Trump says he wants the FBI to interview whomever they like in the Kavanaugh probe

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published 30 September 2018

President Trump denied trying to curtail the FBI probe into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a Saturday night tweet:

NBC had reported only allegations from Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez would be considered, and the FBI wouldn't examine the accusation from Julie Swetnick. However, two sources told The New York Times Kavanaugh's high school friend, Mark Judge, will be interviewed about Swetnick; and The Washington Post reported late Saturday the FBI is contacting a growing list of people to interview, Ramirez included.

Trump has limited the probe to one week.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.