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Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 03:59 PM Oct 2018

I'm actually hoping now that the FBI doesn't talk to Swetnick

Flake, Collins & Murkowski said they expect her to be spoken to and if that part of the "investigation" is missing I am hoping they vote no based in the investigation being bogus. Heck, at this point if the FBI does speak to her you know they aren't going to do much of a job following up any leads she may give them.

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I'm actually hoping now that the FBI doesn't talk to Swetnick (Original Post) Jersey Devil Oct 2018 OP
Why? Buffalo Soldier Oct 2018 #1
I agree she should be spoken to Jersey Devil Oct 2018 #4
This investigation is all about satisfying the three Senators, that's its whole reason for being Alhena Oct 2018 #2
Well, so far they haven't spoken to her according to Avenatti Jersey Devil Oct 2018 #3
Maybe I am missing the forest for the trees here... Moostache Oct 2018 #5
 

Buffalo Soldier

(78 posts)
1. Why?
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 04:07 PM
Oct 2018

Why do you think Swetnick should not be interviewed? I've been monitoring the news coverage and it seems like her case is being looked at as less credible.

Here is a simple test when considering Swetnick's allegations.....is she accusing

Choir Boy Brett..or...Drunken Jock/Frat Boy Brett

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
4. I agree she should be spoken to
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 04:25 PM
Oct 2018

and Murkowski, Collins and Flake think so too, so if they don't talk to her it may piss them off. At this point I think that would be better than some kind of weak, half hearted "investigation".

Alhena

(3,030 posts)
2. This investigation is all about satisfying the three Senators, that's its whole reason for being
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 04:18 PM
Oct 2018

So I doubt they would refuse any request one of the Senators has, especially if it's not a very strong lead.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
3. Well, so far they haven't spoken to her according to Avenatti
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 04:24 PM
Oct 2018

I have no idea why, but if it pisses off Flake et als then fine.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
5. Maybe I am missing the forest for the trees here...
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 04:27 PM
Oct 2018

Isn't Swetnick's major allegation substantiation of the fact Kavanaugh is a perjurer more than anything else?

She is not claiming HE raped her...just that he was present at parties like the one she says she was raped at.
She is not claiming she SAW him rape anyone, but she is claiming that she saw him at the kind of parties where that happened.

He claimed to have never even been at such a party...so, her credibility is really tied to the number of witnesses that corroborate the same things:

1) those kind of rape parties DID happen
2) Kavanaugh was seen at such parties by Swetnick and other witnesses

The issue to me is not the sex or drugs or parties or even rape culture (although putting Kavanaugh in that culture and proving him a liar absolutely lends added credibility to Dr. Ford's already compelling story), it's the lying and in essence the perjury.

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