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AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:32 PM Sep 2018

Did DiFi just throw a hail Mary and win the game?

Is it conjecture or hyperbolic to say Kavanaugh's nomination is over?

ETA: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211126941

ETA 2: yesterday, the Intercept was the only one covering this story, so we were waiting to see if any action would be taken, which apparently has happened.

In short, DiFi has referred to the FBI a letter that she has received regarding a woman's complaint against Kavanaugh, seemingly related to something she says happened during High School, which they attended together.

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Did DiFi just throw a hail Mary and win the game? (Original Post) AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 OP
Premature... (but I'll hope, for sure) hlthe2b Sep 2018 #1
details for those of us at work? NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #2
+1 flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #3
DiFi referred a matter re Kav to FBI AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #4
Did they find out how his debt NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #7
He supplied written answers to the questions AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #9
... handmade34 Sep 2018 #5
Yes please! lillypaddle Sep 2018 #6
This should help ease your MSNBC withdrawal: TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #16
Thank you so much! Works for me. lillypaddle Sep 2018 #34
Also the Tune In app has live streaming of MSNBC, CNN audio for free,. dewsgirl Sep 2018 #24
Thanks! lillypaddle Sep 2018 #35
For those who don't have time to click through TWO links to get any context, lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #8
Sorry, would have updated thread, wanted to post ASAP AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #10
I saw that online - multiple sources told Huffington Post NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #11
If it delays a vote until after midterms, it matters AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #15
yes Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #25
That Would Be The Excuse If It Happened 2 Minutes Ago ProfessorGAC Sep 2018 #17
Yes rusty fender Sep 2018 #18
Something from high school ScratchCat Sep 2018 #13
If he was working for the federal government when it happened, it's a federal matter. berni_mccoy Sep 2018 #27
Working for the federal government when he was a high school student??? former9thward Sep 2018 #33
I don't see referring the matter to the FBI as protection for Kavanaugh in any meaningful way. LanternWaste Sep 2018 #19
Yeah, looks like she's actually following the rules. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #20
You mean, the GREENWALD spin on it is that Feinstein is protecting Kavanaugh. pnwmom Sep 2018 #42
I'm starting to get what DiFi did and it looks ingenious. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #44
I don't think DiFi is protecting Kavanagh... MontanaMama Sep 2018 #12
Protecting? No, I mean, won for our side n/t AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #14
Gotcha! MontanaMama Sep 2018 #23
Just idly speculating... COLGATE4 Sep 2018 #21
ooooooh nt Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #26
Ooooh, now that idle speculation is interesting ! OnDoutside Sep 2018 #30
But why Dragonfly64 Sep 2018 #31
Perhaps violation of state law for a minor to abort. COLGATE4 Sep 2018 #40
Not counting on the GOP to do anything moral. bitterross Sep 2018 #22
What's the big deal? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #28
UPDATE: Brett Kavanaugh reportedly accused of sexual misconduct in letter flagged to the FBI brooklynite Sep 2018 #29
here's a link to a post about that here on DU: flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #32
He could kill a kitten on live tv while Zina puts a white hood on RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #36
Hell, he could kill Zina while she's disembowling a COLGATE4 Sep 2018 #41
I'm not following her logic in handing this to the FBI Lee-Lee Sep 2018 #37
He lived in Md as a kid. Do they have a statute of limitations on criminal charges? irisblue Sep 2018 #39
He /Parents ... GeorgeGist Sep 2018 #38
Wonder if there was an abortion involved -- and paid for by Kavanaugh. pnwmom Sep 2018 #43

lillypaddle

(9,581 posts)
6. Yes please!
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:37 PM
Sep 2018

Dumbass Windstream disconnected my TV service in error, and won't be out until next Tues. I'm having MSNBC withdrawal.

lillypaddle

(9,581 posts)
35. Thanks!
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 03:31 PM
Sep 2018

Do you need a cell phone to listen? Anyway, appreciate the help, the link from Texastowlie is working well.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. For those who don't have time to click through TWO links to get any context,
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:41 PM
Sep 2018

From what we see here, it looks like Feinstein is protecting Kavanaugh, but it's very sketchy on details.

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/12/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-dianne-feinstein/

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have privately requested to view a Brett Kavanaugh-related document in possession of the panel’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, but the senior California senator has so far refused, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

The specific content of the document, which is a letter from a California constituent, is unclear, but Feinstein’s refusal to share the letter has created tension on the committee, particularly after Feinstein largely took a back seat to her more junior colleagues last week, as they took over Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings with protests around access to documents.

The letter took a circuitous route to Feinstein, the top-ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. It purportedly describes an incident that was relayed to someone affiliated with Stanford University, who authored the letter and sent it to Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who represents the area.

Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter, and some of the sources said they themselves had heard different versions, but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school. Kept hidden, the letter is beginning to take on a life of its own.

AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
10. Sorry, would have updated thread, wanted to post ASAP
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:45 PM
Sep 2018

for those who are already following story.

Thanks for posting the context

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
11. I saw that online - multiple sources told Huffington Post
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:49 PM
Sep 2018

that it is related to a woman.

If it's when Kavanaugh was in high school, will it really matter? Since he's a Republican, anything that happens before today is a "youthful indiscretion"

AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
15. If it delays a vote until after midterms, it matters
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:53 PM
Sep 2018

I hope it turns into something, but at this point, anything to delay confirmation, anything. Imho

 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
18. Yes
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:10 PM
Sep 2018

or the repukes will say that Kavanaugh has asked for god’s forgiveness; no harm, no foul as far as they’re concerned

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
13. Something from high school
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:49 PM
Sep 2018

would be a state crime and beyond the statute of limitations. This involves a federal crime.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
19. I don't see referring the matter to the FBI as protection for Kavanaugh in any meaningful way.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:12 PM
Sep 2018

“That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
42. You mean, the GREENWALD spin on it is that Feinstein is protecting Kavanaugh.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 05:01 PM
Sep 2018

That's typical of the Intercept.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
44. I'm starting to get what DiFi did and it looks ingenious.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 11:25 PM
Sep 2018

She is craftily building suspicions about this clown. And the Russiapublicans are stuck - they have no idea what to say.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
23. Gotcha!
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:38 PM
Sep 2018

Let's hope this story gets some traction. If the repukes are going to ram this nomination through, I want the stink of it to drip off each and every one of them and stick for all eternity.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
21. Just idly speculating...
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:20 PM
Sep 2018

if (as is reported) the letter refers to an incident beteen Kavanaugh and a girl when they were both in High School, would it be too much to ask that, perhaps our newly-minted almost-Justice was involved in arranging for a discrete 'birth termination'??? Just askin'

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
40. Perhaps violation of state law for a minor to abort.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 04:53 PM
Sep 2018

Perhaps crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. Perhaps a violation of her civil rights because she didn't (or couldn't legally) consent?

Don't know. Just sitting here hoping, hope against hope that this is one that the howling mouthbreathers can't ignore.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)
28. What's the big deal?
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:51 PM
Sep 2018

Long ago
Anonymous
Won't press charges

Yeah, it matters to me and most of us here, but the MSM and every single republican is yawning.

brooklynite

(94,602 posts)
29. UPDATE: Brett Kavanaugh reportedly accused of sexual misconduct in letter flagged to the FBI
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 02:56 PM
Sep 2018

Democrats on Thursday alerted the FBI to decades-old sexual misconduct allegations against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, according to reports and a person familiar with the matter.

The potentially damning claims, which come as the Senate prepares to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the highest court of the land, were made in a letter obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic source told the Daily News.

Two officials briefed on the letter’s contents told the New York Times the allegations relate to possible sexual misconduct between Kavanaugh and an unidentified woman when they were both in high school.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
41. Hell, he could kill Zina while she's disembowling a
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 04:55 PM
Sep 2018

live kitten and the mouthbreathers would cheer him on.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
37. I'm not following her logic in handing this to the FBI
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 03:38 PM
Sep 2018

Sexual misconduct between two high school students is not a Federal crime. The FBI has no legal ability to do anything with any such information other than pass it to local authorities.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
43. Wonder if there was an abortion involved -- and paid for by Kavanaugh.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 05:03 PM
Sep 2018

That wouldn't be illegal, but it would be hypocritical in the typical GOP way.

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