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Avenatti to Grassley: 'Let's start the investigation tonight'
The Hill ^ | October 25, 2018 | Emily Birnbaum

Posted on 10/25/2018 5:10:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Lawyer Michael Avenatti tweeted Thursday that he is ready to cooperate with a Justice Department investigation into himself and client Julie Swetnick as soon as "tonight."

His tweet, directed at Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), came hours after Grassley announced he is referring Swetnick and Avenatti to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation into whether they made false statements to Congress about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

"@ChuckGrassley, let’s start the investigation tonight," Avenatti tweeted on Thursday evening. "I will make my client available for a sworn interview and you can make Judge Kavanaugh available for a sworn interview."

"We also have 9 other witnesses we want interviewed and specific documents we want requested," he added. "Let’s go."

(TWEET-AT-LINK)

Avenatti represents Swetnick, who last month made a series of shocking allegations against Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.

Swetnick in a sworn affidavit claimed that Kavanaugh in the 1980s attended parties where women were gang-raped. Swetnick said Kavanaugh engaged in a pattern of exploitative and non-consensual behavior with girls at those high school parties.

Multiple news outlets were unable to corroborate her allegations, and they were treated more gingerly than the sexual allegations against Kavanaugh from two other women.

Grassley on Thursday said that in addition to making false statements, he is asking for the Justice Department to look into whether the two sought to obstruct his panel's investigation of the allegations against Kavanaugh.

"The law prohibits such false statements to Congress and obstruction of congressional committee investigations," Grassley wrote. "For the law to work, we can’t just brush aside potential violations. I don’t take lightly making a referral of this nature, but ignoring this behavior will just invite more of it in the future."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: avenatti; congress; creepypornlawyer; crime; democrats; finestein; grassley; kavanaugh; scotus; senate; supremecourt; swetnick
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To: ptsal

Roy Cohn without the charm or smarts.


21 posted on 10/25/2018 6:01:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: bagster

“and you can make Judge Kavanaugh available for a sworn interview.” Kavanaugh has already given his sworn interviews bimbo chaser.


22 posted on 10/25/2018 6:06:30 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Avenatti tweeted on Thursday evening. “I will make my client available for a sworn interview and you can make Judge Kavanaugh available for a sworn interview.”

Uh no moron. Criminal investigation. You don’t call the shots.


23 posted on 10/25/2018 6:06:49 PM PDT by Lent
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How deceived does one have to be to be that corrupt and think you’re not?


24 posted on 10/25/2018 6:32:22 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What an arrogant dink.


25 posted on 10/25/2018 6:33:06 PM PDT by Boomer (Better Dead Than Dem)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

oh, don’t worry mike. it’ll start soon enough.


26 posted on 10/25/2018 6:34:42 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: RooRoobird20
CPL thinks he can bait Grassley into doing something impulsive and stupid. Bwah hah hah hah!!!

Grassley made a criminal referral. One of many he's made. So CPL's opponent is no longer Grassley. He's bluffing at whoever will be prosecuting him, I assume the DOJ.

I have a feeling, if a decent DOJ guy (our side) takes up the referral and gets their teeth into his case, his theatrics won't have much of an effect other than to piss them off.

27 posted on 10/25/2018 7:09:42 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: KyCats
He’s also going to have to recuse himself as counsel for the lying ho because that’s an obvious conflict of interest if he’s a co-defendant.

That sounds legit.

#NotALawyer

28 posted on 10/25/2018 7:11:05 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Which means that it would be best if they take their time with the investigation and be very thorough.


29 posted on 10/25/2018 7:14:37 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They should investigate him and his client for as long as Trump campaign people are investigated.


30 posted on 10/25/2018 7:15:20 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a deadbeat ...lock him up.


31 posted on 10/25/2018 7:19:25 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Swetnick already perjured herself under oath. That will be dealt with first.


32 posted on 10/26/2018 7:30:18 AM PDT by monkeybrau
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