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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Senator Hatch Office

      OK, some things to clear up from Sen. @OrrinHatch — a former chair of the committee. He tweeted a few odd things tonight. First, there was this:https://twitter.com/senorrinhatch/status/1042216779043491840 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Senator Hatch OfficeVerified account @senorrinhatch
      The FBI does not do investigations like this. The responsibility falls to us. Chairman @ChuckGrassley has moved our committee vote to accommodate Dr. Ford’s lawyer’s offer on TV yesterday to have her client testify before the Judiciary Committee. We should proceed as planned.
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18

      Here's Ginni Thomas, Clarence Thomas's own wife, writing about what happened in 1991, when accusations from Anita Hill were raised after the first committee hearings had been completed: https://people.com/archive/cover-story-breaking-silence-vol-36-no-18/ …pic.twitter.com/RFP8Hg00YJ

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    3. Matthew DesOrmeaux  ⚜‏ @authoridad Sep 18
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Yes, Thomas was a federal employee. The FBI investigates alleged crimes committed by those. They don't investigate alleged crimes committed by Maryland teenagers.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18
      Replying to @authoridad

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Steven Dennis

      Not the reason.https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1042251061279506432?s=21 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Steven DennisVerified account @StevenTDennis
      Replying to @JerylBier @chrisgeidner
      In 1991, the White House counsel asked the FBI to probe the Anita Hill matter. This time around that hasn't happened. And these aren't criminal probes, they are background checks - a very different thing.
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    5. Jon  🧟‍♂️‏ @Jondoespolitics Sep 18
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @authoridad

      Not the reason because you say it isn’t? Thomas was accused of recent sexual harassment in his role as supervisor at the Dept of Education and the EEOC. Obviously that would be a thing the FBI looks into deeply. A 36 year old allegation of teenage assault in Maryland? No.

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18
      Replying to @Jondoespolitics @authoridad

      Read the thread. Not at all based on what I’ve said, based on reported, easily ascertainable facts. A background investigation is not a criminal investigation.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Jon  🧟‍♂️‏ @Jondoespolitics Sep 18
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @authoridad

      I’m well aware of the difference. The background investigation differs based on the facts of the nominee. Thomas was accused of recent misconduct on federal property, clearly a issue the FBI would investigate in a check and be able to report on.

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    8. Jon  🧟‍♂️‏ @Jondoespolitics Sep 18
      Replying to @Jondoespolitics @chrisgeidner @authoridad

      A 36 year old allegation of teenage assault at an unspecified house party on an unspecified date, at an unspecified time, at an unspecified location is not something the FBI would launch a special BI into. Treating the 2 situations as the same is misleading and you know it.

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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18
      Replying to @Jondoespolitics @authoridad

      The White House can ask the FBI to do further investigation, and it did so in 1991. The White House has not asked it to do so now. Everything else you’re spouting off is your opinion unless you have some particular expertise to make those distinctions.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Jon  🧟‍♂️‏ @Jondoespolitics Sep 18
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @authoridad

      Lol. Read the articles. Not at all based on my opinion, based on reported, easily ascertainable facts. :) Also I’m not “spouting off”. I’m noting the differences between the situations, differences you gloss over because you want to smear Hatch’s statement as “odd”

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 18
      Replying to @Jondoespolitics @authoridad

      The differences have nothing to do with whether the FBI can do a background investigation.

      8:57 PM - 18 Sep 2018
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        1. Jon  🧟‍♂️‏ @Jondoespolitics Sep 18
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @authoridad

          The differences have everything to do with Hatch’s tweet on whether the FBI does investigations “like this”. “Like this”= specifically meaning the circumstances surrounding this allegation. Which makes the many differences b/w this case and the others imperative to understand.

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