Posted on 11/04/2018 3:22:40 PM PST by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Sunday appeared to suggest additional women who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct were lying after one woman admitted she fabricated a claim against the judge.
"A woman who accused then-Judge Kavanaugh of horrible, horrible crimes admitted that actually she never met Judge Kavanaugh, or Brett Kavanaugh or Kavanaugh period. Never met him, never saw him and the act never happened, and it was a lie," Trump told supporters during a campaign rally in Georgia.
The crowd burst into chants of "lock her up" as Trump stepped away from the podium and clapped.
Though the president did not name the woman he was referring to, he appeared to be alluding to Judy Munro-Leighton. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a letter Friday to the FBI and Department of Justice that Munro-Leighton admitted to the committee on Nov. 1 that she previously lied about an allegation that Kavanaugh and a friend raped her in the backseat of a car.
Investigators began looking into Munro-Leighton's allegations at the beginning of October, after she sent an email to the committee claiming she was the woman who sent an anonymous letter to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in late September alleging Kavanaugh raped her.
"Under questioning by Committee investigators, Ms. Munro-Leighton admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaulted by Judge Kavanaugh," Grassley wrote, asking for an investigation into her claims.
On Sunday, Trump seized on the referral of Munro-Leighton's claim while conflating it with other claims that lawmakers have said were credible.
"I think this was number four," Trump said. "And by the way, what about the other ones? How about the other ones, folks? Oh you’ll see others now."
He blasted Democrats for their "disrespectful" treatment of Kavanaugh, and urged his supporters to recall the bitter confirmation fight ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
"He could’ve lost a judgeship on a story that was made up," he said. "And the way the Democrats treated him and us, you’ve got to get to the polls on Tuesday and you’ve got to vote."
Munro-Leighton was one of four women to make sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh. Grassley also referred accuser Julie Swetnick and her attorney, Michael Avenatti for investigation.
No such referral has been made for Christine Blasey Ford or Deborah Ramirez.
Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September that Kavanaugh pinned her down and groped her during a party when the two were in high school.
Ramirez alleged that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a party when the two were in college.
The FBI conducted a supplementary background check into Ford's and Ramirez's allegations. Republican lawmakers said that the report did not turn up evidence of their claims.
Kavanaugh denied all of the claims against him, and was confirmed, 50-48, by the Senate following a bitter confirmation process.
Republicans have argued that their base will be drawn to the ballot box out of frustration with how Kavanaugh was treated during his confirmation process.
Democrats, meanwhile, have maintained that their supporters will turn out in part out of anger that the judge was confirmed despite the sexual misconduct allegations.
BEST ELECTION EVAH!!!
I thought the accusers were all under oath.
No consequences for lying?
No such referral has been made for Christine Blasey Ford or Deborah Ramirez..................... YET.
The "lawmakers" in question were never "credible" themselves.
When will some DemocRATS go to prison??? They set the whole Kavanaugh ordeal up...when will they pay???
“while conflating it with other claims that lawmakers have said were credible.”
He did no such thing, Mr Pinocchio. He did suggest, however, that the standard for “credibility”, without evidence or corroboration, that people like this author use, is cruelly, unjustifiably, dishonestly low.
No, this wasn’t someone who accused him, this was someone who claimed to be a particular “Jane Doe” who had accused him. The Jane Doe has not been identified, and this woman was forced to admit she lied about it having been she. The allegation by the Jane Doe has not been withdrawn, true or false.
Rush had an interesting take on the Dems and the accuser last week.
If they truly thought these women were truthful they would still be harping on it.
“No consequences for lying?”
If we had an Attorney General, yes. Sadly we have Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.
So, no. There will be no consequences. Therefore it will happen again.
And you can lay the next smear job right at the feet of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.
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Jeez, Brett, give it up, you are embarrassing yourself!
There is not a thing questionable or improper about Trump referring to the four claims as being similar: there wasn't the slightest bit of evidence to corroborate any of them. I.e., there was no reason at the time to take action on any of the claims.
New ball game if it becomes apparent that any of the remaining three claimants lied to the Senate, as one just did. The three others are yet twisting in the wind.
Yes. The last thing they want is for Dr. Fraud to go under oath, or be deposed.
They are waiting to see if they gain the House. They won’t.
THAT should be the message the GOP goes with.
Nobody in a position of office on the Republican side is saying this at all. What the hell are they afraid of? It’s almost like they are all compromised by the Deep State. I’m so thankful we have a president like Trump as he is one of the only ones calling out the BS.
Exactly as I said. We still do not know who wrote the “Oceanside” letter, or if it has any validity.
All we know is that someone claimed to have written it and that person, Munro-Leighton now admits she did not write it.
No consequences for lying?
It would appear, rats 🐀 are not held to the same standard as pubbies.
I read somewhere the Jane Doe was Munro.
FReepers interested in the Judiciary Committee report can find it here:
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-11-02%20Kavanaugh%20Report.pdf
It’s 414 pages long. I read about the first 40 and found it to be thorough and interesting.
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