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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing - Ford & Kavanaugh testimony - 9/27 at 10am ET
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I'll believe it when I see it and I'll wait to see if Kav actually keeps going.
they've had enough time to change the definition of "Devil's Triangle" -- what else have they covered up?
What? Kav literally was on record dodging the question if he wanted an FBI investigation.
How would it be any different than the other background investigations into Kavanaugh?
I really do not think this was some 4D chess move or anything by flake etc. I think Flake got legit shook when he got confronted in that elevator earlier by those women who had been sexually assaulted in the past. Yu would have to be a complete shitheel of a human being to face that and not be impacted.
Because the FBI will literally be talking to key witnesses and accusers for as long as a week?
This isn't difficult to wrap your head around.
Yes, probably.
But it's almost amazing how far Republicans are currently going with this goal.
Even so far to have a woman tell of rape allegations and still say "Welp, don't care. We'll still vote him in." just to achieve this goal.
It didnt matter to them then because it wasnt their candidate. It matters to them now because they want these cases ruled in their favor immediately.
My dude, have you been watching the past two years? The GOP are monsters that give no fucks about anyone other than themselves and their circles.
Yep 100% this. You could tell both during and after that confrontation that he was legit shook from the encounter. The woman who confronted him are heroes to me.
That became super obvious in 2000 when the Republican appointees stole the election for Bush. The Supreme Court is just as political as the Senate.
The only reason this thread exists is that weasel Kennedy deciding to retire when Trump was in office. He'd still be there if Clinton had won the election.
With this being so high profile I imagine they will start as soon as Trump signs the authorization. Probably later today/tonight?
Yes I did. But it's currently like their whole facade is falling. They are not even trying to hide it anymore. They are doing nothing against Trump and they do nothing against Kavanaugh, although they even made a victim talk about the allegations. They basically told this woman "Nice story, don't care".
The odds of the investigation not turning up anything are pretty slim.
The real question is whether Agent Jeffries leaves his office or just drags and drops everything that's already known into a folder labeled "EVIDENCE" and spends the week on the beach.
The real question is whether Agent Jeffries leaves his office or just drags and drops everything that's already known into a folder labeled "EVIDENCE" and spends the week on the beach.
And how difficult is it to believe that the investigation will be overly limited, or that just because the republicans and Kavanaugh didn't want an investigation doesn't mean it's certain an investigation will come back with something.
Today was never a confirmation vote, it was a vote to proceed. Flake voted yes to proceed with the stipulation that a 1 week fbi probe into these allegations. Only the white house can authorize this and just 10 minutes ago they did just that. So vote won't happen until the probe is complete.
I don't buy this for a second. Not until he makes his final vote.
That's the difference between the senate investigation and fbi investigation which wasn't my question at all.
I'm talking about the FBI background investigations already done on kavanaugh. Like the one that made the Ford letter public in the first place because it was in the file on his FBI background investigation.
I'm surprised Flake didn't fuck this up
a No kills his lobbying career
a Yes with no strings kills his political career
But those women stole his goddamn soul in that elevator and his sneaky ass found a way to look good and still keep all of his bullshit
a No kills his lobbying career
a Yes with no strings kills his political career
But those women stole his goddamn soul in that elevator and his sneaky ass found a way to look good and still keep all of his bullshit
Prolly because Kav pretty much said he'd protect Dirty Donnie.
So, that was my original point. Meaningful investigation.
As I'm across the pond this doesn't affect me directly but I do hope this added pressure makes Kavanuagh drop out and someone else who's not as much of a scumbag gets the job instead. It's still a bit of a long shot and given that the investigation is only a week it may not amount to much but it's certainly better than nothing.
It only got to this point with pressure, this wouldn't have happened if everyone played along with Trump and GOP so well done. I'm holding out some hope this goes well :)
It only got to this point with pressure, this wouldn't have happened if everyone played along with Trump and GOP so well done. I'm holding out some hope this goes well :)
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The entire play by Flake is if they shitcan the investigation then it's complete cover to vote down Kav on the floor for multiple Republicans.
Then why did it fall to Flake who's not up for re-election? Why didn't Graham or even Grassley make the move?
This is wishful thinking
The Ford letter was given after the process had started and the initial background check was done. All the FBI did was add the letter and they were instructed not to investigate further. Now they might be instructed to investigate further. We shall see.
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