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Grassley Smackdown

The whole Kavanaugh tempest is descending into farce.  When the above letter was forwarded to Senator Grassley (R.Ia), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, by Senator Coons (D.De.), Senator Grassley responded with more patience than I would have had:

 

Dear Senator Coons,

I have tried to take every allegation referred to me during this nomination process seriously and have dedicated significant resources to investigating every relevant and probative lead. Although you and I have not seen eye-to-eye on every issue, I appreciate that you’ve handled yourself with the seriousness befitting a U.S. Senator throughout much of this nomination process. That’s why I was disappointed when you forwarded me allegations relating to Judge Kavanaugh’s “years in New Haven.” The accuser — who apparently created a television show in which people strip while dancing to their favorite music — tells of a party that took place at the house of Judge Kavanaugh’s undergraduate fraternity “during the 1987-88 school year” and which allegedly featured some salacious activity. Of course, Judge Kavanaugh had already graduated when this party allegedly took place and was a first-year law student. That period is, as you well know, the most academically intense time in most law students’ lives.

This allegation has all the makings of a tabloid headline. But there’s just one problem. The accuser freely admits to having no evidence whatsoever that Judge Kavanaugh even attended the party. Rather than provide even circumstantial evidence of Judge Kavanaugh’s attendance, the accuser provides some “investigative advice.” He proposes that someone search Judge Kavanaugh’s calendars — the very same calendars that your colleagues have dismissed and derided with regard to Dr. Ford’s allegations — to determine whether he attended a fraternity party at some point in 1987 or 1988. All he alleges is that he once witnessed a salacious party at a house owned by Judge Kavanaugh’s undergraduate fraternity. He then separately advises us to obtain and search Judge Kavanaugh’s calendars to determine if he attended.

We’ve reached a new level of absurdity with this allegation. There is no evidence that Judge Kavanaugh was anywhere near the party or had anything to do with it at all. In fact, the only person we can be sure that attended the party was the accuser himself. The lone connection between Judge Kavanaugh and the events described by the accuser is that, as an undergraduate, Judge Kavanaugh was a member of the fraternity that hosted the party. The purpose of this allegation is plain: to smear Judge Kavanaugh’s name by associating him with the party’s hosts. This guilt-by-association tactic is the basest form of political attack and deserves unqualified condemnation.

My investigators have serious work to do. While the Minority has refused to engage with allegations against Judge Kavanaugh in any meaningful way, my investigators have tried to pursue every relevant lead. I therefore hope that, before forwarding an allegation in the future, you will first consider whether you’d want you or your staff to spend valuable time investigating it. Thanks for your consideration.

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Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Wednesday, October 3, AD 2018 5:30am

Another Bible verse for Brett Kavanaugh:

Et in nullo perterriti ab adversariis, quod est illis indicium perditionis, vobis autem salutis, et hoc a Deo.

And in nothing be terrified by adversaries, because this is evidence of perdition for them, but to you salvation, and this from God.

Philippians 1:28

Art Deco
Art Deco
Wednesday, October 3, AD 2018 6:04am

Judge Kavanaugh is subjected to this courtesy Jeff Flake and 1-3 other people. Supposedly, Jeff Flake is planning to challenge Trump in 2020, promoting himself contra the President as a man of principle (give or take a series of pirouettes on immigration enforcement) and character.

Mary De Voe
Wednesday, October 3, AD 2018 9:03am

Tad Low is a tad low.

Steve Phoenix
Steve Phoenix
Wednesday, October 3, AD 2018 11:35am

Also interesting has been the very sharply accusatory tone aimed at Grassley by Obama shill litigator Michael Bromwich. Bromwich has refused to have his client turn over original documentation from Ford’s 2012 therapy sessions which are key to the basis of her claim against Kavanaugh), calling that request “vile and cruel.” Methinks he doth protest too much.

Bromwich was the man accused by Apple of conducting a roving investigation against them alleging miscellaneous federal non-compliance during the Obama years —- and who now also interestingly is representing, besides Christine Blasey Ford, Andrew McCabe. Follow the networks .

Greg Mockeridge
Greg Mockeridge
Wednesday, October 3, AD 2018 2:42pm

“Senator Grassley responded with more patience than I would have had:”

that’s the problem, Don. The republicans show too much damned “patience”.

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