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He doesn't want to speak under oath? hmm
Kavanaughs ex-classmate tells senators he won't testify
By Michael Burke - 09/18/18 04:39 PM EDT
The former classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was said to have been in the room when Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted a woman decades ago, has told senators he will not testify at next week's hearing.
Mark Judge wrote in a brief letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that he "did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be involved."
"In fact, I have no memory of this alleged incident," he wrote.
Christine Blasey Ford has said that Judge was in the room at a high school party in the 1980s when Kavanaugh held her down on a bed and tried to remove her clothing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407296-kavanaughs-classmate-tells-senators-he-wont-testify?__twitter_impression=true
Sodium Penthothal his ass.
john657
(1,058 posts)You can't "Sodium Penthothal his ass". That's highly illegal.
Bonx
(2,053 posts)I'm not sure how they administer it.
john657
(1,058 posts)it's administered as an IV drip to control the amount going into the bloodstream.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)It's not very difficult to see the obvious difference between sentiment and an actual, formal premise.
Unless you're simply looking to advertise how clever you want people to think you.
PCIntern
(25,554 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)subpoena?
We have ways to make him talk.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)amendment to the constitution.
MooDrew
(41 posts)As he isn't in legal jeopardy. The crimes he is accused of can't be charged because of the statute of limitations.
john657
(1,058 posts)john657
(1,058 posts)besides, polygraph tests are highly inreliable, that's why the majority of states don't allow them to be used as evidence in a criminal proceeding.
Where have I heard that phrase before?
Bonx
(2,053 posts)john657
(1,058 posts)Sure you want to go down that road?
treestar
(82,383 posts)and refuses to appear.
john657
(1,058 posts)and the pubs aren't going to subpoena him to testify, and the Democrats have no subpoena power.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)He is afraid.
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)Subpoena him
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,389 posts)What a fucking chickenshit low-life.
JHan
(10,173 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)"did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be involved."
Dr. Ford didn't want to be involved in this matter, either, - nor did you or kav ask her..you pushed her into the bedroom.....
MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)john657
(1,058 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)If he's able bodied then let him say it in person under oath. You don't get to tell a Congressional committee if you'll appear or not. It's a matter of civics and the law.
john657
(1,058 posts)and I highly doubt the pubs will push the issue.
eleny
(46,166 posts)If we didn't make noise he'd be on the Court right now.
john657
(1,058 posts)Call Senators, let them know in the strongest possible terms to oppose this deeply flawed candidate..
Sad as it is, the Dems have very few options, the pubs have all the power right now.
eleny
(46,166 posts)If he's seated on the bench I look forward to hearings about him if we take the House. Maybe we can't impeach but if he's proven to be shady maybe he'll lose his law license and have to leave the bench.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)They certainly can subpoena Mr. Judge. Will they? Are they interested in that "truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" razzmatazz? Or are they satisfied that they can rake Dr. Ford over the coals all by themselves?
john657
(1,058 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)But we wouldn't have gotten this far without showing support for Ford and outrage over the situation. He might have been seated by today.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)To briefly recap Fords allegations: She says that one evening when she was about 15, she was at a small party in suburban Maryland. She left the group to go upstairs to the bathroom. She says that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge, who were 17, caught her on the way and Kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom.
There, in her words: Kavanaugh was on top of me while laughing with [Judge], who periodically jumped onto Kavanaugh. They both laughed as Kavanaugh tried to disrobe me in their highly inebriated state. With Kavanaughs hand over my mouth I feared he may inadvertently kill me. She says that Kavanaugh also groped her over her clothes and ground his body against hers. At last, she says, Judge jumped onto Kavanaugh so hard that he toppled him and Ford escaped.
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/9/18/17874504/kavanaugh-assault-allegation-christine-blasey-ford
Come on Mark - show what a man you are....
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)why not now? I wonder if Judge is a Trump supporter?
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)No doubt.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)If he were smart he would have chosen better words rather than falling into a psychological trap of his own making.
He remembers. The question is, who is pressuring him to distance himself?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)They're terrified to speak under oath. Ford has tremendous courage, omfg!
Thanks for the link.