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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      Republicans who were trying to bust the Kavanaugh bubble warned about Kavanaugh’s extensive document trail and the time it would take to review it ... and now it’s Republicans ignoring big parts of that extensive document trail now that he’s been nominated.

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      Flashback all the way to a month ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/trump-mcconnell-supreme-court.html …pic.twitter.com/Jac2rqQddt

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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      Seriously, this shows even more. McConnell was warning about the time the staff secretary documents would take. Fast-forward, and Grassley just refused to include them in his request. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      JUST IN: The National Archives has released 9,414 pages of Kavanaugh documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both places have posted them. The NARA posting is broken down: https://www.archives.gov/research/investigations/kavanaugh …pic.twitter.com/rvi1X1mgoM

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      The Senate Judiciary Committee file is a single PDF: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/08-09-18%20NARA%20OIC%20Production%201.pdf …

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      Correction: Sorry, it was 9,714 pages. I was typing too quickly.

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      "You asked me whether misleading one's lawyer, as he prepares answers for an official inquiry, violates 18 USC 1512(b)(2)(A)." - a memo to Kavanaugh from during his time working for Ken Starrpic.twitter.com/cyJOy4A0Z0

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      Found in the Kavanaugh file: "My Notes/Memos on False Statements/Obstruction"

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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      All of today's records made public come from Kavanaugh's time working for Ken Starr during the independent counsel's investigation into Clinton.

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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      July 1996 memo to Kavanaugh: "Perjury and Obstruction Cases Against Public Officials" https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4742074-1996-Memo-to-Kavanaugh-re-Obstruction.html … [All three people to whom this memo was addressed are now federal judges. The sender is deputy ass't sec of state in the State Dept's Bureau of Energy Resources.]pic.twitter.com/0u3k06gVMt

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

      SCOOP: Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Argued A President Likely Would Have To Testify Before A Grand Jury If Subpoenaed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/trumps-supreme-court-nominee-argued-a-president-likely …pic.twitter.com/IROwBWPzGX

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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

          "Why should the President be different from anyone else for purposes of responding to a grand jury subpoena," Brett Kavanaugh wrote in 1995.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/trumps-supreme-court-nominee-argued-a-president-likely …

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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 10

          As @lex_nyc reminded me, the Kavanaugh memo in my story also has this ~relevant to our 2018 eyes~ part about DOJ not turning over "documents pertaining to an open investigation" to Congress as "standard practice." —>pic.twitter.com/Ba38qnZBov

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        2. Nasty Patti‏ @LiesKillTheSoul Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          But Kavanaugh also wrote that a sitting president can't be charged with crimes or subpoenaed.

          1 reply 4 retweets 11 likes
        3. Shirley C‏ @ghhshirley Aug 11
          Replying to @LiesKillTheSoul @chrisgeidner

          He sure did, just a few years later! http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kavanaugh_MLR.pdf …

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        2. Lisa‏ @myhappylife2020 Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MaddowBlog

          So does that mean dems won’t obstruct his appointment with the help of their left media?

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        3. AttyJ‏ @AttyJ Aug 10
          Replying to @myhappylife2020 @chrisgeidner @MaddowBlog

          They won’t see that they’re making the argument for his appointment. It’s ~ a year after @washingtonpost wrote that #RussiaCollusion was stupid b/c “collusion” not even a legal term/crime, yet ppl still whining about it (some are practicing attys too)

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        4. crft‏ @keraz37 Aug 10
          Replying to @AttyJ @myhappylife2020 and

          How can what we know about trump and now Nunes how can WE ethically accept any nominee until we get answers??? The GOP has held us hostage to a f*cken idiot with his finger on nuclear weapons all along while they know he has committed a criminal act. COME ON AMERICA WAKE UP

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Lisa‏ @myhappylife2020 Aug 11
          Replying to @keraz37 @AttyJ and

          Maybe stop letting the media tell you what to think.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. crft‏ @keraz37 Aug 12
          Replying to @myhappylife2020 @AttyJ and

          Media didn’t. Heard it straight from Devin Nunes own mouth

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        7. Lisa‏ @myhappylife2020 Aug 12
          Replying to @keraz37 @AttyJ and

          Then you need hearing aids.

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        8. crft‏ @keraz37 Aug 12
          Replying to @myhappylife2020 @AttyJ and

          Ha ha Nunes got caught telling secrets of the Russian playbook He’s committing treason as we speak especially with his trip this week. Mueller will take him down Jail is coming to traitors...

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        9. Lisa‏ @myhappylife2020 Aug 12
          Replying to @keraz37 @AttyJ and

          @MarkWarner and @RepAdamSchiff actually met with Russians and foreign operatives. Get your facts straight.

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        1. J. Christine Leach‏ @Furrama Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MaddowBlog

          Me thinks that some presidents are more above the law than others in his eyes.

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        1. Justin CA30‏ @Justin_CA30 Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @Delavegalaw

          I wonder how many rationales he has already fully composed to explain why his decision once he’s on the bench is diametrically opposed to the position staked out here.

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        2. L H Fields‏ @fields_hl Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          @threadreaderapp please unroll

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp Aug 10
          Replying to @fields_hl

          Hello please find the unroll here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1028080342853472256.html … See you soon. 🤖

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        2. Luci Hundley‏ @luci_hundley Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MaddowBlog

          If I understand Kavanough’s argument correctly, a president could be subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury. But once there could claim executive privilege to any question he didn’t want to answer. So, it seems like Trump might prefer to be subpoenaed rather than interviewed.

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        1. Kathy Cox‏ @HotandSixty Aug 10
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          @MaddowBlog He's Lying

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        1. Shirley C‏ @ghhshirley Aug 11
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Shirley C Retweeted Shirley C

          https://twitter.com/ghhshirley/status/1028342982406230018?s=21 …

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          Shirley C @ghhshirley
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          Too bad Kavanaugh has conveniently changed his mind on subpoenas for Presidents, civil suits against the Prez, and more since then. See his more recent article he wrote for a law journal: http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kavanaugh_MLR.pdf …
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