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FBI interviews Boulder woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct: Source

In the Brett Kavanaugh investigation, a source confirmed to 9NEWS Sunday that the FBI interviewed the Boulder woman who accused the SCOTUS nominee of misconduct and provided them with a list of potential witnesses. It is unclear if the FBI will interview those witnesses.
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KUSA — The FBI on Sunday interviewed Deborah Ramirez, the Boulder woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, a source familiar with the investigation confirmed to 9NEWS.

Ramirez gave investigators names of witnesses, according to the source, who would not confirm other details such as who those people are or what else Ramirez may have provided to the FBI. It is also unclear where the interview took place or what the FBI will do with the information Ramirez gave them.

The interview comes two days after President Donald Trump announced a supplemental FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s background.

Deborah Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party while they were both students at Yale. The incident occurred during the 1983-84 school year, according to an article first published by the New Yorker.

Ramirez 's attorney, John Clune, said Saturday that she has agreed to cooperate with the FBI investigation.

Ramirez was the second woman to bring forward allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleged that Kavanaugh and a friend held her down and attempted to rape her at a party in high school.

Since then, a third woman - Julie Swetnick - has claimed that the SCOTUS nominee would drink to excess and "engage in abusive behavior," toward teenage girls while he was in high school.

A fourth person accusing Kavanaugh of misconduct sent an anonymous letter to Colorado Senator Cory Gardner detailing the claims.

The letter states the woman's daughter, from Boulder, saw Kavanaugh shove his date, a friend of the woman's daughter, "very aggressively and sexually" against a wall in 1998 in Washington D.C.

Kavanaugh has denied all of the allegations. He said Friday that he has been interviewed by the FBI, answered questions in private and public under oath from senators. “I’ve done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate,” he said in a statement issued by the White House.

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