Hmmm…

A constituent letter to Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), which she has shared with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) having something to do with Brett Kavanaugh has been referred to the FBI, Buzzfeed reports.

The existence of the letter has been rumored around Capitol Hill for the past week, and was confirmed in an Intercept story on Wednesday. When asked about the letter on Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told Buzzfeed “This matter has been referred to the FBI for investigation.” Buzzfied reports that they contacted the woman “believed to be the subject of the letter at her home last week,” but she declined to comment. She is reportedly being represented by attorney Debra Katz, who has also declined comment. Buzzfeed reports she was seen on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening.

Feinstein confirmed to Buzzfeed that she has referred the letter to “federal investigative authorities.” She confirmed, “I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. […] That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”

The contents of the letter are indeed hazy, but the referral to the FBI suggests they are significant and troubling. The FBI isn’t commenting at the moment, nor is the White House. Kavanaugh certainly isn’t. But it’s not a bad time to review the pretty bad record Kavanaugh has made for himself on issues of harassment and discrimination. He has been decidedly, determinedly, and openly hostile to the nation’s laws intended to provide workplace protections and equal opportunity to everyone who isn’t male and white and not disabled. In twelve years on the bench, he has “weighed in on about two dozen job discrimination cases, including lawsuits brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. His legal decisions dismissed workers’ claims in the vast majority of those cases.”

Whether that disdain in his professional career extended into his personal conduct hasn’t been an issue. It might not be now, but this doesn’t sound good.