Posted on 10/03/2018 2:37:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Christine Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982, still hasn’t submitted material evidence supporting her claim, according to Senate Judiciary Committee head Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Ford’s allegation relies heavily on three components: a polygraph exam she took earlier this year, notes from a therapy session in 2012, and eyewitness testimony. She has been unable to obtain the latter as all of her named witnesses and people at the alleged party where the alleged assault happened have denied being at the party and/or witnessing the alleged crime.
That includes her longtime friend Leland Keyser, who definitively stated several days prior to Ford’s public testimony before the committee on Sept. 27 that she had never met Kavanaugh nor attended a party like the one Ford described. Keyser reaffirmed the statement on Sept. 29.
Grassley said in a letter sent to Ford’s attorneys that he wants them to send him the other two material evidence components, or the exam and therapist notes.
“Your continued withholding of material evidence despite multiple requests is unacceptable as the Senate exercises its constitutional responsibility of advice and consent for a judicial nomination. I urge you to comply promptly with my requests,” Grassley wrote in the Oct. 2 letter.
Therapist Notes
The only news agency that Ford has spoken to, the left-leaning Washington Post, stated that it was provided some of the therapist’s notes, but Ford said during the testimony that she wasn’t sure if she provided the notes to the Post or summarized them for a reporter.
According to the Post story, which first named Ford as the accuser, the therapist notes state several descriptions about the alleged assault that Ford has later claimed the therapist misunderstood, such as the number of people present.
“Your previous response to this request—that ‘[t]hese records contain private, highly sensitive information that is not necessary for the committee to assess the credibility of [Dr. Ford’s] testimony’—is not justified, based on the fact that this material has been presented as a key component supporting allegations made by your client, including the presentation to The Washington Post,” Grassley wrote to Ford’s lawyers.
Polygraph Exam
He also noted that he has not received any information pertaining to a polygraph exam conducted on Ford, including all audio or video recordings and all polygraph charts and other data.
“Dr. Ford cited the results of this polygraph examination to support her allegations. It’s unfair to rely on the results of a polygraph examination while withholding the materials necessary to assess the accuracy of the results,” Grassley wrote.
Grassley said he also wants any other information that was shared with a reporter or anyone else at a media organization, including a conversation with a Post reporter on WhatsApp.
“On the eve of our hearing, you provided a single screenshot of Dr. Ford’s WhatsApp correspondence with The Washington Post tip line. But Dr. Ford testified the next day that she had continued her conversation, ‘under the encrypted app,’ with a reporter. Your failure to provide the entirety of Dr. Ford’s correspondence with The Post again suggests a lack of candor,” according to Grassley.
In the letter, Grassley also noted that an ex-boyfriend of Ford’s has come forward to claim that Ford flew a number of times with him and never indicated a fear of tight spaces during the six years they were together, from 1992 to 1998.
I guess they’ll just have to draw their own conclusions and go ahead with the vote, then. Darn.... (/s)
Hey Grasshole, why did you give this runt a national forum to smear Kavanaugh?
FU and McScrotum too.
She hasn’t submitted ANY evidence at all that she says was attempted rape or rape.
But by God the media has it all dontcha know! The enemy of the people!
A delay tactic.
Ford will release it just before the vote is scheduled and then the dems will claim they had no time to review it.
Don’t hold your breath America.. if this material helped this clear liar, Ford, they would have released it last week in support of her fairy tale.
If anything it shows she’s lying and they don’t want to expose her to perjury charges
This is a disaster for the Demons and it was handled quite well by our kindly old Grandpa Grassley. You seem to be under the delusion that most of America thinks like you do, they don’t.
This show was for those who did not know any more about the Judge than the surface of the moon. Now they do and the country is on his side.
We will have a new Justice by Sunday.
The Senate must move forward. Drag the three 'no count' republicans into a backroom and threaten them with all hell, especially pulling them immediately off all committees.
From my perspective, without any evidence backing up the allegation, and with the person and witnesses who were the focus of the allegation denying everything, there is only one conclusion they can come to. They have no choice, they have to vote to confirm Kavanaugh.
Makes you wonder if her so called evidence is worthless and she wouldn’t be able to defend it if pressed.
Sounds suspicious to me.
And for those on the fence republicans — I ask them this: “do you have sons and would you like your sons to be accused of this same thing with no evidence?”
You’re delusional. The repukis have ALLOWED this entire smear campaign by the dems and it wasn’t some 4d chess to get the voters out. They’re doing it on purpose...a middle finger to Trump
Say no to oxy.
I have little doubt that the "therapist notes" either don't support or actually contradict her testimony. She assumed HIPAA would protect her.
“Do you kiss your dog with that mouth?”
All the time. You’re lucky, I held back my contempt for the rinos and neverTrumpers in the GOP.
but Ford said during the testimony that she wasn’t sure if she provided the notes to the Post or summarized them for a reporter.
She can’t remember details from 2 weeks ago but we are supposed to believe she can remember something that happened 36 years ago? Apparently she cant remember that very well either.
Why do we even give these loonies the time of day?
I’d say Ford is about 24 hours away from being officially declared an “uncooperative witness” by the Senate Judiciary Committee and/or the FBI.
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