100 Senators Have to Share a Single Copy of the FBI’s Kavanaugh Report

Many of the senators ended up listening to staffers read aloud. “There were four of us in a corner.”

Senator Lisa Murkowski speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4, 2018.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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The FBI’s report on its Brett Kavanaugh investigation is the hottest document in Washington, but there’s only a single copy for 100 senators to share.

That means many of the senators ended up listening to staffers read aloud the 46-page report, which contained 11 accounts of FBI agents’ interviews with nine witnesses related to sexual assault and misconduct allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. One additional stack of papers contained reports to the FBI tip line.