FBI investigations are a tool to the inquiry of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, not the do all and end all. I think the Democrats AND witnesses calling for an FBI investigation know the FBI does not make the final choice of members of the Supreme Court.
The FBI reports are composed by professional investigators. I find it more than interesting though that former Vice President Biden believed the FBI investigations are INCONCLUSIVE. Isn't that why there is a US Senate Judiciary Committee? The hearing is to bring conclusion to questionable components of a nominees' character and professional life? The FBI isn't suppose to decide, by conclusion, who the next Supreme Court jurist will be, it brings information to those that will ultimately decide.
I find former Vice President Biden's words profound nearly 25 years later. The entire method used to conduct background checks and US Senate investigations of these nominees are lacking a methodology that works to record the truth in a definitive way. What would occur with an FBI investigation that US Senator Feinstein requested, but, may not have obtained; was to bring in more information to the allegations of Dr. Ford. In that absence, is an outcry from the past of many more women than anyone should expect. What we are hearing in the public square is exactly the information that would appear in an FBI report including credibility accomplished by professional investigators.
Basically, 25 years has not closed the gap of information collected by the FBI in regard to sexual harassment, abuse, assault or rape. That is more than unfortunate, but, malpractice. 25 YEARS FROM DR. HILL'S TESTIMONY AND WOMEN ARE NO FURTHER AHEAD WHEN IT COMES TO LAWS THAT PROTECT THEM AND INVESTIGATIONS THAT FALL SHORT IN SUPPORT OF SUCH LAWS.
Basically, 25 years has not closed the gap of information collected by the FBI in regard to sexual harassment, abuse, assault or rape. That is more than unfortunate, but, malpractice. 25 YEARS FROM DR. HILL'S TESTIMONY AND WOMEN ARE NO FURTHER AHEAD WHEN IT COMES TO LAWS THAT PROTECT THEM AND INVESTIGATIONS THAT FALL SHORT IN SUPPORT OF SUCH LAWS.
September 27, 2018
By Kristine Phillips
He uttered the words with visible agitation, (click here) overly enunciating at times to show emphasis.
“The next person who refers to an FBI report as being worth anything obviously doesn’t understand anything. FBI explicitly does not, in this case or any other case, reach a conclusion, period. Period.”
On Oct. 12, 1991, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said FBI investigations into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominees were inconclusive. A report from such an investigation would rehash people’s versions of events without reaching a meaningful conclusion about what had actually happened, Biden said.
At that time, Clarence Thomas, nominated to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush, was facing sexual harassment allegations from Anita Hill, a former University of Oklahoma law professor. The FBI investigated, and the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from Thomas, Hill and other witnesses....
