**Read this!! Read This!! Don't skip it!!**

[SummerSnow]

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[jberryhill]

1. When did we know about this?

[SummerSnow]

2. Isn't this something. Smh

I hope Rachel talks about it tonight

[barbtries]

6. i found out on twitter yesterday.

nt

[jberryhill]

7. lol

Thank you for reminding me to be clear.

I wonder when this was first known to Sen. Leahy.

[barbtries]

13. i read the docs on twitter yesterday

and i think it may have been known at the time. but i can't remember!
i definitely don't recall it ever having been in the news at the time but that doesn't mean it wasn't. however i was already on DU so I think i was pretty well informed in the gwbush years.

[green917]

16. Sen. Leahey questioned him

Extensively at his confirmation hearings for his current seat on the bench in 2006.

[FakeNoose]

9. Leahy announced it yesterday (Wednesday)

... and it was posted yesterday on DU.

The stolen emails were part of the 100,000 documents/datafiles that were turned over to the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Labor Day. That's less than 24 hours before the start of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.

[Wellstone ruled]

18. Word of the Hack leaked out

a few days after that Nomination was confirmed . Was it not Biden who cast the deciding vote?

[FM123]

3. Everyone needs to read this!

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Sure sounds like Watergate 2 to me, when republicans are breaking into computer ...

files and hacking them for contents etc. I hope that this provides the incentive for democrats to take charge and no longer trust their repug compatriots in anything (the Russians probably taught them how to do the hacking).

[cry baby]

5. I don't know why I'm shocked, but I am...

and I'm so mad about the concealment of this by the majority makes me want to put my fist through the wall!

[dlk]

8. Were the Perpetrators Ever Prosecuted?

Or did they get away with it?

[lagomorph777]

24. They got away with it, unless Kavanaugh ends up suffering cold revenge.

It tastes best when it's cold.

[BSdetect]

10. k&r

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Republican rot has permeated the entire orchard - forget the barrel.

[awesomerwb1]

12. That's unnacceptable

So what was done about it Senator?

[G_j]

14. K&R!

[superpatriotman]

15. K&R

Thanks for this important post

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Perjury implications?

Shaky foundation for a judge

[gademocrat7]

19. K&R

He is a pathological liar. He must not be confirmed.

[H2O Man]

20. Recommended.

Intense.

[klook]

21. Kavanaugh's email shows he was a co-conspirator!

This should put the wooden stake in the heart of this bloodsucker's nomination. Incredibly important development.


Of course, the Anita Hill revelations should have nuked Clarence Thomas's confirmation as well. Then again, 11 Democrats voted for him. We can only hope there are a few Republican senators with a shred of integrity this time around, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Hekate]

22. Kick

[FiveGoodMen]

23. So, here I am at work

...where twitter is blocked.

I see a post entitled "**Read this!! Read This!! Don't skip it!!**"

and all I can see is:

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[lagomorph777]

25. Pat Leahy tweets:

THREAD: Between 2001 and 2003, Republican Senate staffers hacked into and stole 4,670 files on controversial Bush judicial nominees from 6 Democrats, including me. This scandal amounted to a digital Watergate, not unlike Russia’s hacking of the DNC.
The ringleader worked closely with #Kavanaugh in pushing these controversial nominees. Kavanaugh testified he had no reason to suspect anything “untoward.” Today I began confronting him with the many reasons why he would have known there was something deeply wrong here.
Days before the hearing for a hyper-controversial nominee, the ringleader of the hack sent Mr. #Kavanaugh specific details on what I was planning to ask about at her hearing. Said he learned it from “Intel.” pic.twitter.com/huSdQJfZps
Before any mention of it was public, the ringleader also sent #Kavanaugh a DRAFT letter of mine and other Dems. He worked extensively on nominations in the WH at the time, and would’ve known he had a private letter that hadn’t yet been reported in the press. pic.twitter.com/qVeDyeO5Dm
The ringleader also wanted to meet privately, OFF-SITE with #Kavanaugh to provide him and another official with docs with intel on Sens. Feinstein and Biden. Why not email or fax?? There’s more to this email that I hope will be public, and soon. pic.twitter.com/VtMFI6bct5
These are the only documents that Chairman Grassley allowed to make public to date. There are more that are being hidden and that shed light on #Kavanaugh’s role in this scandal. They must be made public so you, and the Senate, can judge for ourselves. #WhatAreTheyHiding

[FiveGoodMen]

28. Thank you. Very much appreciated.

[Sentath]

26. What about Threadreader?

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1037415316375134210.html

[FiveGoodMen]

29. Hey, that works! Thanks

[dalton99a]

27. Kick

[bluestarone]

30. KICK KICK

KICK

[Honeycombe8]

31. Kavanaugh's corrupt, like Trump is. No wonder Trump selected him. Did he pledge loyalty to Trump?

I think he probably did. This whole thing stinks to high heaven.

I just can't believe this is going on in America. It's the whole damn Republican Party!

[apkhgp]

32. This smells really bad

I want Senator Leahy to follow this through. This is as underhanded as 45 is.

[uponit7771]

33. +1, He's presented himself as a person who doesn't hate puppies except on these few issues he's ...

... stumbling all over himself looking guilty as hell about something.

He could've just said to Harris's question about talking about the Mueller investigation "not anyone I recall" or "not indepth" or something of the sort, basic lawyer wording.

Also, why in the hell doesn't he just say he's going to hold off until everyone has examined his records !?

He knows there was a document dump, if there's no .. there there .. then let everyone examine and govern accordingly !?

He's shooting himself in the foot following Trussia's nomination plan

[Scurrilous]

34. K&R

[Spartacus101]

35. "But my emails...."-Hillary

[bullimiami]

36. So evidence is he has lied to congress multiple times.

If he gets on the court and you don't have the votes to impeach him.
Charge him with the crimes you have evidence of, lying and perjury, and when he loses in court. Jail him.

He won't be trying any cases from prison.