Posted on 09/17/2018 12:15:25 PM PDT by gattaca
Senator Dianne Feinstein Wont Set Up Call for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify
Its now official: This entire situation is a farce that needs to end immediately. Anything less shows the Democrats are profoundly unserious about the allegations being made against Brett Kavanaugh.
Over the weekend, Senator Dianne Feinstein made waves by going public with accusations against President Trumps Supreme Court nominee. First, she revealed that someone who knew Kavanaugh in high school accused him of sexually assaulting her. Then the accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, actually came out publicly.
Senate Republicans tried to pull a fast one on her by challenging her to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This was to call her bluff. Ford didnt fall for it and agreed to testify, putting Republicans back on their heels, as now they have to oblige their own request, further delaying Kavanaughs vote.
Now, Democrats should have everything they want. Ford should be able to testify before Congress as to the incident that occurred between her and Kavanaugh some three decades ago. But something is wrong and its leading many Republicans to question both Fords and Feinsteins sincerity.
Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says that Feinstein isnt answering his calls to set up a time for Ford to testify. Heres what he said in a newly released statement:
The standard procedure for updates to any nominees background investigation file is to conduct separate follow-up calls with relevant parties. In this case, that would entail phone calls with at least Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford. Consistent with that practice, I asked Senator Feinsteins office yesterday to join me in scheduling these follow-ups. Thus far, they have refused. But as a necessary step in evaluating these claims, Ill continue working to set them up.
If Ford is telling the truth, there is no reason to delay. Feinstein is hurting her own credibility by not returning Grassleys calls.
We already knew Democrats werent serious about getting to the bottom of these allegations. Senator Dick Durban already implied as much by suggesting that having Ford testify this week would be too soon. (RELATED: Senator Dick Durbin Lets the Cat Out of the Bag: Kavanaugh Accuser Story Is Purely Political.)
Lets be very clear on this point: If Feinstein took seriously Fords accusations, she would be working diligently to set up a testimony time. The fact that shes delaying shows she didnt actually care about Ford. This is all for political show.
Yep, and put a file on the desk labeled PROOF, and of course it would be empty.
Once Christine Blasey Ford is put under oath she is vulnerable to perjury charges once her story is shown to be untrue.
DiFi knows she’s lying and putting her own #MeToo cred ahead of the party. She wants out now that the woman revealed herself and hired a lawyer.
Are we getting cold feet DiFi? Come on in the arena so we can royally kick your ass.
Supposedly, shes had 36 years to prepare. Why does she need more time?
If she waited 35 years to report the incident, surely she could wait another 35 for a hearing - - -
grassley should just move forward.
Ignore the entire situation.
There is no need to dance this dance.
I think it was this article in the New Yorker:
Holding Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Ford saw this article, or heard about it, and she decided to make Brett Kavanaugh the focus of her anger.
It's likely she knew him or knew of him during her teenage years, andit's possible that she was attacked at a party. But it wasn't until 2012 that she ever attributed it to Kavanaugh.
That evil witch along with her subjects have something else under their sleeves! Be ready for another shoe to drop! Evil bastards are just plain demonically evil!
So she can learn how to cry on TV..of course..gotta make it look real..and don’t forget her hair in pigtails, gotta look the part
No perjury charge here...she is a nut, will never be charged.
And if it turns out Kavanaugh wasn’t even at that party, now I REALLY want that wench served. She has some splainin’ to do. In public and under oath.
Set the hearing for Wednesday morning and subpoena the woman.
DiFi has done her job
she’s happy with the results (even PDJT is backing off..saying a delay is okay....)
it appears there’s no hope for GOPe
at all
and thus, USA is going to continue to go down the SorozNazi/Islamic invader rathole, straight to hell
Unless something more has come out today, the "party" consisted if this woman and four guys. All such little details are very sketchy.
She received the letter from this woman and never even mentioned it in her direct examination of the nominee when she had an opportunity to do so for the public record.
Feinstein's actions actually make her a compelling witness FOR Kavanaugh.
P.S. -- She can't testify before a committee where she is one of the members ... so, yes -- she has to be removed from the committee first.
Gutless GOP should DEMAND that Feinstein resign. If Ford is lying then Feinstein perpetuated a massive fraud. If Ford is telling the truth then Feinstein withheld important information. Either way Feinstein must go!!
No it isn’t. All domestic enemies are going to be destroyed.
Hell, YES! Even go so far as to offer Ford a free limo ride to the airport and a round trip first class ticket. If this were a genuine, serious, non-frivilous accusation, Fineswine would be champing at the bit to set up the phone call.
Both Christine and Brett need to be place under oath. Politicians should not be the ones asking the questions.
Hire a professional Interrogator to question both of them. Then the truth will come out.
This is a Dem set-up and need to be exposed for what it really is about.
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