Democratic senators on Tuesday escalated their demands regarding a hearing to examine the sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh -- suggesting Monday's scheduled public session with the Supreme Court nominee and his accuser is not enough, calling for more witnesses and more time for the FBI to dig into the allegations.
In letters Tuesday, Democrats on the committee said Republicans were “rushing forward” and the FBI should first perform a background investigation as it did in 1991 when then-nominee Clarence Thomas was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill. Thomas was eventually confirmed.
Look, there really should not be anyone seriously believing that this is anything but a stall tactic from the Democrats. That has been the plan with this all along. Plain and simple. It's why Feinstein waited till when she did. It's why we are seeing the proverbial moving goal posts.
Reports are now coming out that Professor Ford is in hiding, and has hired private security to guard her. Her circus clown attorney is not returning phone calls or emails from members of the Senate regarding the planned hearing.
While I still find it almost inconceivable that Ford would have her attorney tell everyone that she would testify and then back out, I am actually starting to wonder if that was indeed a bluff. Perhaps they never really expected that the Republicans would actually invite her to testify. Perhaps they simply expected some other form of investigation, hearings, or other delay that could actually take place without her.
(Note: Rumors are floating that the attorney (Katz) will be demanding that other action is taken before her client will testify)
Reality check. Her testimony is all there is.
Either she shows on Monday or the vote goes on.
The cold hard fact is that the FBI had done everything that they will be able to do with this. Which is actually next to nothing. It's not their jurisdiction or responsibility to look into decades old allegations. Even if an alleged teen party grope session was a federal issue (and it's not) there is no jurisdiction for "any" law enforcement after 35-37 years.
More to the point, there is no actual tangible allegation to investigate. The accuser doesn't have a year, much less a date for her allegation. She has no clue where this supposed party was, how she got there, or how she got home. There are no corroborating witnesses, no physical evidence, no... well no nothing. Even her own recollection of events has dramatically changed just since 2012.
All there is is "her story". Period. Either she is willing to tell it or she isn't.
What exactly would anyone expect the FBI or other law enforcement to do here?
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I am now convinced Ford is lying through her teeth and her reluctance to go before the senate is to avoid a perjury while she torpedos the reputation of Brett Kavanaught.
WELL NOW, THIS JUST BEGAN LOOKING RATHER INTERESTING------
Why Trump Won’t Forcefully Defend Kavanaugh --
September 18, 2018 at 9:01 pm EDT
Gabriel Sherman:
“According to sources, several factors are at play. White House advisers are worried that MORE DAMAGING INFORMATION about Kavanaugh COULD COME OUT. Two sources told me the White House has heard RUMORS THAT FORD'S ACCOUNT will be VERIFIED BY WOMEN WHO SAY SHE TOLD IT TO THEM CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.
People worry, without apparent evidence, of another Ronan Farrow bomb dropping. One source says Ivanka Trump has told her father to ‘cut bait’ and drop Kavanaugh.
”Another reason Trump hasn’t gone to the mat for Kavanaugh is that he’s said to be suspicious of Kavanaugh’s establishment pedigree.
"‘He’s a Bush guy, why would I put myself out there defending him?’
Trump told people, according to a former White House official briefed on the conversations.
"Trump also has expressed frustration with White House counsel Don McGahn, who aggressively lobbied for him to choose Kavanaugh.
“But the threat of losing the House and Senate seems to have helped convince Trump not to go scorched-earth on Ford. If Trump antagonizes women voters, it could increase the odds Republicans would lose both houses in Congress.”
Said one outside adviser:
“Trump knows the Senate is not looking good. It’s all about the impeachment, he knows it’s coming.”
Jame what fucking parallel universe did you come from and would you go back there?
Such terrible use of language from a devout Christian evangelical like you!
And by the way, that "parallel" universe is inhabited by all the people speaking in or cited in the article above which, by the way, I --meaning ME, MYSELF, YOURS TRULY -- did not write.
:-)
Why is she even being listened to at all? 100 % liberal pussy hat wearing bitch.
"The attorney for the Palo Alto, California, psychology professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault while they were high school students said on Tuesday evening that her client, Christine Blasey Ford, is “not prepared” to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday for a hearing without a full FBI investigation into her allegations."
100 % political swamp rat.
She was drunk with 4 teen boys on a bed. What a slut.
I guess her friends might have something different to say about that, if such friends have indeed come forward.
Who is funding her ever growing Legal Team?
Lawyer LISA Banks:
"“Asking her to come forward in four or five days and sit before the Judiciary Committee on national tv is not a fair process,” Banks continued. “Any talk of a hearing on Monday is premature because she just came forward with these allegations 48 hours ago.”
Prepare, for telling her fiction. Ok.
Vote Thursday of this week. End this purely political fan fence.
She "told" some friends?
Lol, ok.
Kavanaugh Accuser Wants FBI Investigation First
“The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations,” CNN reports.
Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys argue that “a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or making any decisions.”
The letter from Ford’s lawyers says Ford has “been the target of vicious harassment and even death threats” and has been forced to leave her home.
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That's how Trumpistas operate.
Sort of Putin-style.
“According to sources, several factors are at play. White House advisers are worried that MORE DAMAGING INFORMATION about Kavanaugh COULD COME OUT. Two sources told me the White House has heard RUMORS THAT FORD'S ACCOUNT will be VERIFIED BY WOMEN WHO SAY SHE TOLD IT TO THEM CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.
Lisa Banks. A never ending story shift.
Prof. Cray Cray told Difi in june?.
Ummm that was "48 hours ago"???
Who is paying for the lawyers?
DNC.
Great more unnamed not a source ate saying what?.
Oh yeah they are fellow travelers and she told them :
Date
Time
Location
Got those basic facts?
That ship sunk.
" facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner"
Kavanaugh Accuser Wants FBI Investigation First
September 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm EDT s
“The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations,” CNN reports.
Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys argue that “a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or making any decisions.”
BUT GRASSLEY SAYS HE Won’t Delay Kavanaugh Hearing
September 18, 2018 at 10:45 pm EDT
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) “is pressing forward with a hearing scheduled for Monday after a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault called for the FBI to investigate her claims before she testifies,” The Hill reports.
Grassley said there was “no reason” to delay the hearing.
Said Grassley: “Dr. Ford’s testimony would reflect her personal knowledge and memory of events. Nothing the FBI or any other investigator does would have any bearing on what Dr. Ford tells the committee, so there is no reason for any further delay.”
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Bit mistake. BIG. YUGE.
and the next post shows why
Republicans Sent an Unmistakable Message to Women
Dick Polman:
“To understand why women overwhelmingly support a Democratic takeover of Congress — a landslide majority of 65%, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post survey — it’s worth parsing some of the initial Republican responses to the sexual-assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. The remarks explain why, on the cusp of the first national elections of the #MeToo era, Republicans on the ballot are confronted with a gender gap that threatens to become an unbridgeable canyon.
“After their initial defensive flurry, Republicans quickly recognized that ramming Kavanaugh’s nomination through without affording Ford an opportunity to testify under oath would be politically suicidal. But even though they’ve hit the pause button and slated a public hearing for Monday, it’s likely that many women in the electorate have already gotten the message, one that mirrors the message they’ve received from Trump Republicans all along: that the ruling patriarchy does not respect, and indeed feels threatened by, the power of women.”
FBI "nuts"
"“The allegation does not involve any potential federal crime.”
Furthermore, the Associated Press reports that in a statement, the DOJ said late Monday that “it’s not the job of the FBI to judge the significance or the credibility of an accusation.”
I see the Democrats and the "pastor" are losing.
Voters are not dumb but they sure are.
ROFLMFAO !!!
The FBI has already investigated on Cavanaugh.
The chairman of the Senate judiciary panel said that the FBI investigation isn't going to delay the Monday meeting.
Ford's lawyers said that the FBI has to investigate the allegations against every allegation. "Every" is a key word in the letter. Implying that there may be more sexual harassment allegations will surface.
This matters in the election in November. The woman's vote is expected to be very difficult for the Republicans.
What BS.
With this not a standard #liberalshatetheUS would tie this in knots for the forseeable future.
This thing is falling apart fast.
When there is a "he said, she said" where only one Party is willing to confront the situation and testify openly... and the other is refusing... well that goes 100% to who is telling the truth.
The FBI has already did an extensive backround check on Kavenaugh that went all the way back to his high school days and there has never been a single indication that this or any incident remotly like it ever occurred. Nor any indication of a character where this incident would have been even possible.
If you're telling the truth, you don't need an FBI investigation and your need extra time. You need to be in the senate commettee room at 9:01 am Monday. Otherwise, the vote to pass him out of commettee will occur a 9:05 with full senate confirmation later on that day.
CS, exactly.
Good news from the Heart like and the so called blue waive, Democrat Claire McCaskill is losing , her lead is Gone and Josh Hawley is leading by 6 percent.
Roger, will you tell us why she needs ever more time.
Senator Grassley bent over foreward for prof. Cray Cray . No more.
He basically told her show up . Have your say. Or don't, but nothing in the already completed background check of the Judge found anything remotely close to her fantasy.
During the background check, difi stayed silent, during the days of hearings Difi stayed silent, why?
This Prof. cray cray thing is backfiring .
loser Hillary is talking about it, a huge plus for Republicans.
The woman's vote is expected to be very difficult for the Republicans.
married suburban women ARE republican.
the only women's vote that's ever difficult is the "julia" vote because julia can't land a husband so she needs uncle sugar to act as a stand in.
Exactly, is this the same woman that rejected Hillary and Elected Trump.
But in an explanation of his concern for teenagers who get in trouble, as here at the Senator’s website, Booker says this, bold print supplied:
Studies of youth brain development have found that the decision-making functions of the brain do not fully develop until much later than was previously believed to be the case. Despite this, some states still try 17-, and even 16,-year-olds as adults by default.The REDEEM Act incentivizes states to establish 18 years old as a floor for original jurisdiction by adult criminal courts by allowing preference to be given to Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant applications that originate from states that have enacted similar or stronger provisions.
In other words? If one assumes that Christine Ford’s account is accurate, it happened for one reason — the reason that no less than Cory Booker himself has — truthfully — asserted. Again, that is this:
Studies of youth brain development have found that the decision-making functions of the brain do not fully develop until much later than was previously believed to be the case. Despite this, some states still try 17-, and even 16,-year-olds as adults by default.
In other words? The activities of a 17-year-old Brett Kavanaugh, not to mention 15-year-old Christine Blasey, were the result of immature teenagers whose “decision-making functions” were impaired to begin with because they had brains that were not “fully” developed. Not to mention that if Booker is literally sponsoring legislation that would make it the law of the land to seal youthful criminal records, there is no way that Ford’s 36-years later allegation — when no charges were even filed in the day — should be relevant in the first place.
There is zero evidence — say again zero — that Kavanaugh has ever exhibited this behavior in his adult life. Say again, zero. To the contrary. One woman after another has come forward to describe him in terms of being a gentleman on a personal level and an utter professional in the workplace.
https://spectator.org/cory-booker-stunner-17-year-olds-too-immature-to-be-held-accountable-for-actions/
well, thanks for clearing that up for us, fucktard-acus.
The woman's vote is expected to be very difficult for the Republicans.
Roger, like most liberals, think women are stupid people whose only issue is their reproductive organs.
I think he is in for a surprise. Just like he was suprised by them in 2016.
think women are stupid people whose only issue is their reproductive organs.
And you speaking for most women is even more moronic and funny!!!!! Me thinks you are living in a dream world and may be shocked come november!!!! This Brett issue is going to be another straw that breaks the GOP!!!!
Roger, like most liberals, think women are stupid people whose only issue is their reproductive organs.
well, in the alky's defense i can see why he would think that. when several hundred thousand women descend upon the national mall wearing pussy hats and claim to speak for all women, the gullible like roger can be forgiven for taking their word for it.
The trump tax hikes will negate the alleged savings for the middle class.....sad as you keep slurping...
hough analysts have speculated that some companies will choose not to pass on price hikes to consumers, instead taking a hit in margin to perhaps gain more market share, consumers are expected to foot the bill — not companies, and certainly not China.
The trade war with China has no end in sight, with the new escalations clouding talks and cooperation — China responded with new tariffs of its own. It’s a game of chicken with two leaders looking to project power, and neither has blinked yet.
But despite the poor outlook, few believe these tariffs will last forever. Assuming they don’t, what happens next? If the tariffs are removed in mid-2019, do prices fall 25%?
“Once firms have priced into the market whatever their costs are, the tendency will be — if the tariffs go down — to keep the prices at about the same level,” Gary Hufbauer, nonresident senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics, told Yahoo Finance in July. “In other words, to pump up their margins.”
In some competitive sectors, in which many companies vie for customers in a race to the bottom, the market will allow prices to fall back to their proper levels. This is the benefit of an efficient market.
But not every market experiences the robust competition necessary to provide the downward pressure to push prices back to pre-tariff levels. In some of the 5,745 product categories defined, consumers will doubtless experience inflation as pre-tariff prices fail to return.
If prices do not fall after tariffs are removed, the tariffs will have come at a much higher price than advertised: a permanent price hike.
Junior is as big a douche nozzle as his old man.....and you all will think nothing of his stupidity for tweeting this....his upbringing sure leaves a lot to be desired.....assholes...
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/donald-trump-jr-posted-image-appearing-mock-allegations-191038107--abc-news-topstories.html
n abcnews.go.com
Donald Trump Jr. has been known to draw controversy on social media, and a post Saturday follows suit.
The president's eldest son posted an image of an apparently fake note that looked like it was written by a child, joking that it was a letter making allegations about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Trump Jr. posted the fake iteration amid widespread reporting about a letter sent to Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., alleging that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted a teenage girl when they were both in high school. The name of the woman making the allegation was unknown at the time of Trump Jr.s post, but she revealed her identity in a Washington Post story Sunday as Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor.
The image that Trump shared Saturday is of a letter that reads, "Hi Cindy, Will you be my girlfriend" with boxes next to answer options yes or no, and is signed "Love Bret."
The spoiled rich brat was never taught civility....daddy could fix anything!!!
Prof. Cray cray grenade in hand pulled the pin released the pin and blew this up.
Desperately looking for bad news in a great economy. That's all these losers can do.
Winning, bigly.
US Housing surges Bigly, up 9%.
Alky predicted a drop based on his exclusive insight into this sector .
More woman in the US currently have a job, that simply did not happen under the Black midis.
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