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New tips aboutBrett Kavanaughbegan pouring in to filmmakers almost immediately after a surprise documentary about sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court justice premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Within half-an-hour of that announcement being made, Herdy said in a post-screening Q&A that filmmakers had already begun “getting more tips,“The Washington Postreports. Those tips, she added, came from people who had contacted the FBI with allegations against Kavanaugh ahead of his Supreme Court confirmation — but the claims were never further investigated.
Now, filmmakers are looking into the new claims, and re-editing the film to make additions ahead of a wider release.
Kavanaugh, 57, ignited controversy in 2018 after former PresidentDonald Trumpannounced his nomination to the high court, days after Justice Anthony Kennedysaid he would retirein what was widely viewed as a shocking announcement.
Shortly after his nomination, Kavanaugh — a former federal appeals court judge — was faced with allegations that he sexually assaulted a former classmate while in high school.
Christine Blasey Fordaccused Kavanaugh of pinning her down to a bed, groping her and trying to remove her clothesat a high school partyin the early 1980s.
The FBI begana week-long investigationinto the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh — all of which the judge has denied — after Republican Sen.Jeff Flakeof Arizona dramaticallyasked Senate leadership to delay the full vote on his nominationfor an FBI probe.
Though Democrats have long maintained that the findings of the investigation were unclear, Republicans argued they vindicated the judge, and the Senate ultimately confirmed Kavanaugh’s nomination in anarrow 50-48vote.
While the FBI interviewed Ramirez, her attorneys have said the agencynever contactedany of the witnesses who could have corroborated her story.
Stier, who is the CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, tells the FBI in the message that he witnessed another incident involving Kavanaugh “firsthand”: when the inebriated future judge allegedly pulled his pants down at a party “while a group of soccer players forced a drunk female freshman to hold his penis,” per thePost.
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In the years since Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the FBI has disclosed that itreceived more than 4,500 tipsin relation to the 2018 inquiry, and Democrats havecriticized the agencyfor its handling of the investigation.
The filmmakers behindJusticeare collecting additional tips via their website,JusticeFilm.com.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
