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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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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@ChuckGrassley ever read@davidbrockdc book "Blinded by the Right" and how Clarence Thomas got away with the same kind of ghastly behavior with a female subordinate? We can't have TWO toxic male SCOTUS appointments. Oh, and BTW, happy 85th birthday, Chuck. Time to go home.pic.twitter.com/or8yAc7eMm
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but no date for the hearing, no mention of an investigation beforehand.
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The gall.
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