Former federal prosecutor and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich announced Saturday he was joining the legal team for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing…
Former federal prosecutor and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich announced Saturday he was joining the legal team for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s.
“I’m honored to be joining Debra Katz and Lisa Banks in representing Dr. Ford,” he tweeted Saturday afternoon.
Ford alleges Kavanaugh tried to rape her at a high school party and used his hand to muffle her screams. Bromwich has been involved in negotiating with the Senate Judiciary Committee to arrange her testimony. She accepted a deal Saturday to testify this upcoming week.
Bromwich also represents former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe .
McCabe was fired by the Justice Department in March before a scathing inspector general report concluded that he lied to FBI agents about his unauthorized disclosures to the media. A grand jury has reportedly been convened to examine McCabe’s actions.
McCabe was implicated in the latest DOJ scandal after The New York Times reported he had memos corroborating claims Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed secretly taping conversations with President Trump and Trump administration officials possibly invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office.
The House Judiciary Committee has vowed to subpoena the memos.
McCabe, whose wife ran for office in Virginia as a Democrat, is a common foil for Republicans, some of whom accuse him of being a part of the so-called “deep state,” referring to a conspiracy theory that a group of government officials are working from within the government to thwart President Trump’s agenda.
