Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office will be investigated to determine if it leaked a confidential letter from one of Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers, Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday.
Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, also said lawyers recommended to Christine Blasley Ford by Democrats will face a Washington, D.C., Bar investigation for telling her that committee staffers would not travel to California to interview her about her alleged assault.
“They have betrayed her,” Cotton said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “She has been victimized by Democrats … on a search-and-destroy mission for Brett Kavanaugh.”
He also said Democrats would be at fault if women become less likely to report sexual assaults now because they did not keep Ford’s request confidential, as she had asked.
Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, had received a letter from Ford some months ago describing the incident with Kavanaugh, but had kept the material confidential, as requested in the letter. At some point, information about Ford was leaked to the press, though Feinstein denied that she or her office were responsible.
The FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh is unlikely to bring any new evidence to light, Cotton said, adding that the Senate Judiciary Committee has already conducted interviews and or received letters from witnesses to the alleged assault.
“We already know what everyone at the party has said,” he said, adding that the investigation will likely make a few senators more comfortable about voting to confirm Kavanaugh.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/30/cotton-feinstein-ford-leaked-letter-854019