Democrats demand answers about how FBI handled Brett Kavanaugh inquiry

Democrats are demanding answers into the FBI's handling of the 2018 inquiry into Brett Kavanaugh after over 4,500 tips came in but only some were sent to the White House.

Senate Democrats are demanding answers after the FBI revealed just recently that it received more than 4,500 tips about Brett Kavanaugh when he was a Supreme Court nominee in 2018 and that only ones the agency deemed most "relevant" were referred to then-President Donald Trump's White House. The Democrats want to know how the information from the supplemental background check was handled and whether any of it was investigated, details they say were never passed on to the senators considering Kavanaugh's nomination. They asked the FBI to hand over by Aug. 31 "all records and communications" related to the first-of-its kind tip line the FBI set up that produced both "telephone calls and electronic submissions" and to explain how the tips were evaluated and categorized as "relevant." "If the FBI was not authorized to or did not follow up on any of the tips that it received from the tip line, it is difficult to understand the point of having a tip line at all," they said in a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray.