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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

      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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      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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        1. Ken Miller‏ @kendmil Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          You're saying he didn't lie in saying he didn't know at the time that they were stolen. But in 2006, when the memo stealing by Miranda was known, he *insisted* to Kennedy that he had never *seen* any of the stolen memos (video in link). That was perjury.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/judge-brett-kavanaugh-should-be-impeached-for-lying-during-his-confirmation-hearings.html …

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        2. Patti A.‏ @PauseListnCount Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          The Barbara Ledeen who was conducting her own private investigation into Hillary’s emails? I know that has naught to do with Kavanaugh, but Ledeen is an hyper-partisan creep too.

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        3. Mad Mobster  🍞 🌹‏ @StuffedFantod Sep 8
          Replying to @PauseListnCount @DavidLat

          She works for Grassley and the SJC.

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        1. BlueInIdaho‏ @CommittedDem Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          Did you defend “confidential” emails on HRC’s private server with the same spin that you use to defend K’s lies? The claim that he would not have known info was stolen is ludicrous. If he is that stupid, he doesn’t belong on SCt. Good thing you aren’t a criminal defense lawyer.

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        1. KatherineHawkins‏ @Krhawkins5 Sep 7
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          But he testified in 2004 and 2006 with the benefit of hindsight. That’s what makes it look so calculated

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        2. Nestor coat‏ @marcopolomgt Sep 10
          Replying to @DavidLat

          unroll @threadreaderapp

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp Sep 10
          Replying to @marcopolomgt

          Bonjour please find the unroll here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1038129597689278464.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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        2. John Galt Junior‏ @JohnGaltJunior3 Sep 10
          Replying to @DavidLat

          @threadreaderapp unroll please

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp Sep 10
          Replying to @JohnGaltJunior3

          Hello the unroll you asked for: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1038129597689278464.html … Talk to you soon. 🤖

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        1. Mr Nice Guy‏ @uschampino Sep 9
          Replying to @DavidLat

          Trying your best to link and then saying has nothing to do with Kavanaugh is simple fake news.

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        1. Mr Nice Guy‏ @uschampino Sep 9
          Replying to @DavidLat

          What's your point?

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        1. Mad Mobster  🍞 🌹‏ @StuffedFantod Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          Barbara Ledeen, who works for the Senate Judiciary Committee?

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        1. A Siegel‏ @A_Siegel Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          A different angle ... We are having a very reasonable/serious/substantive debate about whether #Kavanaugh perjured himself ... Hmmm ... Truly a qualifying characteristic for someone being rushed through confirmation hearings for #SCOTUS?

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        1. TBone‏ @LadyJusticeGA Sep 8
          Replying to @DavidLat

          Appreciate your analysis even if disagree on other related issues.

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        1. TRay‏ @Harrymeanwell4 Sep 7
          Replying to @DavidLat

          Again moral flexibility is fine in our Machiavellian world. John Rawls must be turning in his grave to see what we are calling a just society and a justice to be on the SCOTUS.😞✌🏽🇺🇸 @JeffFlake @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @SenatorLeahy @SenFeinstein

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