referred to a story that reported he could be cherry-picking the people they speak to possibly have the outcome they hope for.
‘NBC News incorrectly reported (as usual) that I was limiting the FBI investigation of Judge Kavanaugh, and witnesses, only to certain people,’ he posted. ‘Actually, I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion. Please correct your reporting!’
The US President had previously ordered the supplemental investigation a day after Ford and Kavanaugh testified in front of the Judiciary Committee Thursday.
‘I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week,’ Trump said.
Second accuser Deborah Ramirez (left) had been contacted by the FBI her lawyer said Saturday but third accuser Julie Swetnick (right) reportedly hadn’t
ABC News also reported a source had told them no one from the FBI had contacted Ford’s team by Sunday.
Republican Senator Lindsey said the probe would include talking to Ford, as well as a second accuser Deborah Ramirez.
Ramirez alleges Kavanaugh exposed himself to her in college while his friend Mark Judge, also mentioned in the Ford allegations, was in the room at the time of the alleged assault.
Attorney John Clune confirmed on Saturday the Ramirez team had been contacted by FBI.
‘We can confirm the FBI has reached out to interview Ms. Ramirez and she has agreed to cooperate with their investigation. Out of respect for the integrity of the process, we will have no further comment at this time,’ Clune said.
Julie Swetnick, the third woman to make public allegations about Judge Kavanaugh, had not been contacted by FBI regarding the matter according to her lawyer Michael Avenatti.