Posted on 10/25/2018 12:14:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday referred lawyer Michael Avenatti and a woman he represented to the Justice Department and the FBI for criminal investigation, claiming they made potentially false statements to Congress about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and alleged sexual misconduct.
Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, cited "contradictions" between what Avenatti's client Julie Swetnick originally told the Judiciary Committee about Kavanaugh in an affidavit in late September, and what she said about the then-Supreme Court nominee days later in an interview with NBC News.
In his letter Thursday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for an investigation, Grassley listed "potential violations" of federal criminal code, specifically "conspiracy, false statements and obstruction of Congress."
"Swetnick made her allegations in a sworn statement to the committee on September 26. In an October 1 interview with NBC News, however, Swetnick specifically and explicitly back-tracked or contradicted key parts of her sworn statement on these and other allegations," the Judiciary Committee said in a statement.
"In subsequent interviews, Avenatti likewise cast serious doubt on or contradicted the allegations while insisting that he had thoroughly vetted his client," according to a statement issued by the Judiciary Committee.
The committee said there was a "lack of substantiating or corroborating evidence" about Swetnick's claims, and also cited "overarching and serious credibility problems pervading the presentation of these allegations.
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Great news. IMO, should have been the day after the Kavanaugh confirmation.
WTG Senator Grassley!
I hate to have ill will against anyone but these people need to be made examples of.
They need to be tried with public-viewing and convicted with the maximum penalty allowed by law.
Only then, will their acts serve as a deterrent to future schemers and liars.
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s awesome!!!!!!!!!!
It’s about time dems were called on the carpet for their shenanigans.
Manafort him.
But what about Ford, Katz, Bromwich, Monica McLean, etc etc??
Patience. As long as you expect instant reversals of the past 40-years, you are going to be disappointed.
No reasonable prosecutor....
There are more dots to connect, but connect they will. Just a little CTH type humor..
CPL’s day just gets better and better.
I think Saul might be too principled and honest to represent Avenatti.
Or should I say, Avenatti makes Saul look like a saint.
Just kidding. Sorta.
Nothing will be done of substance.
Yep, the doj only goes after republicans.
Okay, that is good. Now what about that highly placed CIA operative who holds a Ph.D. in psychology? When is she going to be prosecuted for her dirty tricks?
And her bff former fbi agent Monica McLean, who possibly took the polygraph for her ( based on pictures)
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