DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-13-18] set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, said she received the information about Kavanaugh from a person she declined to identify. In a statement, Feinstein did not specify the nature of the information. The New York Times, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported that the information related to ‘possible sexual misconduct’ involving Kavanaugh and a woman when they both were in high school…An FBI spokesman confirmed the agency has received the information. ‘Upon receipt of the information on the night of September 12, we included it as part of Judge Kavanaugh’s background file, as per the standard process,’ the spokesman said. In a statement, the FBI confirmed receipt of the information. A person familiar with the vetting process, speaking on condition of anonymity, said no new FBI criminal investigation had been opened.”
–Lawrence Hurley, Amanda Becker, “As Senate panel sets vote on Trump court pick, new controversy arises,” Reuters, September 13, 2018 8:53 am