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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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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.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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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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Replying to @DavidLat
He never said "knowingly." There was no qualifier. It was a flat denial. When Ted Kennedy offered such a qualifier, Kavanaugh corrected him and repeated the flat denial.pic.twitter.com/QOKfJig0hQ
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David Lat Retweeted David Lat
I think this tweet of mine responds to this issue of having received docs or memos (knowingly or not) -https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/1038135659830099968 …
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David LatVerified account @DavidLatAn important point re: claims that Judge Kavanaugh "perjured" himself re:#Memogate. He didn't receive actual memos, and he had no way of knowing he had verbatim content of memos. (Yes, it sounds like a "technicality" - but technicalities matter for perjury.) https://twitter.com/MachoCamacho456/status/1038132707308462080 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Ha! I'm old enough to get that reference. ;-)
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