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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

    emptywheel Retweeted Rebecca Roiphe

    This is exactly right: the White House has to carefully control scope bc Kavanaugh LIED SO MUCH on Thursday that if FBI pursues obvious leads, Kav will get referred for lying his ass off.https://twitter.com/rroiphe/status/1046154266614923265 …

    emptywheel added,

    Rebecca Roiphe @rroiphe
    Replying to @PGourevitch
    This is to avoid referral for a criminal investigation into perjury. Even GOP would have a hard time confirming someone under criminal investigation
    3:24 PM - 29 Sep 2018
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      1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

        I never get over Kav's sheer audacity. What he is attempting to do here (lie under oath to avoid admitting sexual improprieties) is PRECISELY what Kav deemed an impeachable offense when Clinton tried it.

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      2. RedBoo-ll in a china shop  👻‏ @upupdowndown Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I’m also struck: aren’t we finding out about these limitations because the FBI is PISSED about them? The leak is a big fat sign saying “please investigate here, journalists”

        1 reply 8 retweets 61 likes
      3. David Liu‏ @lookoutcoffee Sep 29
        Replying to @upupdowndown @emptywheel

        Good point! FBI can’t talk to store where Judge worked, well go get that journalists and splash it on front pages.

        1 reply 6 retweets 39 likes
      4.  😺𝕁 𝕒 𝕟 𝕖 𝕎 𝕪 𝕟 𝕟  😺‏ @janewynn Sep 29
        Replying to @lookoutcoffee @upupdowndown @emptywheel

        Please tag as many journalists as you can to this conversation

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      2. Carl Nyberg‏ @CarlNyberg312 Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Limiting the scope of (and time allowed for) the investigation is an admission by the Trump administration that they know Brett Kavanaugh is guilty of various things that are slightly beyond the scope of the investigation.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Carl Nyberg‏ @CarlNyberg312 Sep 29
        Replying to @CarlNyberg312 @emptywheel

        Now that we know: a) Brett Kavanaugh is guilty of substantial misconduct, including probably sexual assault/rape & lying under oath b) Trump administration knows he's guilty Question: what does the US Senate do about it?

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      2. Sunny Skyes‏ @SunnySkyes53 Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Think. The GOP did not want this FBI investigation. However Trump can now use it as a test case to use and take over the FBI. USA is moving toward a dictatorship by increments. This is an increment.

        2 replies 5 retweets 9 likes
      3. MP‏ @fritchee Sep 29
        Replying to @SunnySkyes53 @emptywheel

        I agree. It’s a slow takeover of every Branch, every Borough, every Department.

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      4. Sunny Skyes‏ @SunnySkyes53 Sep 29
        Replying to @fritchee @emptywheel

        I think it is called consolidation of power. However this does not look like a democratic consolidation to me. Looks like something that has been seen over again in much lesser places.

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      1. Melanie Marie‏ @mel_marie01 Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Sure, we knew the 1-week investigation couldn’t cover everything. But refusing to interview Mark Judge’s college girlfriend (given the nature of what’s been made public so far) seems to be an outright rejection of information very pertinent to background.

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      1. KRK‏ @Page1ANews Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Then I hope ALL his victims and witnesses file police reports. Unless they are waiting for *the perfect* time to blackmail Justice Kegger Kav to achieve desired SCOTUS rulings.

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      1. Doug‏ @ThynkTwyce Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Right. The way you cripple an investigation and determine the outcome in advance is by limiting its scope and preventing follow up on leads developed. Investigators become mere stenographers.

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      2. Remember, remember the sixth of November.‏ @Took1ForTheTeam Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I suspect that he's lied enough that they can find it out, no matter how limited the scope is.

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      2. Cara‏ @CaraOriel Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think Trump has inadvertently made the account of @MichaelAvenatti’s client far more significant by attempting to block it.

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      2. Lenufbs 🌊 🌊SHOW UP, VOTE WE WIN.DEMS IN REPS OUT.‏ @lisa_maskevich Sep 30
        Replying to @emptywheel @JennDoubleu

        He lied about his having to " Bust his tail to get into Yale "His Grandfather had a slot reserved for him. He definitely had to "bust his tail "to keep his grades up to an acceptable level . If in fact he did, they could have been paid for too. So many inconsistencies.

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      1. luvthebirds‏ @pacam24 Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel @arker_np

        The investigation was supposed to include the known allegations as it was stated on Friday. 😡

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      1. Joey McOy‏ @oy_joey Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel @markos

        Didn't he lie about watching Ford's testimony?

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