Posted on 09/16/2018 6:48:53 PM PDT by bitt
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is working to set up separate phone calls with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, before a committee vote scheduled for Thursday.
"Given the late addendum to the background file and revelations of Dr. Ford’s identity, Chairman Grassley is actively working to set up such follow-up calls with Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford ahead of Thursday’s scheduled vote," a spokesman for Grassley said on Sunday.
The aide added that "the Chairman and Ranking Member routinely hold bipartisan staff calls with nominees when updates are made to nominees’ background files."
The announcement comes after Ford spoke publicly about her accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s, while they were both in high school, in an interview with The Washington Post published on Sunday.
Ford, in the interview, alleged that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed at a party and forced himself on her. Ford told the Post that Kavanaugh "groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it."
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* * * * * IF THERE IS SEXUAL ABUSE * * * * The Healthcare Provider (Therapist) is legally bound to report it to the authorities.... WAS THIS DONE????
Is anybody ASKING THIS QUESTION????
If the Republicans fall for this abject stupidity, it really is time for a new party.
Plan seems to be to have her testify in the expectation she’ll be a bad witness.
Dems will fight that IMO.
Anyway it’s all incredibly silly, Childish even.
Im wondering how do you try to pull off both clothes and a swimsuit underneath, without removing any clothes?
Trump needs to play hardball with these clowns. There’s probably something better. But tell them he will veto the spending bill if they hold up kavanaugh’s confirmation. Let these rinos go to election day with the government shut down.
"...and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it."
Clumsily?
Was that the protocol 35 years ago?
In that State?
Why is Grassley doing this ?
I thought he was smart.
When my sister was 17 yrs old she was raped by an 19yr old boy.. she didn’t stay quite no freaking way, she immediately told my mother who called the police!! I can’t believe she stayed quite right after ...BS!! Just ST PLAIN BS!!!
Drag her sorry butt to DC and put her under oath. Then we’ll see if her story changes. It would help if someone would personally sue these BS accusers until they die. I’m really sick of this garbage. If it isn’t apparent, the Democrats are perfectly willing to destroy the Country because they’re out of power.
I want to know where the police report is.
It worked to get the evil Dems a senator in AL, so of course, they would set up another Fake Sexual Assault case to accuse the President’s Supreme Court nominee. If this should succeed, Pres. trump should nominate a much more conservative woman to take Kavanaugh’s place. Let the lying Left be in a worse position than they would have been with Kavanaugh.
Exactly what the RATS want. Grassley should call it for what it is—BS—and take the vote. What a wimp!
Especially since we all saw this coming. There were countless posts on this forum wondering when the Democrats were going to roll out their #MeToo bimbo for a last-ditch Hail Mary.
And like clockwork, she showed up.
Great question!!!!!
They cannot let her testify. Nobody has time to prepare to question her. Let her file a sworn affidavit with her accusation, and let Kavanaugh respond in kind. Feinstein screwed the Democrats here by sitting on the letter for 2-3 months, because she already had an opportunity — even a RESPONSIBILITY — to address the matter when she was questioning Kavanaugh directly in his confirmation hearing.
If the new standard is conduct during adolescence, then the libs better be ready to die on that hill. Their body count will be huge.
Brennan would never even get near the parking lot at Langley with his communist party membership. Biggest losers if this goes forward? Black male democrats. Dems better think long and hard about this.
What teenager wore a ONE PIECE in the 80s anyway!!!!
He has got to placate those two bimbos in his party or they will vote no.
If they cannot get him confirmed I am not voting. I don’t care if the dems run the table. We need a CW to clear the table.
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