Grassley again refers Avenatti to DOJ for criminal investigation
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced Friday that he is issuing a second criminal referral regarding lawyer Michael Avenatti.
Grassley announced the move a day after referring Avenatti and his client, Julie Swetnick, to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation into whether they made false statements to Congress about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The GOP chairman indicated that the second referral was precipitated by an NBC News report on Thursday, which contended that Swetnick denied making key allegations, saying that Avenatti “twisted [her] words.”
Grassley wrote that based on the NBC report, “the purported declarant denied - both before and after the sworn statement was released - the key allegations Mr. Avenatti attributed to her.”
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/413444-grassley-refers-avenatti-to-doj-for-second-criminal-investigation