November 2, 2018

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

The Honorable Jeff Sessions The Honorable Christopher A. Wray

Attorney General Director
U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530 Washington, DC 20535

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray:

I am once again writing regarding fabricated allegations the United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary recently received. As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committee
processed the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the
Supreme Court of the United States, leading to his eventual confirmation on October 6, 2018. As
part of that process, the Committee has investigated various allegations made against Judge
Kavanaugh. The Committee’s investigation has involved communicating with numerous
individuals claiming to have relevant information. While many of those individuals have provided
the Committee information in good faith, it unfortunately appears some have not. As explained
below, I am writing to refer Ms. Judy Munro-Leighton for investigation of potential violations of
18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (materially false statements) and 1505 (obstruction), for materially false
statements she made to the Committee during the course of the Committee’s investigation.

On September 25, 2018, staffers for Senator Harris, a Committee member, referred an
undated handwritten letter to Committee investigators that her California office had received
signed under the alias “Jane Doe” from Oceanside, California.1 The letter contained highly graphic
sexual-assault accusations against Judge Kavanaugh. The anonymous accuser alleged that Justice
Kavanaugh and a friend had raped her “several times each” in the backseat of a car. In addition to
being from an anonymous accuser, the letter listed no return address, failed to provide any
timeframe, and failed to provide any location -- beyond an automobile -- in which these alleged
incidents took place.

Regardless, Committee staff quickly began investigating the claims as part of the broader
investigation, hindered by the limited information provided. On September 26, 2018, Committee
staff questioned Judge Kavanaugh about these allegations in a transcribed interview conducted
                                                            
1
See Undated Letter from “Jane Doe” to Senator Harris, enclosed below.
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under penalty of felony.2 They read him the letter in full as part of the questioning.3 In response
to the anonymous allegations, Judge Kavanaugh unequivocally stated: “[T]he whole thing is
ridiculous. Nothing ever -- anything like that, nothing . . . . [T]he whole thing is just a crock, farce,
wrong, didn’t happen, not anything close.”4 Later that day, September 26th, the Committee
publicly released the transcript of that interview with Judge Kavanaugh, which included the full
text of the Jane Doe letter.5

Then, on October 3, 2018, Committee staff received an email from a Ms. Judy Munro-
Leighton with a subject line claiming: “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped
me.”6 Ms. Munro-Leighton wrote that she was “sharing with you the story of the night that Brett
Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped me in his car” and referred to “the letter
that I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19 with details of this vicious assault.” She continued: “I
know that [‘]Jane Doe[’] will get no media attention, but I am deathly afraid of revealing any
information about myself or my family.” She then included a typed version of the Jane Doe letter.

Committee investigators began investigating Ms. Munro-Leighton’s allegations. Given her

relatively unique name, Committee investigators were able to use open-source research to locate
Ms. Munro-Leighton and determine that she: (1) is a left-wing activist; (2) is decades older than
Judge Kavanaugh; and (3) lives in neither the Washington DC area nor California, but in Kentucky.
In order to investigate her sexual-assault claims, Committee investigators first attempted to reach
her by phone on October 3, 2018, but were unsuccessful. On October 29, Committee investigators
again attempted contact, leaving a voicemail. In response, Ms. Munro-Leighton left Committee
investigators a voicemail on November 1, 2018.

Eventually, on November 1, 2018, Committee investigators connected with Ms. Munro-

Leighton by phone and spoke with her about the sexual-assault allegations against Judge
Kavanaugh she had made to the Committee. Under questioning by Committee investigators, Ms.
Munro-Leighton admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaulted
by Judge Kavanaugh and was not the author of the original “Jane Doe” letter. When directly asked
by Committee investigators if she was, as she had claimed, the “Jane Doe” from Oceanside
California who had sent the letter to Senator Harris, she admitted: “No, no, no. I did that as a way
to grab attention. I am not Jane Doe . . . but I did read Jane Doe’s letter. I read the transcript of
the call to your Committee. . . . I saw it online. It was news.”

She further confessed to Committee investigators that (1) she “just wanted to get attention”;
(2) “it was a tactic”; and (3) “that was just a ploy.” She told Committee investigators that she had
called Congress multiple times during the Kavanaugh hearing process – including prior to the time
Dr. Ford’s allegations surfaced – to oppose his nomination. Regarding the false sexual-assault
                                                            
2
Senate Judiciary Committee Interview with Judge Kavanaugh 5-10 (Sept, 26, 2018). Available at:
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.26.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pd
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https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciary-committee-releases-transcripts-of-kavanaugh-
interviews
6
Email from Judy Munro-Leighton to Senate Judiciary Committee (Oct. 3, 2018), enclosed below.
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allegation she made via her email to the Committee, she said: “I was angry, and I sent it out.”
When asked by Committee investigators whether she had ever met Judge Kavanaugh, she said:
“Oh Lord, no.”

In short, during the Committee’s time-sensitive investigation of allegations against Judge

Kavanaugh, Ms. Munro-Leighton submitted a fabricated allegation, which diverted Committee
resources. When questioned by Committee investigators she admitted it was false, a “ploy,” and
a “tactic.” She was opposed to Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

As I have repeatedly stated, Committee investigations in support of the judicial nomination

process are an essential part of the Committee’s constitutional role. The Committee is grateful to
citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one
hundred percent sure about what they know. But when individuals intentionally mislead the
Committee, they divert Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations and materially
impede our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It is illegal to make
materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators. It is illegal to
obstruct Committee investigations.

Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actions
pose to the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give this
referral the utmost consideration. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have
any questions, please contact a professional investigative counsel in the Committee’s Oversight
and Investigations Unit at (202) 224-5225.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Grassley
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary

Enclosures:
Undated Letter from “Jane Doe” to Senator Harris
Email from Judy Munro-Leighton to Senate Judiciary Committee (Oct. 3, 2018)

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein

Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary
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Cc:
Subject: Fwd: I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped me
Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 7:27:42 AM

Begin forwarded message:

From: Judy Munro-Leighton < >

Date: October 3, 2018 at 6:42:35 AM EDT
To:

Subject: I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped me

Reply-To:

To all Republican Senators, 10/3/18

My name is Jane Doe, from Oceanside CA. I am sharing with you the story
of the night that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped
me in his car. Here is the letter that I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19
with details of this vicious assault. The Senate Judiciary Comm had a phone
interview on Sept. 26 with Kavanaugh to ask him about my letter.
I refuse to allow Donald J. Trump to use me or my story as an ugly chant at
one of his Republican rallies. I know that Jane Doe will get no media attention,
but I am deathly afraid of revealing any information about myself or my family.
I watched in horror as Trump vilified Dr. Blasey-Ford. I will not allow this abuse
to be directed toward me.

Dear, Senator Grassley, et al.

The current situation regarding the accusations made by Dr. Ford

against Brett Kavanaugh have prompted me to write you today. I
have moved on with my life since he forced himself on me as well.
The times were so different, and I didn’t expect to be taken seriously,
embarrass my family, be believed at all. I was at a party with a friend.
I had been drinking. She left with another boy, leaving me to find my
own way home. Kavanaugh and a friend offered me a ride home. I
don’t know the other boy’s name. I was in his car to go home. His
friend was behind me in the backseat. Kavanaugh kissed me
forcefully.

I told him I only wanted a ride home. Kavanaugh continued to grope

me over my clothes, forcing his kisses on me and putting his hand
under my sweater. ‘No,’ I yelled at him. The boy in the backseat
reached around, putting his hand over my mouth and holding my arm
to keep me in the car. I screamed into his hand. Kavanaugh continued
his forcing himself on me. He pulled up my sweater and bra exposing
my breasts, and reached into my panties, inserting his fingers into my
vagina. My screams were silenced by the boy in the backseat
covering my mouth and groping me as well. Kavanaugh slapped me
and told me to be quiet and forced me to perform oral sex on him. He
climaxed in my mouth. They forced me to go into the backseat and
took turns raping me several times each.

They dropped me off two blocks from my home. ‘No one will believe
if you tell. Be a good girl,’ he told me. Watching what has happened
to Anita Hill and Dr. Ford has me petrified to come forward in person
or even provide my name. A group of white men, powerful senators
who won’t believe me, will come after me. Like Dr. Ford, I’m a
teacher, I have an education, a family, a child, a home. I have
credibility. Just because something happens a long time ago, because
a rape victim doesn’t want to personally come forward, does not
mean something can’t be true.

Jane Doe, Oceanside, California.