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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Starting today's Kavanaugh thread with this news from @marygeorgant: "Four People Told The Senate That Christine Blasey Ford Told Them She Was Sexually Assaulted In High School" —>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/kavanaugh-blasey-ford-ramirez …

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Here are the Kavanaugh calendars. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kavanaugh%20Summer%201982%20Calendar%20Pages1.pdf … / What I don't get is what these show. We never pre-planned an informal gathering of 5 or 6 people who ended up going to someone's house in high school after a movie or something, nor did we call it a "party."

      11 replies 44 retweets 202 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Also, the calendar does show that Kavanaugh was hanging out with the guys who Ford reportedly has said she remembers being in the room/at the house. Here's July 1:pic.twitter.com/ItDQmfvNnb

      15 replies 95 retweets 231 likes
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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Also, June 13 and July 28:pic.twitter.com/tiXdrtQLIS

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

      Here's what we have on the latest, the affidavit from Avanatti's client, Julie Swetnick.https://twitter.com/marygeorgant/status/1044966616121905154 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Mary Ann GeorgantopoulosVerified account @marygeorgant
      Michael Avenatti tells me that Julie Swetnick reached out to him for representation and that he has sent her sworn affidavit — where she says Kavanaugh was present at a party where she was gang raped in 1982 — to the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044960428730843136 …
      5 replies 62 retweets 130 likes
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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Careful correction from a legal-eyed reader: This is a declaration from Swetnick, not an affidavit. It is still made under penalty of perjury, but, unlike an affidavit, does not need a witness from a notary public or the like. Apologies.

      6 replies 74 retweets 216 likes
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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Astead

      To be clear, I'm not correcting to say it makes a substantive difference in how we read and address it. I'm correcting because I tweeted something that was wrong. Note this:https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1044969549072879616 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      AsteadVerified account @AsteadWesley
      This is a security clearance holder with govt experience, who would know full well the legal consequences of submitting a false sworn statement. https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044960428730843136 …
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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Sarah Mimms

      Grassley's office confirms that the Judiciary Committee does have and is reviewing Swetnick's declaration.https://twitter.com/SarahMMimms/status/1044972523161604096 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Sarah MimmsVerified account @SarahMMimms
      Grassley's office: "This morning Michael Avenatti provided a declaration to the Judiciary Committee. Committee lawyers are in the process of reviewing it now."
      2 replies 43 retweets 127 likes
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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Here's our report from @marygeorgant on the Swetnick declaration news —> A Third Woman Has Accused Brett Kavanaugh Of Sexual Misconduct, And Said He Was Present When She Was Gang Rapedhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/julie-swetnick-kavanaugh …

      6 replies 35 retweets 82 likes
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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Schumer: "I strongly believe Judge Kavanaugh should withdraw from consideration."pic.twitter.com/cMz4R2kuSd

      3 replies 101 retweets 291 likes
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

      Kavanaugh's prepared testimony for Thursday: "These are last-minute smears, pure and simple." https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BK%20Written%20Testimony%20-%20Submitted%20Sept%2026.pdf …pic.twitter.com/7feLz36SlG

      9:34 AM - 26 Sep 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Per pool, the White House sent the following statement from Judge Brett Kavanaugh, presumably in response to the Swetnick declaration: "This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don't know who this is and this never happened."

          5 replies 14 retweets 48 likes
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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Igor Bobic

          And, from Grassley —>https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1044990174965493760 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Igor BobicVerified account @igorbobic
          Grassley says he doesn’t know much about Avenatti and that what’s important is the person “who claims she’s been harmed.” “Seems to me he wants to protect people who are involved pornography and that he’s running for president,” he says of Avenatti
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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          This seems so far removed from what's going on now for the Judiciary Committee chair to be saying something like this: "Seems to me he wants to protect people who are involved pornography ..."

          4 replies 19 retweets 76 likes
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        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Donald J. Trump

          And, here comes Trump — focused on Avenatti, and not Swetnick's claims.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1044991766309621760 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
          Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past record and relationships - a total low-life!
          21 replies 34 retweets 127 likes
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        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Paul McLeod

          Meanwhile, this seems like one of the least likely things a person could file in court and expect the court to do something with it.https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1044992581682319361 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Paul McLeodVerified account @pdmcleod
          Democratic Senator Merkley is filing a lawsuit over the Kavanaugh nomination and seeking an injunction on a confirmation vote. He argues the White House has violated the separation of powers by obstructing the Senate's investigation (by withholding documents, for example.) pic.twitter.com/THjxNTckzG
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        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Sen. Lindsey Graham has quite a statement out, attacking Michael Avenatti and saying that he "hope[s] people will be highly suspicious of this allegation" brought by Julie Swetnick.pic.twitter.com/w66DQysK6M

          22 replies 34 retweets 62 likes
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        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Flake is on the Senate floor lambasting the "toxic" process.

          6 replies 10 retweets 70 likes
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        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Flake says he received a death threat against him and his family as a result of calling for additional testimony from Kavanaugh and testimony from Ford. (He noted this after noting death threats faced by others in the process as well.)

          4 replies 30 retweets 85 likes
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        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          JUST IN: Case is Merkley v. Trump (1:18-cv-02226), filed in US District Court for DC. Other defendants include McConnell, Grassley, NARA, and Bill Burck (who handled the George W. Bush office part of this), as well as the Senate's Secretary and Sergeant as Arms.

          7 replies 112 retweets 205 likes
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        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Here's the complaint, in which a US senator is asking a federal judge to order the president to "withdraw his excessive invocation of executive privilege" in a Supreme Court nomination. [First problem: Executive privilege was not technically invoked.] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4945701-Merkley-v-Trump-Complaint.html …pic.twitter.com/weqaSqhohd

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        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          So many problems. So little time.

          3 replies 5 retweets 61 likes
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        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Kelly O'Donnell

          https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/1045011634605969410 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Kelly O'DonnellVerified account @KellyO
          Asked if the three women are lying, @realDonaldTrump responded, "What's your next question."
          2 replies 15 retweets 51 likes
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        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat

          Ken on the Merkley complaint —>https://twitter.com/popehat/status/1045015052732911616?s=21 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat @Popehat
          As much as I like to support obstructing Congress from doing things, the @SenJeffMerkley complaint is hot nonsense. The method by which the Senate exercises its constitutional advice and consent power is a classic non-justiciable political question. This is poseur stuff.
          4 replies 2 retweets 27 likes
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        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Michael Del Moro

          https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/1045045210441535498 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Michael Del MoroVerified account @MikeDelMoro
          WAPO: Mark Judge's one-time girlfriend's attorney has told judiciary that her client's recollection matches what she told the New Yorker (below) and she is prepared to speak to the FBI about it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/26/mark-judges-girlfriend-is-ready-to-talk-to-fbi-and-judiciary-committee-her-lawyer-says/?utm_term=.8344fe659768 … pic.twitter.com/DsZjwWZu7E
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        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          White House puts out a new letter of support for Kavanaugh, signed by 60+ people who attended schools in the area and knew Kavanaugh, calling Julie Swetnick's claims "Nonsense." They add: "We never witnessed any behavior that even approaches what is described in this allegation."pic.twitter.com/dC8i8b607O

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        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Note: These are many of the same people who signed prior letters, not a new universe of people.

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        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          “It’s a big fat con job,” Trump says of the accusations against Kavanaugh, repeating his line from his tweet that Democrats are laughing behind the scenes about this.

          4 replies 9 retweets 25 likes
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        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Asked if the accusers are liars, Trump avoids at first, then says: "And these are all false to me, these are false accusations in certain cases, in certain cases — even the media agrees with that. I can only say that, what they have done to this man is incredible."

          6 replies 5 retweets 26 likes
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        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

          https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1045058171973357570 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
          Here is Christine Blasey Ford's written testimony for tomorrow: "I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school." https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4945893/Ford-Written-Testimony.pdf … pic.twitter.com/8Fwlr9Qois
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        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Update: On today's 64-person letter released by the White House, 24 of the 65 signatories from the original women backers of Kavanaugh signed, 28 of the 156 signatories from the original Georgetown Prep letter signed, and 12 names (10 men and 2 women) were new.

          4 replies 25 retweets 48 likes
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        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Trump: "I've had numerous accusations about me. I mean they made false statements about me knowing they were false. I never met them. I never met these people. And what did they do, what did they do? They took money in order to say bad things."

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        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          "Well, it does impact my opinion. You know why? Because I've had a lot of false charges made against me," Trump says. "So when you say, does it affect me in terms of my thinking with respect to Judge Kavanaugh. Absolutely, because I've had it many times."

          3 replies 11 retweets 41 likes
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        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Trump acted like all of the Kavanaugh accusers would be able to testify before the Senate. Thus far, only Dr. Ford is slated to testify.

          2 replies 17 retweets 62 likes
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        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Vera Bergengruen

          Oh.https://twitter.com/VeraMBergen/status/1045079931686985728 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Vera BergengruenVerified account @VeraMBergen
          Text blast that just went out from the Trump campaign: “Judge Kavanaugh has become the victim of a televised witch hunt playing out in front of his own family.” pic.twitter.com/1f29GbKAoq
          3 replies 24 retweets 41 likes
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        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Per NBC News, a fourth accuser went to Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, and Republicans questioned Kavanaugh about it shortly after noon on Tuesday.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/senate-probing-new-allegation-misconduct-against-kavanaugh-n913581 …

          14 replies 96 retweets 135 likes
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        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Manu Raju

          Also, not to be missed in all of this. —>https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1045066635156082688 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Manu RajuVerified account @mkraju
          NEWS: At private meeting today, Susan Collins raised serious concerns about latest allegations against Kavanaugh, citing the sworn statement. She also questioned why no subpoena for Mark Judge. GOP leaders sought to reassure her. w/@Phil_Mattingly https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh/index.html …
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          6 replies 32 retweets 93 likes
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        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Grassley releases transcripts of two interviews held with Kavanaugh: Sept. 17 —> https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.17.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pdf …pic.twitter.com/1oBibqIr3F

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        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          And yesterday, Sept. 25: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.25.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pdf …pic.twitter.com/tPuAnMJGKc

          2 replies 10 retweets 25 likes
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        30. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Taylor Foy, the Judiciary Committee spokesperson for the Republicans, sends out the letter referenced in the NBC report. It was anonymous and no one is named besides Kavanaugh. Here is Foy’s statement, and the letter:pic.twitter.com/vhSLm4M57y

          3 replies 30 retweets 36 likes
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        31. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 26

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Elana Schor

          Note on the Dem take on that NBC report and the subsequent transcript release —>https://twitter.com/eschor/status/1045096168370393090?s=21 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Elana SchorVerified account @eschor
          Senior Senate Dem aide tells me there's a concern the GOP is "now releasing anonymous allegations in an effort to make all allegations look frivolous. We’re focusing on the ones that have names attached." https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1045091112287965185 …
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