Kavanaugh’s Impeachment May Have Just Become a 2020 Issue

[anatta]

at least six Democratic presidential candidates have released statements calling for the impeachment or removal of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh after new details supporting and adding to the sexual misconduct allegations against him were revealed over the weekend.

In an excerpt published Saturday from their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly revealed corroborating accounts which supported Deborah Ramirez’s allegation that Kavanaugh once pulled down his pants and thrust his penis at her during a dorm party while they both attended Yale.
Pogrebin and Kelly also reported a new allegation that someone else had seen Kavanaugh do something similar to another woman at an entirely different party at the school, and that the witness had informed the FBI about it. The FBI never investigated his account, the authors explained, nor the accounts of dozens of people with corroborating evidence about what happened to Ramirez — whose allegation was dismissed by Senate investigators as lacking that very evidence.

By Sunday afternoon, the removal of Justice Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court, the insufficient FBI investigation, and the GOP’s de-facto coverup had become front-of-mind for many Democratic lawmakers and others on the left.

It had also become a 2020 issue when, one by one, Democratic presidential candidates began weighing in on the matter. “Confirmation is not exoneration, and these newest revelations are disturbing,” Elizabeth Warren wrote in a tweet. “Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.”

Kamala Harris tweeted the same, arguing that Kavanaugh “was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice.”

Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke both tweeted that Kavanaugh lied under oath and should be impeached, and Castro called for a Congressional review of how the Justice Department handled the investigation.

Pete Buttigieg also released a statement calling for answers about the investigation, and said that “Kavanaugh should resign and if he doesn’t, the House should impeach him.”

Bernie Sanders didn’t mention impeachment in his response, commenting that Kavanaugh shouldn’t have been nominated in the first place and “likely lied” during his testimony. Sanders endorsed “any appropriate constitutional mechanism to hold [Kavanaugh] accountable.”

Joe Biden did not join the impeachment parade, either, calling only for an investigation. In a statement released Sunday night, the former vice president said that the new book’s reporting raised “profoundly troubling questions about the integrity of [Kavanaugh’s] confirmation process,” and that “we need to get to the bottom” of how it may have been influenced by the Trump administration and Senate GOP. “

On Sunday morning, Amy Klobuchar had also pushed off impeachment talk in favor of an investigation during an interview on ABC’s This Week. She said she was concerned that the process a “sham,” but said she wanted to see some documented evidence of what happened. Later, however, she celebrated Christine Blasey Ford — who testified under oath about the sexual assault she said she survived as a teen after being confronted by Kavanaugh and his friend at a party.

[anatta]

Also on Sunday, President Trump and many of his allies on the right seemed happy to rehash the Kavanaugh fight and the “witch hunt” and “smear” narratives deployed to frame it. Trump tweeted attacks on the media about Kavanaugh and suggested that “the Justice Department should come to his rescue.”

Justice Kavanaugh is probably here to stay. And the new allegations about him and the investigation into his conduct have reignited what is arguably the most contentious single political battle of the Trump era.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/...020-issue.html

[countryboy]

at least six Democratic presidential candidates have released statements calling for the impeachment or removal of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh after new details supporting and adding to the sexual misconduct allegations against him were revealed over the weekend.

In an excerpt published Saturday from their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly revealed corroborating accounts which supported Deborah Ramirez’s allegation that Kavanaugh once pulled down his pants and thrust his penis at her during a dorm party while they both attended Yale.
Pogrebin and Kelly also reported a new allegation that someone else had seen Kavanaugh do something similar to another woman at an entirely different party at the school, and that the witness had informed the FBI about it. The FBI never investigated his account, the authors explained, nor the accounts of dozens of people with corroborating evidence about what happened to Ramirez — whose allegation was dismissed by Senate investigators as lacking that very evidence.

By Sunday afternoon, the removal of Justice Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court, the insufficient FBI investigation, and the GOP’s de-facto coverup had become front-of-mind for many Democratic lawmakers and others on the left.

It had also become a 2020 issue when, one by one, Democratic presidential candidates began weighing in on the matter. “Confirmation is not exoneration, and these newest revelations are disturbing,” Elizabeth Warren wrote in a tweet. “Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.”

Kamala Harris tweeted the same, arguing that Kavanaugh “was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice.”

Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke both tweeted that Kavanaugh lied under oath and should be impeached, and Castro called for a Congressional review of how the Justice Department handled the investigation.

Pete Buttigieg also released a statement calling for answers about the investigation, and said that “Kavanaugh should resign and if he doesn’t, the House should impeach him.”

Bernie Sanders didn’t mention impeachment in his response, commenting that Kavanaugh shouldn’t have been nominated in the first place and “likely lied” during his testimony. Sanders endorsed “any appropriate constitutional mechanism to hold [Kavanaugh] accountable.”

Joe Biden did not join the impeachment parade, either, calling only for an investigation. In a statement released Sunday night, the former vice president said that the new book’s reporting raised “profoundly troubling questions about the integrity of [Kavanaugh’s] confirmation process,” and that “we need to get to the bottom” of how it may have been influenced by the Trump administration and Senate GOP. “

On Sunday morning, Amy Klobuchar had also pushed off impeachment talk in favor of an investigation during an interview on ABC’s This Week. She said she was concerned that the process a “sham,” but said she wanted to see some documented evidence of what happened. Later, however, she celebrated Christine Blasey Ford — who testified under oath about the sexual assault she said she survived as a teen after being confronted by Kavanaugh and his friend at a party.

The alleged victim recalls no such incident.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/51805...-ryan-saavedra

The New York Times was forced to correct a smear article on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after it was revealed that they excluded exculpatory evidence from their report.


"An earlier version of this article, which was adapted from a forthcoming book, did not include one element of the book's account regarding an assertion by a Yale classmate that friends of Brett Kavanaugh pushed his penis into the hand of a female student at a drunken dorm party," The Times wrote in a correction. "The book reports that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she does not recall the incident. That information has been added to the article."


The Federalist's Molly Hemingway noted the correction and an apparent change in the text of the Times' report, which stated: "the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say she does not recall the episode."

[PoliTalker]

Hello anatta,

at least six Democratic presidential candidates have released statements calling for the impeachment or removal of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh after new details supporting and adding to the sexual misconduct allegations against him were revealed over the weekend.

In an excerpt published Saturday from their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly revealed corroborating accounts which supported Deborah Ramirez’s allegation that Kavanaugh once pulled down his pants and thrust his penis at her during a dorm party while they both attended Yale.
Pogrebin and Kelly also reported a new allegation that someone else had seen Kavanaugh do something similar to another woman at an entirely different party at the school, and that the witness had informed the FBI about it. The FBI never investigated his account, the authors explained, nor the accounts of dozens of people with corroborating evidence about what happened to Ramirez — whose allegation was dismissed by Senate investigators as lacking that very evidence.

By Sunday afternoon, the removal of Justice Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court, the insufficient FBI investigation, and the GOP’s de-facto coverup had become front-of-mind for many Democratic lawmakers and others on the left.

It had also become a 2020 issue when, one by one, Democratic presidential candidates began weighing in on the matter. “Confirmation is not exoneration, and these newest revelations are disturbing,” Elizabeth Warren wrote in a tweet. “Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.”

Kamala Harris tweeted the same, arguing that Kavanaugh “was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice.”

Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke both tweeted that Kavanaugh lied under oath and should be impeached, and Castro called for a Congressional review of how the Justice Department handled the investigation.

Pete Buttigieg also released a statement calling for answers about the investigation, and said that “Kavanaugh should resign and if he doesn’t, the House should impeach him.”

Bernie Sanders didn’t mention impeachment in his response, commenting that Kavanaugh shouldn’t have been nominated in the first place and “likely lied” during his testimony. Sanders endorsed “any appropriate constitutional mechanism to hold [Kavanaugh] accountable.”

Joe Biden did not join the impeachment parade, either, calling only for an investigation. In a statement released Sunday night, the former vice president said that the new book’s reporting raised “profoundly troubling questions about the integrity of [Kavanaugh’s] confirmation process,” and that “we need to get to the bottom” of how it may have been influenced by the Trump administration and Senate GOP. “

On Sunday morning, Amy Klobuchar had also pushed off impeachment talk in favor of an investigation during an interview on ABC’s This Week. She said she was concerned that the process a “sham,” but said she wanted to see some documented evidence of what happened. Later, however, she celebrated Christine Blasey Ford — who testified under oath about the sexual assault she said she survived as a teen after being confronted by Kavanaugh and his friend at a party.

President Trump and Republicans have hurt the integrity of the SCOTUS with the confirmation of Kav.

The best thing would be for him to go.

The backfire here is that this is an issue which is likely to cause Republicans to vote for Trump even if they don't like him.

[countryboy]

Hello anatta,



President Trump and Republicans have hurt the integrity of the SCOTUS with the confirmation of Kav.

The best thing would be for him to go.

The backfire here is that this is an issue which is likely to cause Republicans to vote for Trump even if they don't like him.

What part of, "the alleged victim doesn't recall any such incident" do you not understand? Leftist lunatics have failed to come up with a single witness to Kavanaugh's alleged sexual escapades. You want to impeach him on nothing? But of course, you are too cowardly to read or respond to this.

[TOP]

What part of, "the alleged victim doesn't recall any such incident" do you not understand? Leftist lunatics have failed to come up with a single witness to Kavanaugh's alleged sexual escapades. You want to impeach him on nothing? But of course, you are too cowardly to read or respond to this.

Let's see if anyone can answer your questions...

[Gonzomin]

The left is just reading about this like anyone else. It may become an issue or may fade away. Kavanaugh is a terrible selection, but we are stuck with him. However, if he was all abusive and rapey in school, it should be known.

[Minister of Truth]

Good. I hope the left doesn't pussy-out on this matter.

[anonymoose]

I guess "impeach" is the standard reaction when dims don't get their way. Used to be we waited for the next election to reverse things. It certainly worked for repubs in reversing Obamaism.
Hmmm. Is that because they can't rely on election outcomes in their favor?

[Gonzomin]

I guess "impeach" is the standard reaction when dims don't get their way. Used to be we waited for the next election to reverse things. It certainly worked for repubs in reversing Obamaism.
Hmmm. Is that because they can't rely on election outcomes in their favor?

Most people voted for Hillary. It is the Repugs who do not respect the vote of the people. McConnel blocked the Supremes seat for a year ignoring the constitution and how America has governed from the beginning. The Dems followed the law and precedence.

[evince]

The left is just reading about this like anyone else. It may become an issue or may fade away. Kavanaugh is a terrible selection, but we are stuck with him. However, if he was all abusive and rapey in school, it should be known.

nope

we are not stuck with him


once we keep the republican party from cheating in elections they wont win elections anymore

then we will have a congress that will Impeach him for his fucking lies

[evince]

I guess "impeach" is the standard reaction when dims don't get their way. Used to be we waited for the next election to reverse things. It certainly worked for repubs in reversing Obamaism.
Hmmm. Is that because they can't rely on election outcomes in their favor?

he lied on the stand to congress



he claimed the witnesses to the event said it never happened

IN FACT


they said he did it


he has lied under oath before in a conformation hearing


he is TOAST once the Russian bought republican party cant cheat in elections anymore

[Truth Detector]

Hello anatta,



President Trump and Republicans have hurt the integrity of the SCOTUS with the confirmation of Kav.

The best thing would be for him to go.

The backfire here is that this is an issue which is likely to cause Republicans to vote for Trump even if they don't like him.

We don't remove Supreme Court Justices or Presidents based on spurious, lie filled hearsay and innuendo. We don't live in a lawless third world shit hole the Party of the Jackass is desirous to turn us into.

[Truth Detector]

Kavanaugh is a terrible selection,

How so?

[Truth Detector]

Most people voted for Hillary. It is the Repugs who do not respect the vote of the people.

^^Still ignorant of the electoral college and why it is in place.

McConnel blocked the Supremes seat for a year ignoring the constitution and how America has governed from the beginning. The Dems followed the law and precedence.

McConnell didn't do anything the Democrats wouldn't do you insufferable dumbass.

In 2007, approximately 18 months before President George W. Bush left office, Sen. Chuck Schumer said the Senate "should not confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court except in extraordinary circumstances."