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From the above link:
In her initial conversations with The New Yorker, she was reluctant to characterize Kavanaugh’s role in the alleged incident with certainty. After six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, Ramirez said that she felt confident enough of her recollections to say that she remembers Kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party,
The New Yorker has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party. The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident. Many did not respond to interview requests; others declined to comment, or said they did not attend or remember the party. A classmate of Ramirez’s, who declined to be identified because of the partisan battle over Kavanaugh’s nomination, said that another student told him about the incident either on the night of the party or in the next day or two. The classmate said that he is “one-hundred-per-cent sure” that he was told at the time that Kavanaugh was the student who exposed himself to Ramirez. He independently recalled many of the same details offered by Ramirez, including that a male student had encouraged Kavanaugh as he exposed himself.
So someone who doesn't want to be identified allegedly because they don't want to be a part of the partisan battle is now claiming that someone told them about the party and that Kavenaugh had exposed himself? :roll:
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Take all of this with whatever amount of salt you see fit...

There's a podcaster who claims that Kavanaugh will now NOT be seated by Oct 1 (@ 12:00 - 15:30) when the new session of SCOTUS begins due to the recent delay till Thursday for Ford testimony. He also claims that Ford will testify under no circumstance and that this is all dress rehearsal for RBG's seat opening up and the midterm elections (where impeachment is the campaign promise).

Furthermore, this week is supposedly going to be peak ugly in terms of allegations, smears, etc from the left. He suggests that those with weak stomachs or the easily angered tune out this week.
The attorney for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct accuser is casting doubt about whether she will appear before the Senate after agreeing to a Thursday hearing.

“In new letter from Dr Ford’s Attorney to the Judiciary Committee, they again object to having outside counsel ask the questions for republicans at Thursday’s hearing, and ask for the name and resume of who that person will be,” reported Frank Thorpe. “This does not appear to be a done deal.”
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Of all the claims so far, this one seems to be the most salacious. There are other websites that detail the specific claims he makes, but the language used prohibits them from being linked.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Avenatti promises new Kavanaugh accuser to come forward in next 48 hours

Washington (CNN)Michael Avenatti said Monday night that he has new information regarding allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Avenatti, the lawyer also representing adult film star Stormy Daniels who is suing President Donald Trump, said on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" that he has multiple clients and "at least one" is prepared to come forward publicly within the next 48 hours.
He did not provide any evidence for his claims, which he is making as Kavanaugh faces a confirmation vote in the Senate.
"At this point, Chris, it's clients. We're going to make a public disclosure within the next 48 hours of detailed allegations, as well as the identity of at least one of my clients relating to what she witnessed and experienced concerning Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge, and ultimately we're going to let the American public decide who's telling the truth," Avenatti told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
"As it relates to the woman whose name will be publicly disclosed -- this is a woman who had a number of security clearances issued by the federal government over a number of years, including a public trust security clearance as well as a secret security clearance," Avenatti said.
He continued: "So, let this be a warning to Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and other surrogates, including those on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will caution you, be very, very careful if you launch some smear campaign against my client, because you will be ultimately shown to be a fraud."
Surprisingly, this is how CNN ended the article. I guess he's too sleazy even for them. Fair to Kavanaugh? I didn't think fairness was the goal for some news organizations. :roll:
Responding to Avenatti's claim, CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin called the attorney's behavior "really irresponsible."
"For Michael Avenatti to just simply throw out there that there are these unnamed people who are going to make these allegations that is really not how the process should work," Toobin said Tuesday on CNN's "New Day." "It is not fair to Brett Kavanaugh and not fair to anyone involved. It is publicity seeking of the worst kind. To just throw this garbage out there with no name is, I think, awful."
Even some Democrats are allegedly critical of him. Probably mostly because he's circumventing them and the so called MSM with the name and details. All will be forgiven if it ends up being effective. :roll:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats ... augh-fight" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The media-savvy lawyer told The Daily Beast on Monday that his client would be coming forward “in the next 48 hours” with details and accusations that mirrored those already leveled and could, in his estimation, torpedo Kavanaugh’s confirmation—all of which would seem helpful for Democrats as they make the case that Kavanaugh is morally unfit to sit on the Supreme Court.

And yet, Avenatti’s late appearance in this heated confirmation fight has some in the party fearful that he will end up doing more harm than good—in particular, giving Republicans ammunition to condemn and dismiss the allegations against Kavanaugh as a political hit job.

“Mr. Avenatti has a tendency to sensationalize and make his various crusades more about himself than about getting at the truth,” said a senior Senate Democratic aide. “This moment calls for the exact opposite.”
Democratic senators stopped short of criticizing Avenatti, but appeared to be low on patience with his tactic of dribbling out information before a dramatic big reveal, fearful that it undermined the seriousness of the issue of sexual assault.

“If Michael Avenatti has any evidence, he should come forward promptly. If he has a client who has relevant information, I welcome hearing from him,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the judiciary committee, said in an interview. “If there are additional allegations to come forward, this would absolutely be the time because I don’t see us pursuing this matter much more than the next week or two at most.”
Or in other words, just after the start of the new SCOTUS term. :roll:
“I believe there is a decent chance the person he reps may have a real allegation,” said another Democratic source working on the confirmation proceedings. “But he undercut it. If he had vetted it through a media outlet and had journalists represent it in a well-reported way or have the committee introduce it, it would have been better.”

Avenatti showed little concern that his involvement might complicate matters for Democrats as they press the case against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Instead, in a brief phone interview, he ridiculed his detractors for not appreciating the stakes of the confirmation battle ahead of them.

“I think that is ridiculous and I think it is another example of certain Democrats being weak-kneed and not up for the fight,” he told The Daily Beast. “If the heat is too hot in the kitchen they need to just get out.”
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All eyes on Suzy Collins:
In particular, several Senate colleagues of Collins' are waiting for her to announce her stance on Kavanaugh before announcing their own positions - while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (NY) has asked that centrists within his caucus "keep their powder dry on Kavanaugh" until they know where Republicans stand.

Senate Republican aides think that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely vote the same way as Collins, who thus far has played a more vocal role in the debate over Kavanaugh. -The Hill

"We’re talking about a jury of one: Susan Collins," said a senior GOP aide to The Hill, who gave Collins a "51 percent chance" of voting for Kavaugh. The aide added: "When you look at Murkowski and even Flake, no one lets Collins get to the left of them, so she’s going to be the lodestar here."
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All of this is just bunk and I think everybody deep down knows it. This guy has not a whisper of anything until he is about to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Then a women comes out with a varying story from 35 years ago...it was four guys, then it was two, BTW the other openly admits to drunken boorish behavior but says this didn't happen. She doesn't know where, when or any details. She might be willing to testify if she does after Kavanaugh....BTW, she is a liberal, Trump hating member of the "resistence" professor of psychology in California. Why doubt her?

Then a woman comes out and says she was blackout drunk but vaguely remembers something happening where someone exposed himself to her and it may have been Kavanaugh...

Now Avaneti, Stormy Daniels lawyer, claims he has "clients" and will come out with stuff.

Democrats, please stop this crap, you really are humiliating yourselves.

What is more, the Dem leadership, Schumer and Feinstein, both voted no on removing Bill Clinton from office despite Juanita Brodericks fairly well supported affidavit of a completed rape by Bill Clinton.
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Democrats are not the only ones humiliating themselves. Republicans should have grown a spine and stuck to the Monday hearing. She should have shown up or the committee should have proceeded without her. Pathetic cowards. :evil:
catfish86 wrote:Democrats, please stop this crap, you really are humiliating yourselves.
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catfish86 wrote: Democrats, please stop this crap, you really are humiliating yourselves.
They're fighting dirty, yes...but they have put themselves in position, if they can win a midterm election cycle, to essentially stop a sitting POTUS from doing anything (not that much can get done with GOPe in power). In essence, they're on the doorstep of winning against a rising tide, why would they stop now? They've long since distnaced themselves from morality, credibility, manners, adult responsibility, common sense, etc...

Judge Nap says the Senate can recess for 10 minutes and Trump can seat Kav for 4 years...and that Ford could go to a police station and make a formal claim, since there is no statute of limitations in the state this was alleged in.
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When the NY Times refuses to publish an account detrimental to conservatives that should be your first clue its bogus. They exhaustively attempted to corroborate her story in any way and admitted to failing to do so.
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Chairman Grassley Schedules Committee Vote Friday Morning For SCOTUS Nominee….

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/20 ... s-nominee/
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Tru-Heathen wrote:Chairman Grassley Schedules Committee Vote Friday Morning For SCOTUS Nominee….

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/20 ... s-nominee/
But how can he do that and still meet Avenatti's "demands" ? :roll:

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... vanaugh-ex" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 23, 2018
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bignflnut wrote:All eyes on Suzy Collins:
In particular, several Senate colleagues of Collins' are waiting for her to announce her stance on Kavanaugh before announcing their own positions - while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (NY) has asked that centrists within his caucus "keep their powder dry on Kavanaugh" until they know where Republicans stand.

Senate Republican aides think that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely vote the same way as Collins, who thus far has played a more vocal role in the debate over Kavanaugh. -The Hill

"We’re talking about a jury of one: Susan Collins," said a senior GOP aide to The Hill, who gave Collins a "51 percent chance" of voting for Kavaugh. The aide added: "When you look at Murkowski and even Flake, no one lets Collins get to the left of them, so she’s going to be the lodestar here."
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I saw somewhere that they are looking at a Sunday vote.

Rush made an important observation today. Newscasters are saying that Kavanaugh will still have a cushy job. No, he likely won't. How can an abused sex offender sit as an appellate judge? He'd always be tainted. The progressives will have effectively destroyed the life he worked so hard to build. These people are evil.
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Mustang380gal wrote:I saw somewhere that they are looking at a Sunday vote.

Rush made an important observation today. Newscasters are saying that Kavanaugh will still have a cushy job. No, he likely won't. How can an abused sex offender sit as an appellate judge? He'd always be tainted. The progressives will have effectively destroyed the life he worked so hard to build. These people are evil.
That may be true but they sure as heck, ticked off the wrong conservative, who certainly won't be a vote for any liberal causes brought to the SCOTUS. In other words, it will be hard to have an independent view point after they have tried to destroy him.

With that said, more pro-gun cases might stand an even better chance of getting a favorable opinion from now on if Kavanaugh is confirmed.
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High Power wrote: That may be true but they sure as heck, ticked off the wrong conservative, who certainly won't be a vote for any liberal causes brought to the SCOTUS. In other words, it will be hard to have an independent view point after they have tried to destroy him.
To bolster your point, here is a nearly 4 minute clip of Clarence Thomas rebuking the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 during his Anita Hill stained confirmation. I encourage everyone following the Kav case to recall the judicial temperament and clear communication that this moment requires.
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In this news link I found one new tidbit interesting. Of course that's only of this morning. Maybe they'll submit it just prior to the testimony, if it even happens. After all, you don't want the committee to actually have time to investigate and examine the evidence. :roll: I heard one report on the radio news that her lawyer was objecting to the Republicans on the panel planning to use a female who is an experienced sex crimes investigator to ask the questions. Logically that doesn't make sense, if you're telling the truth.

https://www.whio.com/news/national-govt ... T3tmB7zVL/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
7:50 a.m.

A lawyer for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says the woman who is to testify Thursday about her claim he sexually assaulted her in high school has not turned over key information related to her accusation.

Beth Wilkinson said Wednesday on CBS "This Morning" that the results of Christine Blasey Ford's polygraph test and her therapist's notes are not among the materials turned over to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the eve of her testimony.

Wilkinson said: "They announced that there were notes and that there had been a lie detector test" but that those materials were not turned over "even though they were requested."
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