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Judicial Watch: Senate Ethics Committee Gives Sen. Cory Booker a Pass for Purposely Violating...
Judicial Watch ^ | January 23, 2019 | Tom Fitton

Posted on 01/23/2019 11:31:58 AM PST by jazusamo

Full title: Judicial Watch: Senate Ethics Committee Gives Sen. Cory Booker a Pass for Purposely Violating Rules to Try to Torpedo Kavanaugh Nomination

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics has refused to take action against Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who admitted to willfully violating Senate rules by releasing confidential records regarding then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as a White House counsel. The documents were marked “Committee confidential,” meaning they were not for public distribution.

Judicial Watch’s September 2018 complaint to the chairman and co-chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics called for an investigation after Sen. Booker admitted to violating Senate rules in releasing the confidential material. Ethics Committee Chief Counsel and Staff Director Deborah Sue Mayer responded last week:

The Select Committee on Ethics (the Committee) has reviewed the complaint you filed against Senator Cory A. Booker, dated September 12, 2018. The Committee carefully evaluated the allegations in the complaint and, based on all the information before it, determined that no further action is appropriate. Thank you for your correspondence with the Committee.

Sen. Booker admitted breaking Senate rules when he issued a tweet on Friday, September 7 saying:

Weds—I broke committee rules by reading from “Committee confidential” docs.

Also, Sen. Booker then posted the following entry on his Facebook account on Saturday, September 9:

And the classification of many documents as “Committee confidential” is a sham… I willfully violate these sham rules. I fully accept any consequences that might arise from my actions including expulsion.

Judicial Watch noted in its complaint that Sen. Booker also uploaded “Committee confidential” records to a publicly accessible Dropbox account with the heading “Booker Confidential – Kavanaugh Hearing Documents”.

By violating the rules in releasing Committee confidential records, Sen. Booker appeared to have violated provisions 5 and/or 6 of Rule 29 of the Standing Rules of the Senate (Rev. Jan. 24, 2013), which stipulate that he should be subject to expulsion from the Senate:

  1. Any Senator, officer or employee of the Senate who shall disclose the secret or confidential business or proceedings of the Senate, including the business and proceedings of the committees, subcommittees and offices of the Senate shall be liable, if a Senator, to suffer expulsion from the body; and if an officer or employee, to dismissal from the service of the Senate, and to punishment for contempt.
  2. Whenever, by the request of the Senate or any committee thereof, any documents or papers shall be communicated to the Senate by the President or the head of any department relating to any matter pending in the Senate, the proceedings in regard to which are secret or confidential under the rules, said documents and papers shall be considered as confidential, and shall not be disclosed without leave of the Senate.

(See pp. 48-49: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-113sdoc18/pdf/CDOC-113sdoc18.pdf )

The Senate Ethics Committee is evenly split, with three Republicans and three Democrats. The Committee members are Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), James Risch (R-ID), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

“It is an absolute disgrace that the Senate Ethics Committee is giving Senator Booker a pass for willfully violating its rules by leaking confidential information to smear Justice Kavanaugh,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The Senate continues the abuse of Kavanaugh and his family by refusing to act against a Senator who, pretending to be Spartacus, violated the rule of law and our Constitution in trying to destroy him.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corybooker; democrats; ethics; judcialcommittee; judicialwatch; jw; kavanaugh; senateethics; ussenate
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Pathetic, but then I guess Cory Booker is in a special class and do whatever he likes.
1 posted on 01/23/2019 11:31:58 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

The seriousness of the charges only goes one way....


2 posted on 01/23/2019 11:32:51 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: jazusamo

Cowardly RINOs running for cover....as usual. Scared of the MSM and word “racist”. Pathetic for America.


3 posted on 01/23/2019 11:33:54 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: GOPJ; Diana in Wisconsin; ColdOne; Art in Idaho; Conservative Gato; ptsal; onyx; Tucker39; ...

Off the Wall Ping!

Contact to be added.


4 posted on 01/23/2019 11:34:28 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Democrats do whatever they want and Republicans acquiesce.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 11:35:13 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

yes he’s special and is allowed to get away with things.

This was his Spartacus moment.

Cory “Spartacus” Booker.


6 posted on 01/23/2019 11:37:17 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: EagleUSA

They must get along with Democrats.

We can only dream of Republicans who treat Democrats like Democrats treat Republicans. The DNC is a hive of scum and villainy, not friends.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 11:37:27 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: EagleUSA

To paraphrase Dennis Prager: Failing to censure a punk (who violated Senate rules and decorum) because he’s black is what is truly racist.


8 posted on 01/23/2019 11:37:29 AM PST by glennaro
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It would be nice to have a real second party to oppose the socialists.


9 posted on 01/23/2019 11:37:46 AM PST by Truth29
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10 posted on 01/23/2019 11:42:23 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Farticus don’t have to play by the rules.


11 posted on 01/23/2019 11:44:43 AM PST by Beagle8U (Beto went to Liz Warren's genealogist to prove that he was 1/1000 Hispanic.)
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To: glennaro
The Committee's wording: "based on all the information before it, determined that no further action is appropriate"

These weasel words about "all the information before it do not disclose anything about possible other information provided to the Committee. What threats or "opinions" from other possible "leaders" might have been brought forward for Committee members to weigh?

12 posted on 01/23/2019 11:52:47 AM PST by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: jazusamo

> Senate Ethics Committee Gives ... a Pass for
Purposely Violating....

That’s the purpose of the “senate ethics committee”. Results would be almost 100% opposite if they randomly selected a jury of “we the people” to look at violations. The “ethics committee’s” purpose is to keep anyone outside of this “special class of citizens” from looking at the actions of the “special class of citizens”. R’s and D’s protect each other because they know “we the people” would find them both guilty.


13 posted on 01/23/2019 11:54:46 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: jazusamo

Two reasons Booker got a pass. (1) He’s a democrat (2) He’s black.


14 posted on 01/23/2019 11:55:20 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: lakecumberlandvet

But mostly, because h’s black and that battle does not need to be faught presently


15 posted on 01/23/2019 11:56:50 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Pri ncess Gray Beaver, for President?)
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To: jazusamo

Yes, it turns out that in spite of all the posturing by our betters, some people really are above the law - and they’re always Democrats......


16 posted on 01/23/2019 12:06:40 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Maybe Cory “Farticus” Booker is better.


17 posted on 01/23/2019 12:16:17 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: EagleUSA

Of course they give him a pass.

When you are a member of “The Club” no need to worry about other members coming after you. They know they have to protect each other because their day will come.


18 posted on 01/23/2019 12:20:53 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Rurudyne

All charges are not equally serious. Republican does it...seeeeerious. Democrat does it, Nooooooot.


19 posted on 01/23/2019 12:23:09 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Someone like Clinton could be found standing over a body bleeding out, shouting that they did it, was glad they did it. And would do it again and the Left would act like it was entrapment, nothingsauce or generally not worth getting upset about.


20 posted on 01/23/2019 12:28:20 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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