Starting today's Kavanaugh thread here with this important contextual story from @pdmcleod —>
Republicans Say The Timing Of The Kavanaugh Letter Is "Disturbing." But Here's What Actually Happened.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/brett-kavanaugh-letter-timing-political …
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Here is Grassley's response to Ford. He does not offer to delay for any FBI investigation, and says the plan is still for Monday. —> https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-09-19%20Grassley%20to%20Katz%20-%20Ford%20Testimony.pdf …pic.twitter.com/WEQYQPb5im
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Notable: Sen. Doug Jones, elected in the midst of the Roy Moore scandal, says the Judiciary Committee should subpoena Mark Judge to testify.https://twitter.com/DougJones/status/1042461456980213760 …
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Important point from Susan —>https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1042453678513373184 …
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Trump sure comes awful close to saying that the allegation against Kavanaugh is made up in that Hill interview. See this thread from
@tparti —>https://twitter.com/tparti/status/1042495064222691329?s=21 …Show this thread -
Grassley responds to the Dems, formally. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4906667-09-19-18-CEG-to-SJC-Dems.html …pic.twitter.com/QoCqgZSFDv
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One odd point: This letter — from the Senate Judiciary Committee chair to the Dems on the committee — was distributed by the White House, via pool.
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A second point: Grassley focuses on these points about the FBI background investigation process, but never notes whether the White House could ask the FBI to do additional investigation. Bloomberg has reported they can. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/white-house-is-said-not-to-ask-fbi-to-vet-kavanaugh-allegations …pic.twitter.com/VENZIbmAEI
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Profile of Dr. Ford —> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-allegations.html … / The latest statement from Ford's attorney —> https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-alleged-assault-by-kavanaugh-is-very-hard-for-me-to-imagine/2018/09/19/07a71002-bbf3-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html …pic.twitter.com/D1lBgFIqF1
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Why is this "somewhat odd"? Ford said that Smyth was at the party; Smyth responds that he has "no knowledge of the party in question," or of the alleged misconduct by Kavanaugh. Seems pretty straightforward.
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The story doesn’t say where she named him, whether CNN actually confirmed that she did so, when and how he found out that she allegedly named him, when he hired a lawyer, and how this letter came to be prepared. There are just a few of the most obvious questions.
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Okay, fair enough. Though according to the WP story: "Ford named two other teenagers who she said were at the party. Those individuals did not respond to messages on Sunday morning." So presumably that's how Smyth learned he was one of them - WP told him.https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.a83bc4bdb8da …
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There has also been this still developing story https://twitter.com/jaybookmanajc/status/1042386834284789760?s=19 …
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Huh. That’s—odd. Old PJ got the guilts?
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We demand an FBI Investigation!pic.twitter.com/LokJX12r4r
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