Well a lot of those accusations against priests are kept anonymous and are 30 years old or older. Just sayin'. I'm not saying he's guilty of anything. Just using your rationale.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Kavanaugh Hearings a ‘Highly Partisan Show’
By Jack Crowe
September 13, 2018 2:29 PM
In a Wednesday appearance at George Washington University Law School, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented the degree to which partisanship has infected the judicial-confirmation process, calling Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanuagh’s recent confirmation hearing a “highly partisan show.”
Contrasting Kavanaugh’s hearings last week with her own, which occurred in 1993, Ginsburg called the partisan grandstanding of Democrats “wrong” and expressed a desire to return a spirit of collegiality to the process.
“The way it was was right. The way it is is wrong,” Ginsburg said to applause. “The atmosphere in ’93 was truly bipartisan. The vote on my confirmation was 96 to three, even though I had spent about ten years of my life litigating cases under the auspices of the ACLU and I was on the ACLU board. . . . That’s the way it should be, instead of what it’s become, which is a highly partisan show. The Republicans move in lock step, so do the Democrats. I wish I could wave a magic wand and have it go back to the way it was.”
Kavanaugh, who was nominated by President Trump to replace retiring justice Anthony Kennedy, faced hours of intense questioning and veiled accusations of dishonesty from Democratic lawmakers at his hearings, and was interrupted on numerous occasions by protesters.
Democrats maligned Republicans for failing to make available documentation produced by Kavanaugh during a 35-month period working in the George W. Bush administration, and accused the nominee of lying during the hearings that confirmed him to a lower court about his involvement in crafting the legal underpinnings for the CIA’s enhanced-interrogation policy.
Following the hearing, Senator Kamala Harris disseminated a deceptively edited video that appeared to show Kavanaugh referring to some forms of contraception as “abortion-inducing drugs,” when he was in fact describing the view of a plaintiff in a case he’d ruled on.
Senator Dianne Feinstein released a statement Thursday indicating she’d received information from a constituent alleging Kavanaugh engaged in potentially criminal behavior. Though she maintained that she could not reveal further details about the accusation, she claimed to have referred the matter to law enforcement.
His accuser has come forward. She has corroborating docs from a shrink in 2012. She also passed a polygraph given by a former member of the FBI. Could be bad for Kavanaugh.
In the last minute or so of this clip Orrin Hatch pretty much dismisses the accuser's allegations without ever hearing the facts or seeing testimony. This clip compares what's happening with Kavanaugh to what happened with between Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill. Sad chapter for America.
Keith Ellison domestic violence accuser says Democratic party doesn't believe her story
abuse said on Monday that Democrats don’t believe her story and threatened to isolate her over the allegations.
Karen Monahan, a former girlfriend, came forward last month alleging that Ellison sent her threatening text messages and once screamed obscenities at her as he dragged her off a bed by her feet.
Ellison has denied the accusations, saying he “never behaved this way.” He did acknowledge he was in a relationship with the woman.
The allegations didn’t lead to any immediate action against the congressman, except for the announcement that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) would review the accusations. He went on to win the Democratic primary election for Minnesota attorney general.
Monahan slammed the Democratic Party for its response to her allegations when compared to its treatment of Christine Blasey Ford. Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to force himself onto her during at a high school party nearly four decades ago, prompting prominent Democrats to get behind Ford’s allegations.
“No, they don't,” Monahan tweeted in response to a question whether the party believes women’s stories. “I've been smeared, threatened, isolated from my own party. I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different Dr. Visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse.”
She added: “Four people, including my supervisor at the time, stated that I came to them after and shared the exact story I shared publicly, I shared multiple text between me and Keith, where I discuss the abuse with him and much more. As I said before, I knew I wouldn't be believed.”
Her comment came after another user pointed to comments made by Peter Daou, a Democratic strategist and former advisor to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, who wrote in a tweet that the Kavanaugh accuser will be “attacked, smeared, and demonized” and that people must “believe women.”
Many other Democrats and progressives – who stayed silent when the accusations against Ellison emerged – came out in support of Ford, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Tom Perez, chairman of the DNC, who urged to investigate the claims and Kavanaugh.
Monahan went to reiterate that her story has nothing to do with politics. “I have nothing to prove to anyone, I simply shared my story. People can believe it or not. I don’t need anyone to affirm my humanity, I affirmed it,” she wrote in another tweet.
“The fact that both parties only care if it scores political points is hypocritical,” she added. “Do you think a person who has dealt with any form of abuse by politicians is thinking about politics? No, we & are families are trying to heal.”
Not sure what this has to do with Kavanaugh unless it's some sort of tit for tat excuse... Personally I don't really like Keith Ellison and if this is true he can just go away as far as I'm concerned.
Now if you are trying to say we are railroading Kavanaugh then I say the guy that got railroaded was Al Franken. If what he did was bad enough to step down then all these guys should step down IMHO.
I haven't been following this at all. Why the protests....did Kavanaugh make a joke about a pubic hair 10 years ago or something?
Most of them appear to be protesters paid for by the democrats. Its nothing but a stunt. The way congress displays itself is a complete joke. Dismiss them all at this point and start over completely.
The pathetic levels that the resistance will stoop to knows no bounds. Even a guy I like Ro Khanna was condemning Kavanagh for this claim from a women, 35 years ago while he was in friggin high school!
It’s just pathetic, I don’t even care about Kavanaugh but it’s just a disgusting display of blatant tribalistic partisanship.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday raised the possibility that next week’s high-stakes open hearing to examine the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be canceled if the accuser doesn’t accept the committee’s invitation.
Grassley, R-Iowa, scheduled a hearing for Monday for Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford to answer questions from senators about the allegation. But Grassley said during a Tuesday radio interview that his office has reached out several times to Ford and her attorneys to discuss her allegation, but has heard nothing back.
“We have reached out to her in the last 36 hours three or four times by email and we have not heard from them, and it kind of raises the question, do they want to come to the public hearing or not?” Grassley said on The Hugh Hewitt Show.
Asked whether there would be a hearing if Ford did not agree to appear, Grassley suggested he couldn’t see a reason to hold one.
“What would be the purpose of the hearing if Dr. Ford doesn’t want to respond?” Grassley said.
In the case Ford accepts the invitation, Grassley said he is considering the possibility of having an independent questioner ask all the questions to Ford.
Ford, a California-based professor, revealed her identity over the weekend in a Washington Post report. She said that Kavanaugh, while in high school, pinned her down, tried to remove her bathing suit and put his hand over her mouth when she attempted to scream. Kavanaugh has denied the allegation.
The announcement of the last-minute hearing evoked memories of the 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, where senators scrambled to arrange a hearing after Thomas was confronted with sexual harassment accusations by law professor Anita Hill. Thomas denied the accusations and was narrowly confirmed.
During television appearances on Monday, Ford’s attorney, Debra Katz, indicated her client was “willing to take whatever it takes to get her story forth,” and would testify before the committee under oath. But Katz has not confirmed that Ford will show up for Monday’s open hearing, which would be aired live on television.
Speculation about whether Ford will ultimately accept the invitation follows reports she was reluctant to go public with her accusation after tipping off congressional Democrats.
Grassley, announcing the Monday hearing, said it would "give these recent allegations a full airing."
White House spokesman Raj Shah said Kavanaugh is willing to testify.
“Judge Kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation. He stands ready to testify tomorrow if the Senate is ready to hear him,” Shah said.
Democrats have called for delaying Kavanaugh’s vote until there is a full FBI review of the matter.
But Grassley told Hewitt on Tuesday that the FBI investigation “is closed” and that the FBI is not doing any further investigation.
Meanwhile, Kavanaugh was spotted Tuesday arriving at the White House for meetings – as he did the day before.
President Trump on Monday stood by Kavanaugh, calling him one of the “finest people that I have ever known” while acknowledging a "little delay" may be necessary before the nomination is voted on in the Senate.
In his first public comments on the controversy, the president also criticized Democrats over the timing of the allegation.
“I wish the Democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this information for many months," Trump told reporters at the White House. "And they shouldn't have waited until literally the last days. They should have done it a lot sooner.”
The president said he’s open to delaying the confirmation proceedings in Congress while the allegations are investigated.
"If it takes a little delay it'll take a little delay," Trump said. "It shouldn't certainly be very much."
Kavanaugh has forcefully denied the sexual assault accusations Ford alleged took place while the two were in high school.
"This is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes — to her or to anyone," Kavanaugh said in a statement. "Because this never happened, I had no idea who was making the accusation until she identified herself yesterday."
All 10 Democrats on the committee on Monday have urged Grassley to postpone the vote on Kavanaugh's nomination. Multiple sources told Fox News Thursday's committee confirmation vote has been postponed amid the newly scheduled hearing.
I don't know if the story is true or not. But the woman is a professor. She has told her husband about it, her therapist about it and has passed a lie detector test connected to it.
There's zero reason to dismiss her claim until all the evidence has been heard.
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But, what evidence is there? The last I heard, the lady can't remember where it even supposedly happened. (if that's changed, my apologies) Plus, it was some 37 years ago. And it wasn't rape. (unless that has now changed).
I'm just curious: what would the charges be?
How would this even possibly be relevant? I mean, Clinton got elected twice after NUMEROUS accusations. Trump got elected..........(at least he paid for it, right? ).
This isn't about sexual harassment. This is about politics. If the accuser gets into a he said/she said game. She will lose unless there is loads of evidence against Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh Hires Award Winning Female Lawyer Over Assault Allegation
09/17/2018
Grace Carr | Reporter
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hired attorney Beth Wilkinson to represent him in an upcoming hearing regarding allegations of sexual assault ahead of Thursday’s nomination proceeding.
Kavanaugh hired award winning lawyer Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz to represent him according to multiple sources, CNN reported Monday.
Wilkinson has been lead counsel in over 50 jury trials and litigated scores of significant cases for the Army. She also played a major role in prosecuting the Oklahoma City bombers, according to her website.
She was named in 2015 as Litigator of the Year in addition to winning a number of other awards. (RELATED: Journalist Connects Illegal Immigrant Abortion Case To Accusations Against Kavanaugh)
News of Wilkinson’s hiring comes after allegations that Kavanaugh tried to force himself on fellow high schooler Christine Blasey Ford when they were both minors. Ford now alleges that she “thought he might inadvertently kill me,” according to The Washington Post. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.”
The allegations were first reported by The New Yorker Sept. 14. The woman’s name was reported on Sept. 16. Reports also indicate that multiple media outlets possessed this information as early as July, but did not release the information until California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein sent a letter to the FBI about the allegations Sept. 13.
Both Kavanaugh and the White House reject all allegations of misconduct. “This is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes—to her or to anyone,” Kavanaugh said in a Monday statement. “Because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday.”
Kavanaugh is set to speak with the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday evening about the sexual assault allegations.
This isn't about sexual harassment. This is about politics. If the accuser gets into a he said/she said game. She will lose unless there is loads of evidence against Kavanaugh.
EXACTLY. I cry foul on this. The timing is very suspect and I doubt the claim is even true. If it was, then why did she wait so long to tell?
I don't know if the story is true or not. But the woman is a professor. She has told her husband about it, her therapist about it and has passed a lie detector test connected to it.
There's zero reason to dismiss her claim until all the evidence has been heard.
Feinstein blames GOP after Kavanaugh accuser stays mum, admits 'I can't say everything's truthful'
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday blamed Republicans for failing to get in touch with Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford ahead of a planned hearing on Monday, even as GOP leaders said they've made repeated attempts to reach out, and accused Feinstein of refusing to help. Feinstein, who has vouched for Ford's credibility, also admitted she could not verify that Ford's allegations were entirely true.
"I have no say, I'm the lead Democrat. ... I think it's really too bad that no one called her, or called her lawyer," Feinstein, D-Calif., told Fox News on Tuesday. "My understanding is she got emails. This is a woman who has been profoundly impacted by this. Now, I can't say everything's truthful. I don't know. But I do know that you've got to contact her lawyers."
Ford's attorney, Debra Katz, did not respond to Fox News' requests for comment Tuesday.
Republicans have told Fox News they left both emails and voicemails with Ford's attorney and have offered to hold either a public or closed-door session with the California professor, who went public as Kavanaugh's accuser on Sunday after sending an anonymous letter to Feinstein's office in July detailing her accusation that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her more than 35 years ago. A person close to Ford told The New York Times that the accuser is "effectively in hiding" and has arranged for private security for herself and her family.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has threatened to nix the Monday hearing into Ford's accusations if she does not respond.
For her part, Feinstein acknowledged Ford's participation would be critical.
"I hope that people will let her be, and I hope that her lawyers will let her come back and straighten this out," Feinstein said as she left her Senate office late Tuesday. She also told Fox News that, if Ford doesn't testify, "I can't tell you what impact" there would be on Kavanaugh's confirmation.
Republican leaders excoriated Feinstein on Monday for revealing the existence of Ford's letter's only last Thursday, after a report describing it was published by The Intercept -- which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested was the result of a coordinated leak by Senate Democrats.
"The Minority withheld even the anonymous allegations for six weeks, only to later decide that they were serious enough to investigate on the eve of the committee vote, after the vetting process had been completed," Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement Monday, which also noted that "Dr. Ford deserves to be heard."
Grassley also accused Feinstein of refusing to help set up follow-up calls involving Kavanaugh and Ford, which he called "standard procedure" when there are updates to a nominee's background file.
"I asked Senator Feinstein’s office yesterday to join me in scheduling these follow-ups," Grassley wrote. "Thus far, they have refused. But as a necessary step in evaluating these claims, I’ll continue working to set them up."
In a tweet Tuesday evening, Feinstein dismissed the suggestion that she had delayed revealing the accusation to derail Kavanaugh's nomination, and instead praised Ford for her bravery.
"During every step of this process, I’ve found every single piece of information from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford eminently credible, sincere and believable," Feinstein wrote. "She knew this would have a huge effect on her life and she was incredibly brave to come forward."
The California senator reiterated her view that the FBI should probe the accusations, writing that the agency similarly "investigated Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas."
Feinstein's comments came as Mark Judge, a friend of Kavanaugh whom Ford accused of being in the room during the alleged sexual assault, told the Judiciary Committee he did not want to testify.
"I did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be involved," Judge wrote in a letter to Grassley. "The only reason I am involved is because Dr. Christine Blasey Ford remembers me as the other person in the room during the alleged assault."
Judge continued: "In fact, I have no memory of the alleged incident. Brett Kavanaugh and I were friends in high school but I do not recall the party described in Dr. Ford's letter. More to the point, I never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes."
Judge could still be subpoenaed by congressional Republicans, but top Judiciary Committee members have signaled that won't happen.
“No reason to,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters. “He’s already said what he’s going to say. I want to hear from her, if she wants to speak, and I want to hear from [Kavanaugh]."
Graham dismissed a reporter's comparison to the widely televised Judiciary Committee hearings into alleged sexual harassment by Thomas in 1991, in which Anita Hill and other witnesses testified before his eventual confirmation to the Supreme Court. Thomas called the hearings a "circus" and a "high-tech lynching" of a black conservative.
Hill on Tuesday wrote an op-ed in The New York Times urging that the hearings into Ford's accusation not be rushed, and claiming the nominee to the nation's highest court "has the burden of persuasion."
"You’re talking about history," Graham said. "We’re not looking back. We’re looking forward.”
Senate Democrats have called for Monday's hearing to be delayed pending a full FBI investigation.
Other prominent Republicans came to Kavanaugh's defense on Tuesday. In an interview with Politico, former President George W. Bush said, “Laura and I have known and respected Brett Kavanaugh for decades, and we stand by our comments the night Judge Kavanaugh was nominated.”
Kavanaugh worked in the Bush White House Counsel's office, and later married the president's personal secretary.
President Trump on Tuesday continued his defense of the nominee.
"This is is not a man who deserves this," Trump said, noting that Ford's claims "should've been brought up long ago."
Adding that he felt "terribly" for Kavanaugh's "beautiful young daughters," Trump added that "hopefully the woman will come forward, state her case. ... before members of the US Senate."
Ford alleged that Kavanaugh forced himself onto her and covered her mouth in the 1980s, when Kavanaugh was 17 and she was 15. Ford did not mention the incident to others by her own admission until 2012, according to The Washington Post, when her therapist recorded her claim that four individuals had committed the assault.
Ford has since claimed that the therapist incorrectly recorded that detail, and that she had said there were only two people in the room. Her husband has maintained that Ford mentioned Kavanaugh and Judge's name in the therapy sessions.
The allegations have upended Kavanaugh's confirmation process, delaying a planned Judiciary Committee vote on Thursday on whether to advance his nomination to the full Senate.
If Ford does appear at Monday's hearing, some Republicans have voiced concern at the optics of having the all-male Republican contingent on the Judiciary Committee questioning her. Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate, has suggested that Kavanaugh and Ford's attorneys question the witnesses in the case.
This nothing more than a stall tactic. The judge has been thru 6 different FBI checks in the past. Nothing here!
She just came forward. We will have to see. Sure is a lot of victim blaming going on on the right. I hope Kavanaugh can prove he is innocent in from of the Senate Judiciary.
This nothing more than a stall tactic. The judge has been thru 6 different FBI checks in the past. Nothing here!
She just came forward. We will have to see. Sure is a lot of victim blaming going on on the right. I hope Kavanaugh can prove he is innocent in from of the Senate Judiciary.
Lawyers for the woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago said a public Senate committee hearing set for Monday should be put on hold until the FBI investigates the allegation.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley responded that there’s no need for an FBI investigation, and the invitation for California college professor Christine Blasey Ford to testify on Monday still stands. The chairman didn’t say if the hearing would go on without Ford or when the panel would vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination without hearing her testimony.
“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,” Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said in a statement.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawyers for Ford said she is prepared to cooperate with the panel but that an FBI investigation should be "the first step" before she appears before the senators to describe her allegation.
Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied Ford’s claim that he sexually assaulted her at a party in Maryland when they were in high school. The Judiciary panel had been scheduled to vote on his nomination Thursday, but postponed it and scheduled the public hearing for Monday. Ford was invited to testify only after the hearing had been set.
"The hearing was scheduled for six short days from today and would include interrogation by senators who appear to have made up their minds that she is ‘mistaken’ and ‘mixed up,’” Ford’s lawyers, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, said in the letter. "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." Confirmation Process Disrupted
The demand for an inquiry casts further doubt on prospects for Kavanaugh to be confirmed by the time the high court meets on Oct. 1 -- and before midterm elections that will decide the makeup of the new Congress.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said earlier Tuesday that Monday’s hearing is Ford’s chance to tell her story.
"We want to give the accuser an opportunity to be heard and that opportunity will occur next Monday," McConnell said. "She could do it privately if she prefers, or publicly if she prefers; Monday is her opportunity." He didn’t discuss the possibility of a delay.
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Judiciary Committee member, said earlier Tuesday on Fox News that if Ford didn’t want to testify on Monday, "we’re going to move on and vote Wednesday."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and the Judiciary panel’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, immediately backed the Ford attorneys’ call for an FBI investigation -- a step Democrats have been calling for.
“I agree with her 100 percent that the rushed process to hold a hearing on Monday has been unfair," Feinstein said in a statement.
one of the interesting things im paying attention to is the women on social media and different news outlets (including fox news) talk about this issue with the nominee and the allegation.
one thing i noticed is that the women around all these outlets are chewing each others heads off over this. i thought guys were competitive...if TV allowed them to drop the B and C word, these women would absolutely be dropping those bombs on each other. holy crap!
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Am I the only one that sees its a little peculiar that she came forward to get her story out, but now doesn't want to testify to get it out?
And only came forward after the hearings started? the guy has been a judge for how many years?
And for someone who is a psychologist, who had suffered a traumatic event as this, she would know the importance of speaking out against it, yet did not?
All sexual abuse allegations should be heard, but not all should be believed or are true. Lets remember that before we tarnish a someone's name, reputation, and POSSIBLY RUIN his family over a dang political game. If this lady is making this up or was put up to this, she should be imprisoned. As of right now, there is not a single bit of evidence that says she is telling the truth, I want to hear her story under oath with evidence. Until then, its an allegation - nothing more.
Am I the only one that sees its a little peculiar that she came forward to get her story out, but now doesn't want to testify to get it out?
And only came forward after the hearings started? the guy has been a judge for how many years?
And for someone who is a psychologist, who had suffered a traumatic event as this, she would know the importance of speaking out against it, yet did not?
All sexual abuse allegations should be heard, but not all should be believed or are true. Lets remember that before we tarnish a someone's name, reputation, and POSSIBLY RUIN his family over a dang political game. If this lady is making this up or was put up to this, she should be imprisoned. As of right now, there is not a single bit of evidence that says she is telling the truth, I want to hear her story under oath with evidence. Until then, its an allegation - nothing more.
She is hesitant because she doesn't want to get run over by GOP Senators! No investigation at all, really? Just force her in front of the committee for a he said she said moment to fake investigate? I don't blame her.
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