Barbara McQuade, a member of Joe Biden’s transition team, had argued in 2019 that Justice Brett Kavanaugh should have been the subject of a new congressional probe after he was confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Allegations of sexual misconduct decades earlier arose during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings in September 2018, Fox News reported. President Donald Trump, citing “harsh and unfair treatment” of Kavanaugh, had noted that an FBI probe revealed no corroboration of the accusations. Kavanaugh was later confirmed.
About a year later, The New York Times published a story detailing a book by staffers Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly that had contained a new sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh, Fox News noted.
The newspaper later revised the story to note the woman in the alleged incident declined to be interviewed and friends say she did not recall it.
McQuade, as former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, wrote a column for NBC on Sept. 17, 2019 calling for a congressional probe into the new allegation.
“If accurate, this would represent a big mistake on the part of the FBI,” she wrote. “Without the truth, a cloud will hang over Kavanaugh’s head and an asterisk will accompany his decisions. The only way to repair the damage is for Congress to pick up where the FBI left off.”
Fox News noted McQuade is currently serving as a volunteer on the Department of Justice committee for Biden’s transition team.
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