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Lawyer turned writer, editor, and speaker. Founder, Above The Law (@ATLblog) and Underneath Their Robes. Author, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel (@SCOTUSambitions).

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    1. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      THREAD. 1. After I refuted "perjury" claims against Judge Kavanaugh re: his testimony on the Pryor nomination, some asked about the claim that Kavanaugh perjured himself re: #Memogate. So here goes. #SCOTUS #KavanaughHearings #KavanaughConfirmationHearings

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    2. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      2. The #Memogate scandal involved allegedly stolen files from @SenJudiciary Democratic staff. I follow @jadler1969 in calling them "allegedly stolen" (http://bit.ly/2oOzNra ) because Republican ex-staffer Manuel Miranda was never criminally charged.

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    3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      3. If you don't recall the #Memogate scandal - I can't blame you, it dates back to 2001 - read @charlie_savage (https://nyti.ms/2CpkkHq ), or @jadler1969 (http://bit.ly/2oOzNra ), or @KimberlyRobinsn & @PatrickGregry (http://bit.ly/2NTwDNF ).

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    4. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      4. Another reason to put "stolen" in quotes is because no hacking took place. The files were on a shared server - Repubs could access Dem files, and vice versa - so the "stealing" was really exploiting a glitch. But legality aside, it was unethical and wrong.

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    5. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      5. At his 2004 and 2006 confirmation hearings, and again this week, Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified that although he worked with Manny Miranda on judicial nominations, he (Kavanaugh) never knowingly received "stolen" files.

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    6. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      6. Kavanaugh's critics, including @SenatorLeahy, argue that Kavanaugh knew or should have known he was getting "stolen" files - and some, such as my @ATLblog colleague @ElieNYC, even assert that Kavanaugh perjured himself (http://bit.ly/2M2uOME ).

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    7. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      7. There's no evidence, in recently released emails or elsewhere, showing Kavanaugh had knowledge of Miranda's acts. To the contrary, Miranda told @NYTimes & @WashingtonPost that Kavanaugh "had no knowledge." https://nyti.ms/2CpkkHq ,https://wapo.st/2wSXnHs 

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    8. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      8. Lacking evidence, some have speculated Kavanaugh MUST have known. @SenatorLeahy tweeted out several emails to support this claim. But if you view the individual emails, fairly and without applying hindsight, they don't quite get there.

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    9. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      9. Here's the worst email, subject line "spying," in which Miranda mentions "a friend who is a mole for us on the left." But far from proving Kavanaugh knew of theft, Email #1 suggests he was told the opposite: a Dem staffer was voluntarily sharing info.pic.twitter.com/3oGTcFre4r

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      David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

      10. In the gossipy, intrigue-filled, often backstabbing worlds of Capitol Hill and D.C., having "moles" in different camps is common (cf. @GameOfThrones). While some might view this as sleazy or unsavory, it's neither uncommon nor illegal.

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        2. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          11. Email #2 is even less incriminating. Miranda passes along info about what the @SenJudiciary Dems are up to, but it sounds like it could easily have been gleaned through backchanneling, Capitol Hill gossip, etc.pic.twitter.com/2f8rrTqpUS

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        3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          12. The subject line says "highly confidential." As @EdWhelanEPPC tweeted, "Leahy pretends that memo marked 'highly confidential' means that K must have known source. Because we all know that no one in D.C. overmarks things as confidential."pic.twitter.com/nyjaC8EGtB

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        4. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          13. Email #3. Read it without the benefit of hindsight, i.e., not knowing about #Memogate. Would YOU know from the face of this email that Republican @SenJudiciary staffers were improperly accessing Democratic staffers' files through a shared server?pic.twitter.com/XKGcrmdY6t

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        5. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          14. Email #4. Yet again, there's no indication that this info was improperly obtained. With the benefit of hindsight, maybe Kavanaugh SHOULD have interrogated Miranda on how he got such detailed info - but that's a far cry from actual knowledge of theft.pic.twitter.com/5lCFedBxZC

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        6. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          15. Email #5 from @SenatorLeahy's Twitter feed, which makes much of the "not [for] distribution" subject line. But just because something is marked "not for distribution" doesn't mean it was stolen; it might be so marked for any number of reasons.pic.twitter.com/o61MPx3TGH

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        7. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          16. Leahy's tweet also claims this email was "8 pages of material taken VERBATIM from my files." But how was Kavanaugh to have known that, since he didn't do the improper accessing? The memo simply presents the info as "Points they [Democrats] make."pic.twitter.com/HiIFrZFuW5

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        8. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          17. This week, Judge Kavanaugh was asked about another email he received, containing a draft letter by @SenJudiciary Democrats - but his response at the time, asking "Who signed this?", shows he didn't realize it was a draft.http://bit.ly/2Q8XiHH 

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        9. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          18. I might have missed a few emails or new ones might emerge, but in each case, ask yourself: would a busy @WhiteHouse lawyer, reading & responding to numerous emails a day on many different subjects, know from the email's face that it contained stolen info?

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        10. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          19. Would it have been great if Brett Kavanaugh had figured out what Manuel Miranda was doing and reported it to the authorities (as Kavanaugh testified he would have, if he had known)? Sure. But that's hindsight.

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        11. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 6

          20. There is no reason to believe Brett Kavanaugh knowingly received stolen information from the #Memogate scandal - and no reason to believe he lied about it, in 2004, 2006, or 2018. #SCOTUS #KavanaughHearings #KavanaughConfirmationHearings

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        12. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 7

          P.S. I tweeted this correction earlier, but I'd like to add it to the thread for the record: as you can see from reading Email #1 (pasted again below), it came from not from Manny Miranda but from a different Senate staffer (Barbara Ledeen).pic.twitter.com/n96QLjckHX

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        2. Jeff Hauser‏Verified account @jeffhauser Sep 7
          Replying to @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          This is not true.

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        3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Sep 7
          Replying to @jeffhauser @GameOfThrones

          David Lat Retweeted SuperDuperHat

          I recognize your superior Capitol Hill knowledge, Jeff - but I still don't think the high standards for perjury have been met (see, e.g., @Popehat - https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1038108259792519173 …). It's more fair to vote against K for jurisprudential rather than personal grounds.

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          SuperDuperHat @Popehat
          Oh hai. For a lawsplainer, let's talk a bit about perjury and obstruction of justice, in the context of sworn testimony that's allegedly untrue. What? No. No reason. Just because. /1
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        4. Jeff Hauser‏Verified account @jeffhauser Sep 7
          Replying to @DavidLat @GameOfThrones @Popehat

          Not all of the possible evidence is yet known until Archivist completes review. To the extent to which the standard re Kavanaugh honesty is pseudo-legal, the standard is either indictment or search warrant/hold up process until archives released, not conviction. (1/2)

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        5. Jeff Hauser‏Verified account @jeffhauser Sep 7
          Replying to @jeffhauser @DavidLat and

          But I disagree that Kavanaugh's character is irrelevant given his partisan history re Starr, Memogate, etc... is irrelevant when the president who appointed him seems likely to have cheated in attaining that office & numerous cases about that are going to head to SCOTUS. (2/2)

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        2. John Coates‏ @jciv Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          Regardless of its being common, legal, or anything else, Kavanaugh denied getting any info prepared by the Dems, which he clearly did.

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        3. ALRMCoug‏ @ALRMCoug Sep 9
          Replying to @jciv @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          When did he say that?

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        4. John Coates‏ @jciv Sep 9
          Replying to @ALRMCoug @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          Here: Hatch. Did Mr. Miranda ever share, reference, or provide you with any documents that appeared to you to have been drafted or prepared by Democratic staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee? Kavanaugh. No

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        5. John Coates‏ @jciv Sep 9
          Replying to @jciv @ALRMCoug and

          And: Hatch. Did Mr. Miranda ever share, reference, or provide you with information that you believed or were led to believe was obtained or derived from Democratic files? avanaugh. No.

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        2. TRay‏ @Harrymeanwell4 Sep 7
          Replying to @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          Common?https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/639149636/local-candidates-find-they-re-the-subject-of-political-tracking …

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        3. Undead Ted Kalo‏ @tedward23 Sep 9
          Replying to @Harrymeanwell4 @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          This is exactly right. In 15 yrs on the Hill, I never heard of this on a partisan fight. HJC Dems never leaked to Starr and Brett, for example. This is the laziest and most faulty part of David’s argument. And seen by his citation of Fame of Thrones. What’s next, House of Cards?

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        4. TRay‏ @Harrymeanwell4 Sep 9
          Replying to @tedward23 @DavidLat @GameOfThrones

          Ultimate question can a siting judge get caught lying to Ted Kennedy’s questions and still stay on the bench?

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