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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe New Yorker: Kavanaugh, "The people who knew me then know that this did not happen ..."
Who the hell even talks like that? It makes no sense except for being "lawyer talk" as in
trying to raise doubts about the facts of a case.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez
The woman at the center of the story, Deborah Ramirez, who is fifty-three, attended Yale with Kavanaugh, where she studied sociology and psychology. Later, she spent years working for an organization that supports victims of domestic violence. The New Yorker contacted Ramirez after learning of her possible involvement in an incident involving Kavanaugh. The allegation was conveyed to Democratic senators by a civil-rights lawyer. For Ramirez, the sudden attention has been unwelcome, and prompted difficult choices. She was at first hesitant to speak publicly, partly because her memories contained gaps because she had been drinking at the time of the alleged incident. In her initial conversations with The New Yorker, she was reluctant to characterize Kavanaughs 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, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away. Ramirez is now calling for the F.B.I. to investigate Kavanaughs role in the incident. I would think an F.B.I. investigation would be warranted, she said.
In a statement, Kavanaugh wrote, This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my good nameand the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a lifetime buildingagainst these last-minute allegations.
The White House spokesperson Kerri Kupec said the Administration stood by Kavanaugh. This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man. This claim is denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White House stands firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Let's let the FBI ask him.
Are you ok with that,Judge Kavenaugh?
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)How many of those people would back this pervert if they were under threat of perjury for lying?
dchill
(38,453 posts)That would be more accurate. It turns out.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)Can we get away with this?
rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)FSogol
(45,456 posts)appalachiablue
(41,105 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)Botany
(70,449 posts).... multiple times over a number of years.
Iggo
(47,537 posts):middlefinger: :middlefinger: