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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:34 PM Sep 2018

Sen. Durbin on Kavanaugh




We continue to find more evidence that Judge Kavanaugh misled me and the Judiciary Committee under oath. I’m posting important documents that Senate Republicans didn’t want the American people to see. We deserve transparency about this nominee.




In 2006, I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his role in the 4th Circuit nomination of Jim Haynes – a key figure in crafting the Bush White House detention & interrogation policies. Under oath, he said, "I’ve—I know Jim Haynes, but it was not one of the nominations that I handled.”




However, these emails from 2002 and 2003 show that then-Associate White House Counsel Brett Kavanaugh played a substantial role in the decision to nominate Haynes, including examining whether Haynes “would be an across-the-board judicial conservative”.




It is clear now that not only did Judge Kavanaugh mislead me when it came to his involvement in the Bush Administration’s detention and interrogation policies, but also regarding his role in the controversial Haynes nomination.
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global1

(25,250 posts)
2. It's One Thing That The Dems Are Getting The Word Out On Kavanaugh And...
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:37 PM
Sep 2018

posting the documentation that backs it up. However, it will be falling on deaf ears unless the Dems are able to get MSM to talk about this. Unfortunately, I don't see MSM picking up the ball and running with it.

As a result - what Durbin posted will just be buried on the website and no one will read it.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,347 posts)
12. needs more public
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 09:09 PM
Sep 2018

TV notices where the public goes -- eyeballs for advertisers.

That documentation is being presented where people see it and, if enough respond and talk about it, the MSM will go there.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
5. This is vitally important.
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:52 PM
Sep 2018

A judge who would perjure himself to get on the Court is the last person who needs to be there.

Putting aside his radical views (as bad as they are), a Supreme Court justice must, if nothing else, be honest.

Mr.Bill

(24,296 posts)
9. They will never topple him by using words like "misled".
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 08:23 PM
Sep 2018

He's a liar and he committed perjury. Call it what it is.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
18. Yes, yes, yes.... why are our leaders pussyfooting* around?
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 10:15 PM
Sep 2018

*Now there's a term worth knitting pink socks for! (to go with the pink hat with ears)

dlk

(11,566 posts)
11. Republicans are Determined to Seat a Serial Perjurer on SCOTUS
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 08:48 PM
Sep 2018

He matches their serial liar in the White House. They have become a full-blown criminal enterprise.

getagrip_already

(14,756 posts)
16. and he has a gambling addiction....
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 09:54 PM
Sep 2018

The last trait you want in a judge is a gambling addiction running debt into multiuple 6 figures. It leaves him susceptible to bribery and blackmail.

Nobody would allow an umpire with huge gambling debts.

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