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Chuck Grassley: Ford Can Testify In Closed Session, But FBI Role Is ‘Complete’
Hot Air ^ | September 19,2018 | JOHN SEXTON

Posted on 09/19/2018 11:51:09 AM PDT by Hojczyk

And the GOP response hasn’t changed much either. What Grassley says here is the same thing the GOP said when Democrats demanded more documents, i.e. we’re not delaying this confirmation. As Grassley put it above, Ford’s opportunity to be heard is Monday. There’s no need for additional delay, not for the FBI and not because Ford is worried about TV cameras. She can tell her story in open session or closed session but she can tell it on Monday. And if she refuses to show up, the vote should proceed without further delay.

Update: Here’s Grassley’s letter to Ford’s attorneys in which he makes the same points he made in his tweets

Letter https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1042464877875474432/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1042464877875474432&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Farchives%2F2018%2F09%2F19%2Fchuck-grassley-offers-let-ford-testify-closed-session-says-not-investigation-necessary%2F

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: fbi; grassley; kavanaugh; kavanaughaccuser; kavanaughallegation; scotus; trump
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To: jyo19

Who is the Ugandan Giant?


101 posted on 09/19/2018 4:09:59 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

When he was in the first grade he called someone a poopy head. Definitely need the FBI to look into that.


102 posted on 09/19/2018 4:13:09 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: mass55th

I still haven’t heard if there are any police records relating to this incident. Without those, it is all hearsay. There are statute of limitations. Plus people’s memories get faulty after several decades.


103 posted on 09/19/2018 4:24:28 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: caww
I improved the meme.


104 posted on 09/19/2018 4:26:11 PM PDT by Lazamataz (On future maps, I suggest we remove the word "California" and substitute "Open-Air Asylum".)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yep, this is all chess moves. Dems really were idiots to think they could use the FBI as cover for delaying things. I suppose Brett gets in on a party line vote at the end of the day? I think its a damn shame. Politics needs to get back to debating issues in good faith, and if democrats win some rounds on that basis, I’d have no issue with it, but this stuff, the Democrats should be ashamed and I have to imagine some are.


105 posted on 09/19/2018 4:30:17 PM PDT by goodolemr
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To: Starboard; All

“She still won’t show up.”

Correct, there’s no way this woman will show before any Senate committee under oath, and under any circumstances.

Even IF the events in question actually occurred, there are 3 people saying they didn’t. And she can’t NAME anyone who will say they did. In fact, she can’t even name the property where she says she went to voluntarily.


106 posted on 09/19/2018 4:50:22 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

“Unacceptable.”

Correct,

She will not accept the invitation.


107 posted on 09/19/2018 4:51:36 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Alberta's Child

” a Republican senator with no legal background schools a leftist lawyer on Constitutional law.”

And Grassley is doing a damn fine job of it.

We are blessed to have him.


108 posted on 09/19/2018 4:54:15 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Not to mention her personal political bias and her attorney’s connection with Soros.

She knew she would be shredded on cross examination. There was no way she was ever going to put herself through that personal shame.


109 posted on 09/19/2018 4:54:47 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: CottonBall

As far as I know she never mentioned it to her parents, and it wasn’t reported to the police. The tale she tells, appeared for the first time during a 2012 session of couples’ therapy where she mentioned it to her therapist. And the therapist’s notes do not match with the story she is telling. She cannot remember when it happened, where it happened, who owned the house it allegedly happened in, or how she even got there. If you’re so shaken by an incident, to the point where it interferes with living your life (she claims she was derailed), how do you not remember where or when such a traumatic event occurred?


110 posted on 09/19/2018 5:32:48 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: SERKIT

You forgot one: What was Mrs. Fords relationship with John Brennan of the CIA?


111 posted on 09/19/2018 5:32:53 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: hankbrown

She is not being given an advantage. A closed door session eliminats ny excuse for heer not appearing. She HAS to show up to be credible which she is not going to do. So we win.


112 posted on 09/19/2018 5:45:03 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: HollyB

He has already been investigated by the FBI numerous times as he advanced in his career. So what!!!!!


113 posted on 09/19/2018 5:47:47 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Hojczyk

He better have plan for when she storms out of the room weeping and wailing heart-broken and all.


114 posted on 09/19/2018 6:26:06 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
A closed hearing for a liar to lie about a SCOTUS nominee?

Unacceptable. We have a right to hear what they hear.

We have no such right. Kavanaugh has rights, Senators have rights, the President has the right to nominate or de-nominate based on what the woman says.

The alternative, a public hearing, would be a circus, worse than 1991. There's no way she will look bad or make a mistake. She has practiced her story since 2012 when she prepared it for a Romney presidency. She will be smooth as silk.

116 posted on 09/19/2018 6:30:01 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: Mollypitcher1

I agree. But, this woman wants to open a specific investigation, which is nonsense and would come back clean. However, an investigation into him specifically would not be good for his file for the reason I said in my earlier post.


117 posted on 09/19/2018 6:31:13 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: palmer

Yea, Because she’s been real smooth so far /s.


118 posted on 09/19/2018 6:34:40 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: wardamneagle
Did she also write a letter on Gorsuch ?

Only according to a person nobody heard of on twitter who says he heard it from someone else who he doesn't name who is supposedly usually accurate. If it was more than that, someone can correct me, but that's all I read yesterday.

119 posted on 09/19/2018 6:34:50 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: SERKIT
When was the letter leaked to WaPo versus when WaPo reported it?

Ford went to the WaPo herself.

120 posted on 09/19/2018 6:35:50 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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