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High School? repubs won't care.

His nomination might be in trouble were that the case.

At least please don't let it be one of those he says/she says things. Please let her have reported it at least to the school. A suppressed police record would be great, but not as great as accepting a bribe or something Republicans would have more difficulty with.

I believe the stories are stating that Kavanaugh contacted former Judge Alex Kozinski, who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/politics/kavanaugh-kozinski/index.html

dozens of reasons he should not get this far.

A democrat cant get a hearing with zero wrongdoing, a con who lies to the committee can and will be confirmed.

America is broken, very badly, and the result will be immediate harm and death to women and others.

or we just shot ourselves in the foot.

A decades-old state matter isn't the business of the FBI. There has to be something else here that rises to a federal level.

they're not looking to prosecute him for an old state-level crime.

they're primarily just looking to properly evaluate him for the job he's applying for.

that said, lying on the fbi background check forms is indeed a federal offense.

He lied on his prior to becoming HUD secretary and was convicted of that. He paid a fine and his career was over.

yup, knew it!

The incident happened in the late 80's a few years before he was HUD Secretary and during one his mayoral campaigns.

the theory here is that he lied on his backround check.

given the long time span since occurrence. Not that I'd discount, of course, but that was a very long time ago.

that the author didn't want to press the matter further. So why did she make that statement and forward it to the FBI? I don't feel good about this. This looks like they couldn't stop him with legitimate criticism, so they are dredging up something from... high school?

Please be wrong and be about perjury. Please.

Not "dredging up," little Kroshka; but rather, sanding relevant information to the FBI so they may continue Kavanaugh's background check.

"Little Crumb"?

Or are you trying a bit too hard for "Koshka" ("she-cat&quot ?

Might be relevant; might just be "let's catch a few hertz on the news cycle with something unproveable". With the NYT's "we heard something from somebody who heard something from something from somebody who said the letter said something, but what, um, not sure."

Part of being a supreme court justice is being heavily vetted by the feds. That means he was questioned by them. If he lied about something from his past, he could get charged with a crime. Sen Feinstein wouldn't have held up the nomination over bullshit.

She SENT a letter. That implies she does think it should matter. She can not take it forward in a court of law because the statute of limitations ended long ago.

I think Feinstein handled this perfectly. I assume before it goes forward, there the accuser would have to be willing to be public.

He's already committed perjury and no one on their side cares, so why would you hope it's perjury??

..... mentioned on his previous court confirmations years ago and more recently for this Supreme Court FBI background vetting check.

If he lied back when and more recently it could very well derail his confirmation. The more lies they can nail this guy on the better. He does not belong on the highest court of the land, like trDump trash like this makes a mockery of our system and degrades the very foundations of a vibrant Democracy.

a difference decades later. I'm not sure if a juvenile record could even be brought up.

Age of consent in Maryland is 16 and the older partner must be at least 4 years older for it to be a crime.

14 is the legal age if their partner is less than 4 years older, so a 17 year old can have sex with a 14 year old for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_States#Maryland

Only like 12 states have 18 as the age of consent and most allow for a 2-4 year age difference regardless.

Game changer deluxe.

An abortion for his indiscretion, while likely to overturn Roe v. Wade?

Boys will be boys.

And apparently the repuglicon female senators will let this slide (with a bit of grease.)

it's a non-starter. But if rape, then entirely different story. But as other have said, why would Sen Feinstein escalate to FBI if a trivial high school sexcapade?

A case where he was 18 and had sex with his girlfriend who was 17. Something like that would be so weak.

silently supporting the RW agendas.

I think I read that he might have croaked a phrase or two in the last year once his black-robed protector kicked his bucket.

As other posters have said, if it's not gender violence or rape, it won't matter one bit. People do stupid shit in high school, even more so when there was little awareness about the importance of consent.

it while being questioned by the feds in order to get a lifetime appointment to the high court. That's still a crime and would have occurred in the last few months since his nomination.

consideration when selecting people for higher office.

And his motive was not an honorable one. Plenty of evidence with which to sink this nomination. Still, much of it is surfacing.

Even if he beat and then forced his girlfriend to have an abortion, it really would not matter to those confident he will rule from the bench the way he is instructed to. He does not seem like an independent type of guy. He is bought and paid for...unlike Justice Roberts, though also very conservative, who does seem to at least take the US Constitution into consideration for his rulings.

Unless Kavanuagh pulls his name, the GOP will confirm him. They own him and he came cheap.

So it pretty much dies right there.

the only action the FBI took was to forward the letter to the WH for inclusion into Kavanaugh's background folder.

1. Did he cross state lines with the girl? If they were going to school in DC, then it would be quite easy to cross a state border with a minor.

2. There may not have been a sexual relationship occurring between the two. However, he might have "pimped" her out which would be even more morally repugnant than rape.

Did he lie on any background forms in 2018, when he was first nominated to the federal bench or went to work for Ken Starr?

Used tickets.

That's the rumor going around.

* It's OK If You Are A Republican.

At least he and Clarence will have something to bond over, Despicable.

This is an all-boys catholic school. It's 60-70k/year to attend with a heavy emphasis on religion as well as academics. Very preppy. I'm sure plenty of students are well-connected to the legal and political world of DC.

I would not be the least bit surprised if these boys felt entitled to any and all extracurricular activities when they went out on dates or if they felt entitled to take advantage of girls they met.

It's definitely old, but then again a grand jury report of catholic priest abuses going back to the 1950s is currently rocking the catholic church.

Did he falsify statements when he went to work for Ken Starr, George W Bush or the Federal bench?

he did was a crime. I don't think the FBI goes back to high school in its background investigations. If the letter writer didn't contact them, how would they know to go back that far?

While they were in high school? She got pregnant and her pushed her into an abortion? He has a secret kid out there because she refused to have an abortion, despite his demands?

As we know, people like Kavanaugh are only anti abortion when it doesn't affect them. When they have an unwanted pregnancy, they can't get to the Dr fast enough

The only moral abortion is my abortion

http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/articles/anti-tales.shtml

I so want to see this hypocritical, smarmy bastard go down.

to most of the country,including myself. I never committed any sexual misconduct in high school, but I sure thought about it. All the time.
If that's all they got on him we've lost the battle.

Im not claiming he did that but there are scenarios that would be relevant.

All I'm saying is it looks like we're playing our last few cards. And those cards are usually Jokers.

We shalll see.

all they did was pass it on to the WH to have it included in Kavanaugh's background folder.

Sen. Grassley has already said that the confirmation vote is going ahead on the 20th.

So there must be something significant.

if there was something to investigate, they would have investigate.

The author of the letter made it quite clear to Sen. Feinstein that she didn't want her name revealed, no further action taken on the letter.

The fact they sent it on to be included in the official record indicates they think its legitimate.. imo.

maybe she is of questionable mental stability, which is why DiFi has hung onto this letter since July, and why she is being so careful about respecting the confidentiality.

This kind of reminds me of some allegations against W, which got our hopes up and then turned out to be bullshit, because the woman was clearly mentally ill.

I DO NOT support Kavanaugh. But neither do I support bringing up allegations from high school days for anyone.

This was how long ago and he's been a lawyer/judge for how long?

They should focus on his lying under oath instead.