Reports are emerging that retired FBI agent Monica McLean has had a substantial role in the coordinated campaign to derail US President Donald Trump's attempt to fill a vacancy in the judiciary (archived). McLean attempted to intimidate witness Leland Keyser into changing a neutral statement where asserted he did not recall knowing the accused during the period of the accusation and further did not recall being present at any events where the alleged acts took place into a verbatim conformation of the accusation. McLean suggested Keyser present her desired statement as a "clarification" of his earlier remarks. In the past McLean worked as a spokeszher for Preet Bharara, whose office routinely engaged in such tactics.