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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.
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)please
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)AndJusticeForSome
(537 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)got paid off so fast?
AndJusticeForSome
(537 posts)See Whitehouse's question #11:
https://www.scribd.com/document/388486021/Kavanaugh-Responses-to-Questions-for-the-Record#from_embed
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Dumbass Windstream disconnected my TV service in error, and won't be out until next Tues. I'm having MSNBC withdrawal.
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Do you need a cell phone to listen? Anyway, appreciate the help, the link from Texastowlie is working well.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)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 panels 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 Feinsteins 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 Kavanaughs 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)for those who are already following story.
Thanks for posting the context
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)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)I hope it turns into something, but at this point, anything to delay confirmation, anything. Imho
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)gotta think strategically.
ProfessorGAC
(65,077 posts)Look at what we've got squatting in the WH!
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)or the repukes will say that Kavanaugh has asked for gods forgiveness; no harm, no foul as far as theyre concerned
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)would be a state crime and beyond the statute of limitations. This involves a federal crime.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)former9thward
(32,028 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)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.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Dems do that; Russiapublicans don't.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)That's typical of the Intercept.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)She is craftily building suspicions about this clown. And the Russiapublicans are stuck - they have no idea what to say.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)AndJusticeForSome
(537 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)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)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'
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)Dragonfly64
(41 posts)would that be referred to the FBI?
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)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.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)This won't stop them.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)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)Democrats on Thursday alerted the FBI to decades-old sexual misconduct allegations against President Trumps 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 Kavanaughs 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 letters 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.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)He will be confirmed by these assholes.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)live kitten and the mouthbreathers would cheer him on.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)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.
irisblue
(32,982 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)paid for her abortion?
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)That wouldn't be illegal, but it would be hypocritical in the typical GOP way.