[h=2]Senate Judiciary Committee chairman orders a SECOND criminal probe for attorney Michael Avenatti following his client's claims that he 'twisted her words' in sworn statement about Kavanaugh[/h]
- Chuck Grassley filed a second Department of Justice referral for criminal charges to be brought against Avenatti on Friday
- The previous day he had filed an initial referral alleging that the attorney and his Kavanaugh-accuser client Julie Swetnick had intentionally misled lawmakers
- The new filing cites an NBC report about a second witness Avenatti claimed could corroborate Swetnick's allegations of abuse by Judge Brett Kavanaugh
- The unidentified second witness has denied making several of the key claims detailed in her sworn statement provided to the committee by Avenatti
- Avenatti welcomed the threat of legal action, calling it 'Christmas in October' in a tweet that claimed Grassley had opened 'Pandora’s box'