Leahy: Republican handling of Kavanaugh docs "a digital Watergate, not unlike Russia's hacking"

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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.

12:01 PM - 5 Sep 2018

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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.

12:01 PM - 5 Sep 2018

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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.”

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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.





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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.

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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

12:01 PM - 5 Sep 2018

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[Hortensis]

1. Kick. I guess we know why Kavanaugh didn't make the

Heritage Foundation's list for nominees. They don't mind that he's far more suited to Russia's authoritarian supreme court than that of a western democracy. But he's astonishingly dirty.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Twelve years late,but finnally

the Dems found their Spines. BTW,was it not Orin Hatch's Aides who were directly involved by stealing Ted Kennedy's e-mails?

[Fred Sanders]

3. "Who signed this?" wrote Kavanaugh as he clutched Lehay's obviously stolen draft letter!

And silent in all the years since the disclosure of the email theft...."but I had no idea?" Before any letter or strategy on questioning was public, remember, he knew. The smoking gun? What was The Ringleader's response?

Maybe he is telling the truth and was ignorant and could not connect the blazing dots...in which case he is just too stupid to be confirmed.

Why is there still a hearing for this criminal still proceeeding??

By the way, Democrats did not just "find their spines", they found out information that was being suppressed by a Republicans and should have been disclosed months ago...this is not normal.