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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKavanaugh said he opposed giving any 'break' to Clinton on Lewinsky affair (WP)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-memo-detailed-explicit-questions-for-clinton/2018/08/20/c0854616-a488-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.htmlBrett Kavanaugh memo detailed explicit questions for Clinton
August 20 at 11:30 AM
Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a strikingly explicit 1998 memo that he was strongly opposed to giving then-President Bill Clinton any break in the independent counsels questioning about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky, according to a document released Monday.
In the memo, Kavanaugh, who worked as an associate counsel for independent counsel Ken Starr and is now President Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, laid out several proposed questions, including, If Monica Lewinsky says that you inserted a cigar into her vagina while you were in the Oval Office area, would she be lying?
Excerpts of the memo have been previously reported, including by The Washington Post last month, quoting from a book about the Lewinsky investigation. However, the full memo had not been released until Monday, when it was released by the National Archives in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Post.
The memo was written Aug. 15 to Starr and All Attorneys, with the subject line: Slack for the President? It was Kavanaugh advice for the type of questioning for Clinton that would occur by Starrs associates, who were trying to determine whether the president had committed perjury in a civil suit.
After reflecting this evening, I am strongly opposed to giving the President any break in the questioning regarding the details of the Lewinsky relationship unless he resigns or confesses perjury, Kavanaugh wrote, continuing: He has required the urgent attention of the courts and the Supreme Court for frivolous privilege claims all to cover up his oral sex from an intern. He has lied to his aides. He has lied to the American people. He has tried to disgrace you and the Office with a sustained propaganda campaign that would make Nixon blush.
Kavanaugh wrote that he believed Starrs office would be failing its duty if we willingly conspire with the President in an effort to conceal the true nature of his acts.
Kavanaugh then listed 10 questions that Clinton should be asked, many of them of a sexually explicit nature.
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Kavanaugh said he opposed giving any 'break' to Clinton on Lewinsky affair (WP) (Original Post)
dalton99a
Aug 2018
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But that was a Dem and involved an in-office sexual affair. Oh my. Treason don't matter
Roland99
Aug 2018
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Wait, I am confused, isnt he on record saying Nixon should have been left alone?
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)1. But that was a Dem and involved an in-office sexual affair. Oh my. Treason don't matter
Silly
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)2. Wait, I am confused, isnt he on record saying Nixon should have been left alone?
Oh wait, I forgot, Clinton is a Democrat
Never mind.