
Unfortunately, the Democrats displayed with Gorsuch that there wasn't going to be any crossing the aisle, so no reason to make more moderate picks. There are good reasons to call for bipartisan cooperation, and I think this is a perfect example. While we can't know if Trump would have chosen Kavanaugh if Gorsuch had gotten confirmed by 75 votes or so, I don't think it's a stretch to believe that when he realized he only got 3 to crossover for Gorsuch, there was no need to try to court Democratic approval at all. We all lost out. |
The articles I've read indicates those are complaints that cannot take him off the bench. But sexual assault? Gang rape? Actual perjury? Those things could get him impeached. No one's following up on them. |
+1 Because an earlier investigation wouldn't have had the same effect as an accusation made public at the last minute. |
He could shoot someone on Fifth Ave and wouldn't be impeached by today's Congress. These are all political issues, not criminal ones. |
If he shot someone on Fifth Ave, he could go to jail, which would effectively remove him from the bench. Sexual assault and gang rape are crimes - not political issues. I cannot believe I had to type that. |
only in your world |
Your opinion is noted however "it was never determined to be a fact, only an accusation.'' Absolutely NEVER PROVEN to be a fact. |
Only the white house could call this kind of investigation, weren't you paying attention? |
The whitehouse didn't know about it. Feinstein had the information and was the one deciding when, and how, to violate Ford's confidence. |
Ford's and Ramirez's accusations are well beyond the the statute of limitations that were in effect at the times of the crimes. Swetnick did not accuse him of gang rape, she does not know if he was one of her assailants. The value of her sworn statement is that it underscores what his behavior was like at the time of Dr. Ford's assault. The idea that it is ONLY okay to come forward if you are willing to press charges WHEN THE PERSON IS NOMINATED TO THE SUPREME COURT is absurd. There is (or was) a much higher standard for acceptable past behavior for supreme court nominees. There are many other people who could have been nominated who did not possibly assault someone. They were right to come forward, and they do not have to go through pressing assault charges for crimes (where it isn't even possible to press charges now!) to be believable. |
This is not true. The white house and Kavanaugh knew about Ramirez back in July. And then they knew about Ford's accusation before it came out as well. Remember, ONCE AGAIN, Whelan's "doppleganger" theory that he cooked up with the white house and brett kavanaugh? |
He was so clearly lying at the hearing. It is insulting that they didn't pull him right away. He tried to hide it as outrage but it hit the wrong notes. He just looked like a lying ass.
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There was a WaPo story that Whelan went on Ford's Linked In hours before Wapo broke the story on Sunday, September 16. But her name had been leaked well before that. A BuzzFeed reporter showed up at one of her classes on Friday and another journalist (maybe more) showed up at her house on Saturday. Whelan did not have special knowledge other reporters didn't have. And it looks like he actually was behind the curve. |
Without a criminal investigation, we don't know if the crimes are beyond the statute of limitations. And the Montgomery County Police have stated they will investigate. If one of the people making allegations would report a crime to the police so that they could conduct a criminal investigation, we might end up with evidence corroborating their claims. No one has been willing to report a crime to the police. Swetnick accused him of conspiracy to sexually assault women. https://sc.cnbcfm.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2018/09/26/swetnickstatement.pdf (page 3, lines 1-3) She accused him of conspiracy to facilitate and commit gang rape (page 3, lines 8-12) She accused him of being present at her own rape (page 3, lines 13-14) If you are willing to come forward, why would you not be willing to report the crime to the police? I mean, people can do whatever they want. but when the women have come forward, none of their named witnesses have backed them up, and they decide not to report a crime to the police when the police have explicitly said they will take the report and investigate the crime? Suspicious. |
Citation please. I've read they knew someone was trying to drum up something re:Ramirez, but they didn't know what. Definitely a citation about Ford, as to when and where you're claiming they knew about it. https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-accusations-timeline-trump-114880 says Sept 14. Citation re:Whelan's theory being cooked up by the Whitehouse and Kavanaugh. |