Senior Trump administration officials have insisted the White House is not “micromanaging” a new FBI background check of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and that senators are dictating the parameters of the investigation. Senior Trump administration officials have insisted the White House is not “micromanaging” a new FBI background check of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and that senators are dictating the parameters of the investigation. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said oversight of the investigation belonged to the Senate. “The White House counsel has allowed the Senate to dictate what these terms look like and what the scope of the investigation is,” she said. “The White House isn’t intervening.

Source: Irish Independent September 30, 2018 16:41 UTC