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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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#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.4 replies 20 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
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 ).2 replies 15 retweets 57 likesShow this thread -
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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Replying to @DavidLat
Dave, the Bush Justice Department did favors for Republicans *all of the time,* hence culture lawyer could steal from Senate DemsMiranda. Check out 18 USC 1030, as he exceeded access (zero to Dem files)& Senate is clearly within ambit of the statute. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 … (1/2)pic.twitter.com/vmoylJ5umV
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Replying to @jeffhauser @DavidLat
and https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/legacy/2015/01/14/ccmanual.pdf … And are you arguing that despite dozens of expected queries regarding theft, Kavanaugh NEVER once searched his own emails before his confirmation hearings?
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In the end, the S.D.N.Y. prosecutors who looked at this decided not to bring a case. But I freely admit I'm not an expert; I defer to folks like @OrinKerr on whether Manny Miranda in #Memogate violated federal law.
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