Kavanaugh was bought

The FBI disclosed that it received more than 4,500 tips on a phone line in 2018 as part of a background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and provided “relevant” ones to former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel.

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Tyson reiterated comments that FBI Director Christopher Wray made in past congressional testimony: that the FBI serves as an “investigative service provider” for federal background investigations, and that its role in the Kavanaugh matter was to respond to requests from the White House counsel. The FBI has said repeatedly it was not conducting a criminal investigation into Kavanaugh’s conduct.

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“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.

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“Instead it handed the information over to the White House, allowing those who supported Kavanaugh to falsely claim that the FBI found no wrongdoing,” they said.

  CNN

You know, I missed that at the time.  I don't know how.  But I do remember somebody paid off his debts, and we've never been told who.

People are rightly complaining that Justice Thomas should recuse because his wife was involved in the insurrection, and it seems like Kavanaugh has reason to recuse, too.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.