White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on "Fox News Sunday," meanwhile, that "the White House is not micromanaging this process." A source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that the FBI will interview a handful of people and only take direction from the White House, not the Senate. A source briefed on the matter said the White House sent the limited parameters of the investigation to the FBI based on a Senate request. Asked on ABC's "This Week" whether she thought the FBI investigation would be credible, Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono said, "That's going to be the big outstanding question." So the chances that the White House, if it is controlling the scope of the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh, offers any opening to Avenatti appear slim.

Source: CNN October 01, 2018 05:18 UTC