Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced Thursday that he is referring Julie Swetnick and her lawyer Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation into whether they made false statements to Congress about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Grassley said that in addition to making false statements, he is asking for the Justice Department to look into whether the two sought to obstruct his panel’s investigation of the allegations against Kavanaugh.
“The law prohibits such false statements to Congress and obstruction of congressional committee investigations. For the law to work, we can’t just brush aside potential violations. I don’t take lightly making a referral of this nature, but ignoring this behavior will just invite more of it in the future,” Grassley said in a statement.
Avenatti quickly fired back in a tweet, saying it was “ironic that Senator Grassley now is interested in investigations.”
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Grassley refers Kavanaugh accuser Swetnick for criminal investigation over alleged false statements https://t.co/vo3bsSaOT0 pic.twitter.com/VgjRyWp5WV
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