[Alberta's Child]

As a public figure, Kavanaugh would have a very hard time winning a defamation case. But this article DOES explain one big reason why Ford cant testify. She will be asked about the OTHER people she named in her letter to Feinstein, and once she names them in sworn testimony on national television she will be exposed to lawsuits from THEM.

P.S. -- This is also the reason why Feinstein refuses to turn over the letter with the names unredacted.

[nopardons]

Judges aren’t really “public figures”, in the way you are inferring they are.

[CodeToad]

“As a public figure, Kavanaugh would have a very hard time winning a defamation case. “

Not when it is clear it was intended to do harm. That is settle law. Any Internet idiot claiming otherwise is just an Internet idiot.

[cpdiii]

As a public figure, Kavanaugh would have a very hard time winning a defamation case. But this article DOES explain one big reason why Ford cant testify. She will be asked about the OTHER people she named in her letter to Feinstein, and once she names them in sworn testimony on national television she will be exposed to lawsuits from THEM.

P.S. -- This is also the reason why Feinstein refuses to turn over the letter with the names unredacted.

You are correct!

[vmpolesov]

Thank you for connecting the dots. Helps understand the big picture.

[Boomer]

Then Feinswine should be compelled to hand over the document under penalty of perjury and prison.

[outofsalt]

"This is also the reason why Feinstein refuses to turn over the letter with the names unredacted."

How and why is it possible to withhold evidence?!

[Know et al]

Ford may already be in jeopardy for slander or libel.

[Thank You Rush]

How do we know there were others named in the letter? What did I miss? I’ve heard references to Gorsuch but nothing about him being named in the letter.

[A Navy Vet]

"She will be asked about the OTHER people she named in her letter to Feinstein, and once she names them in sworn testimony on national television she will be exposed to lawsuits from THEM."

I think you just nailed it as to why she obviously doesn't want to testify under oath and no one has seen the unredacted letter. Discovery is a bitch.

I haven't heard your point from all the news/opinion pundits as yet. I think you've called it. She has nothing other then names she can claim. If those names say WRONG (like the 3 she has already named), she is open to liable suits. Her lawyer[s] handlers are twisting their minds into pretzels to work around your point.

As for Grassly now putting it off until Wednesday, he's a punk and being played by his own Stupid Party.