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JPP FEMOCRATS ARE STRANGELY SILENT

Some of the same DEMOCRATS who accused Republicans of whitewashing sexual misconduct allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh left town during the Schumer shutdown to attend a weekend retreat in Puerto Rico organized by a senior DEMOCRAT being sued by a woman who claims he drugged and molested her when she was 16.

The DEMOCRATS cannot claim they don't know about the allegations.

Eight months ago, now-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) publicly called for a House Ethics Committee investigation into the molestation allegations against Rep. Tony Cardenas (D., Calif.).

The panel has yet to formally launch a probe.

Cardenas is the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's BOLD PAC, which organized and hosted the winter retreat in San Juan where some 30 DEMOCRATS, including Cardenas, mingled with 109 lobbyists and corporate executives.

The weekend retreat included attendance of a performance of "Hamilton," parties with the cast, as well as meetings with key officials.

Last week, the woman suing Cardenas over the sexual misconduct allegations identified herself for the first time as 28-year-old Angela Villela Chavez and called for a House ethics inquiry.

Chavez, the daughter of a longtime Cardenas aide, said she was inspired to come forward following Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Kavanaugh.

Chavez says Cardenas molested her in 2007 while driving her to the hospital after she collapsed while playing golf with the congressman. In her lawsuit, Chavez says Cardenas gave her water that "tasted distinctly different from both tap and filtered water," and she collapsed. She says he fondled her breasts and genitals before he took her to the hospital.

Cardenas has vigorously denied the allegations, accusing the woman of seeking revenge for her father, a disgruntled former Cardenas staffer. His lawyer issued a statement arguing that the request for a House ethics investigation shows that she has a "meritless and weak case."

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has determined there is enough merit to charges to move forward and has set a trial to begin in August.

In late August of last year, Cardenas opened a legal defense fund to help collect donations to pay for his legal expenses in the case.

Despite the high-profile media accounts, senior DEMOCRATS who attended the Puerto Rico trip and members of the Hispanic Caucus remain silent on the charges Cardenas is facing.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.), who attended the BOLD PAC winter retreat, did not return inquiries into their decision to attend despite the pending molestation court case against Cardenas.



https://freebeacon.com/politics/dems-who-slammed-gop-over-kavanaugh-attended-puerto-rico-trip-with-cardenas/

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Closed-door testimony by former top FBI lawyer James Baker revealed that Michael Sussmann, a lawyer and partner at Perkins Coie, gave Baker information alleging a Russian bank was communicating with a server in Trump Tower—an allegation later proven false.

Sussmann, whose firm had been retained by the DEMOCRAT National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, provided information to Baker and at least one journalist ahead of the FBI’s application for a FISA warrant on Trump campaign foreign policy advisor, Carter Page.

Perkins Coie was also the law firm who had hired Fusion GPS—on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC—which in turn hired former British MI6 agent Christopher Steele to produce the dossier that has become known as the Steele dossier.

https://m.theepochtimes.com/baker-testimony-reveals-perkins-coie-lawyer-provided-fbi-with-information-on-alfa-bank-allegations_2773855.html