The agency said it didn't investigate the tips because officials were conducting a routine background check.
Kavanaugh was apparently not made aware of the 4,500 complaints during the background check for his Supreme Court nomination, and the—Blasey Ford, mind you, was not among them
. It is unclear how many, if any, of the tips support her accusations or the accusations of the other women who also accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Democratic lawmakers condemned the agency in a statement on Thursday, though did not hint at taking any further action:“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.”
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