“Details of F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry Show Its Restricted Range,” a 9.29 N.Y. Times report by Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt. The article blatantly argues with itself — paragraph #1 is a mixed bag, paragraph #4 emphasizes “free rein” and #2 and #3 emphasize the opposite. And Julie Swetnick’s allegations aren’t even mentioned.

“President Trump said on Saturday that the F.B.I. will have ‘free rein‘ to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, but the emerging contours of the inquiry showed its limited scope.

“Four witnesses will be questioned in coming days about aspects of the assault accusations against Judge Kavanaugh, according to two people familiar with the matter. Left off the list were former classmates who have contradicted Judge Kavanaugh’s congressional testimony about his drinking and partying as a student.

“The White House will decide the breadth of the inquiry, though presidential advisers were working in concert with Senate Republicans, said the two people, one a senior administration official, who both spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive investigation.

“The White House can order investigators to further examine the allegations if their findings from the four witness interviews open new avenues of inquiry, and Mr. Trump seemed to stress that part of the plan in a tweet late on Saturday.”