WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators expressed concern on Sunday over reports the White House was working with Republicans to narrow the scope of an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. President Donald Trump bowed to pressure from moderate Senate Republicans on Friday and ordered the probe after Christine…
A steady trickle of revelations over the weekend indicates that the FBI's supplemental background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is much more limited than previously known. The original parameters, Republican lawmakers said, were that the inquiry should be constrained to "current credible" allegations against Kavanaugh and that it should be completed within one…
The bureau will investigate aspects of the allegations made by Dr. Blasey, Ms. Swetnick and a third woman, Deborah Ramirez. She has said Judge Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during their freshman year at Yale. Ms. Ramirez’s lawyer, John Clune, said on Saturday that the F.B.I. had “reached out to interview Ms. Ramirez, and she…
Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement on fraud charges that were filed on Thursday. Musk gets to keep his job as CEO but must resign within 45 days as chairman for three years, according to a statement released by Saturday by the regulator. He’ll also have to pay a $20…
SENATOR Jeff Flake is a harsh critic of President Donald Trump. He also votes for the president's agenda most of the time. On September 27th, one day after Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was “100% certain” Brett Kavanaugh, Mr Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when…
Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2004, the year he became chairman of the board at a tiny electric car startup called Tesla. Tesla's battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission could be the company's biggest crisis in almost a decade. And it all started with a tweet. "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420," Musk…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attorney for the second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct said on Saturday that FBI agents assigned to investigate the allegations have contacted her. The announcement by Deborah Ramirez’s lawyer John Clune indicates that the FBI probe of Kavanaugh, ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump on…
Tesla's Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an agreement that will require Musk to resign as chairman of the company for at least three years and pay a $20 million fine, the SEC announced Saturday. Musk, who as part of the agreement will neither admit nor deny…
On how she was “sure” it was Judge Kavanaugh, and not another person, who attacked her on that night all those years ago, she replied that it was “the way that I’m sure that I’m talking to you right now — it’s just basic memory functions,” including “the level of norepinephrine and epinephrine” that “codes…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford both gave evidence on Thursday President Donald Trump has ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against his nominee for the US Supreme Court.A Senate committee earlier voted to approve Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the top US court.But a Republican…
