On Saturday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced she planned to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain documents related to the FBI’s supplemental probe of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which senators said showed no corroboration of the decades-old sexual misconduct allegations against him.
FBI background checks on judicial nominees have traditionally been kept confidential so that only senators, White House officials, and certain aides can view them.
“In purposefully limited the FBI investigation, it is clear the Republicans were not seeking the truth,” California Democrat Pelosi wrote in a statement. “They were seeking cover to do what they wanted to do anyway. To add insult injury they blocked the public’s access to the report.”
Pelosi also requested any communications from Senate Republicans to the FBI concerning the scope of the investigation.