Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has called on Judiciary Committee head Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to direct the FBI to determine if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was truthful under oath in his testimony before the panel. The FBI must examine the veracity of Kavanaugh’s statements under oath in addition to the sexual assault allegations against him. pic.twitter.com/TsNOTm4fxK — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 29, 2018Several statements that Kavanaugh made Thursday were challenged after he defended himself under oath against Blasey’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her. (7/x) — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 29, 2018Kavanaugh also denied being in the same “social circles” as Blasey, indicating it was unlikely they’d be at the same party. (10/10) pic.twitter.com/vu8YWoxHyc — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 29, 2018Kavanaugh’s insistence that words he used in his bio in his senior yearbook — “boofing,” “Devil’s Triangle,” and “Renate Alumnius” were relatively innocent have been widely contradicted.

Source: Huffington Post September 30, 2018 02:48 UTC