Senate panel asks DO to investigate "fabricated allegation" against Kavanaugh

Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyThe Congress must give priority to the reform of the sentencing system to ensure public safety. Manchin states that citizenship "worthy of rights" deserves to be examined. Grassley asks the State Department, DHS, to inform the Judiciary Committee of the Caravan PLUS (R-Iowa) asked Friday at the DOJ to investigate a "fabricated allegation" against the new Supreme Court judge Brett KavanaughBrett Michael KavanaughDiscount of elections: four days | Advance polls exceed 2014 figures in many states | Vulnerable dems throw their party under the bus | Fights to determine control of the Senate | 10 GOP House seats most likely to tip | Obama is campaigning to preserve his legacy A voter's guide for the 100 million people who do not plan to vote for Kavanaugh to override the normal Supreme Court process for security reasons MORE of a woman identified as Judy Munro-Leighton.

Grassley, in a letter to the Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsMembers of the Migrant Caravan Chase Trump about Proposed Frontier Policies The Hill & # 39; s Morning – Presented by PhRMA – Congress faces a deadline near November Hillicon Valley: DOJ s & # 39; Chinese technology flying attack | Google employees end sexual harassment | CEO of the company pledges to do 'better' | Federals fight to help campaigns against cyber attacks MORE and FBI Director, Christopher Wray, wrote that Munro-Leighton had admitted to the committee on November 1st having lied about an allegation that Kavanaugh and a friend had raped her at home. rear of a car.

Grassley asked that an investigation be opened on Munro-Leighton for his "material misrepresentation" and for hindering the investigation of the malpractice com- plaints committee against Kavanaugh.

He wrote that Munro-Leighton had stated that she "only wanted to attract attention", "that it was a tactic" and that "it was just a ploy" when the investigators have pressed on Friday.

"Interviewed by the investigators of the Committee, Ms. Munro-Leighton admitted, contrary to her previous assertions, that she had not been sexually assaulted by Judge Kavanaugh," Grassley wrote.

The investigators began to review Munro-Leighton's allegations in early October, after she sent an email to the committee stating that she was the woman who had sent an anonymous letter to Sen . Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisElection Countdown: 5 days mid-term | Steve King faces his toughest test | Strains of Oprah for Abrams in Georgia | Trump stirs controversy with an announcement on immigration | Dems remains focused on health care | Surveys show that the races in the West Virginia Senate and Indiana are tightening Kamala Harris criticizes the Georgian GOP governorship candidate for the "electoral repression" The Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – Presented by PhRMA – Trump , the battle of Obama for the Senate PLUS (D-Calif.) At the end of September alleging that Kavanaugh had raped her.

"Ms. Munro-Leighton wrote that she" was telling you about the story of the night Brett Kavanaugh and her friend had sexually assaulted and raped in her car "and was referring to" the letter " that I had sent to Senator Kamala Harris in September 19 with details on this perverse assault, "Grassley wrote." She added, "I know Jane Doe will not hold the media's attention, but I am very afraid to reveal information about myself or my family, "he continued, adding that Munro-Leighton included a typed version of Jane Doe's letter.

According to Grassley, the committee's investigators used an "open source search" to find information about Munro-Leighton. He wrote that the investigators could not contact her by several attempts in October, noting that she left a voicemail message on November 1st.

She then told the committee that she was not the author of the anonymous letter attributed to a "Jane Doe". According to Grassley's letter, Munro-Leighton said he was informed of the anonymous allegation by reading a transcript of the interviewers interviewing Kavanaugh about Jane Doe's anonymous allegations, which would later have been revealed to be Christine Blasey Ford. Kavanaugh denied all these allegations.

Grassley wrote that when the investigators of the committee asked her if she was the California's Jane Doe who had sent the letter to Harris, Munro-Leighton had replied, "No, no, no, that's what I'm saying. I did it to attract attention .. I'm not Jane Doe … but I read Jane Doe's letter I read the transcript of the call to your committee … I saw it online, it was new. "

She further confessed to the investigators of the Committee that she (1) she "just wanted to attract attention", (2) "it was a tactic" and (3) "c & # 39; It was just a ploy. "She told investigators of the Committee that she had called Congress several times during the Kavanaugh hearing process – even before the moment when Dr. Ford's allegations had been raised – to oppose his appointment, "Grassley wrote.

Munro-Leighton stated that she had never met Kavanaugh.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpCurbelo explains why he forgave a man who had tweeted a death threat Obama accuses Trump of being a "political coup" in border policy The voter registration in California reaches a peak without previous until mid-term Saturday weighed in, tweeting, "a vicious accuser of Judge Kavanough [sic] just admit that she was lying, her story was totally invented, or FALSE! "

"Can you imagine if he did not become a Supreme Court judge because of his disgusting false statements," Trump said. "And where are the Dems on this?"

He then deleted that tweet and republished the message with the correct spelling of Kavanaugh's name.

A vicious accuser of Judge Kavanaugh just admitted that she was lying, her story was totally invented, or FALSE! Can you imagine if he did not become a judge of the Supreme Court because of his disgusting false statements? What about others? Where are the Dems on this?

– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2018

Throughout the hearings, Trump expressed sympathy for Kavanaugh, claiming at one point that his reaction had been influenced by the fact that he had also been accused of sexual misconduct, what he had denied.

Kavanaugh's confirmation was confirmed by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including three women who made their charges public. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor of psychology in California, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegation that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the years. 1980. He unequivocally denied all accounts.

Grassley, last week, announced that he was referring Julie Swetnick and his lawyer, Michael Avenatti, to the Justice Department for a possible criminal investigation into the question of whether they had made false statements to the Congress on Swetnick's allegations against Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh was confirmed in the High Court last month.