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![Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by Chairman Chuck Grassley on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1004blasey-ford-400x300.jpg)
FBI’s Kavanaugh Probe Denounced as “Sham” as Witnesses Go Ignored
Even before Sen. Chuck Grassley received the report, he scheduled a procedural cloture vote for Brett Kavanaugh.
![Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/09/2018_0930brett-kavanaugh-400x300.jpg)
Trump Accused of Rigging FBI’s Kavanaugh Probe by Imposing “Outrageous” Limits
The move has been denounced as a flagrant attempt to further rig the process in Kavanaugh's favor.
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Nomination by Death Threat: Picking a Justice in the Age of Trump
Death threats: how we choose Supreme Court justices today.
![Donald Trump speaks to members of the media prior to a Marine One departure at the south lawn of the White House September 19, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/09/GettyImages-1035934004-e1537376541121-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Dump of FBI Documents: More Fuel for Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
The new documents feed Devin Nunes’s ludicrous conspiracy theories.
![Photo of Woody Guthrie, circa 1940.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/08/GettyImages-74274205w-400x300.jpg)
Newly Released FBI Files Expose Red-Baiting of Woody Guthrie
FBI records show the folk singer's surveillance continued even after he stopped performing due to Huntington's disease.
![Folk singer Dave Van Ronk performs onstage at the Gaslight on June 22, 1964 in New York, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-154241780-400x300.jpg)
Newly Unearthed FBI File Exposes Targeting of Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk
Files on the late musician offer a disturbing window into the US's long tradition of political suppression.
![FBI agent on a computer](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/2018_0605fbi-400x300.jpg)
Is the FBI Profiling Students to Interview Without Parental Consent?
Underage Muslim students were singled out and questioned.
![Donald Trump and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-944567322-400x300.jpg)
White House Launches Incoherent Counterattack on Mueller Probe
Even as news emerges of another suspicious meeting, White House launches major assault on FBI.
![Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/04/2018_0420comey-400x300.jpg)
Following Release of Memos, Trump and His GOP Call for Comey’s Imprisonment
The right-wing media, led by unofficial White House chief of staff Sean Hannity, have been calling for indictments of the president's enemies for months.
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Trump’s Legal Worries Grow as Judge Rejects Effort for President to Review Documents Seized in FBI Raid
Marcy Wheeler discusses more.