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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, criticized journalists at a press conference on the confirmation process of Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday condemning what he called "bias" in the media.
Republican Iowa, 85, attended the meeting with four other Republican Judiciary Committee members, all of whom defended Kavanaugh and the integrity of the FBI's investigation of sexual misconduct charges. against the judge – an investigation widely criticized by the Democrats as unjustly. limited by the White House.
Grassley interrupted a reporter in the middle of a question to lament what he described as a breakdown of collegiality among senators from opposing parties.
"It's almost the bottom," said Grassley, raising his voice. "I would like the future to fix things so that we can do things collegially, as the US Senate should do … and you, you can have something to do with that."
The senator went on to say that the political bias in the press was partly responsible for the partisan division in Congress.
"I would never use the word" false news. "I see you as policemen as our democratic system of government, but I want to show you where some of you are biased," he said. he declared. "I've had protesters in my office for two weeks now – both for Kavanaugh and against Kavanaugh – and once, people who were for Kavanaugh wanted to be interviewed and they said:" We do not are interested only in interviews with people against Kavanaugh. "
He added, "This is a bias that no one of you should be proud of."
Grassley has been accused of attempting to silence Kavanaugh's accusers and rushing to vote on the candidate before Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, calls for an FBI investigation into the charges. last week.
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