Panicked Spox For Group Backing Kavanaugh Struggles To Maintain Support

[DonViejo]

By Matt Shuham

September 26, 2018 1:10 pm

The chief counsel of the Judicial Crisis Network, which has run an aggressive and well-funded campaign in support of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, struggled on Wednesday to continue to support that confirmation in an interview just minutes after new allegations against Kavanaugh were revealed.


Earlier Wednesday, Julie Swetnick wrote in a sworn declaration released publicly that she’d witnessed Kavanaugh fondle and grab girls without their consent in high school, “target” women at parties “so they could be taken advantage of” and participate in efforts with his friend Mark Judge “to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang raped,'” among other allegations. Swetnick alleged that she was herself a victim of gang rape at a party, and that Judge and Kavanaugh were present. Swetnick said she knew of several witnesses to this behavior.

The Judicial Crisis Network’s chief counsel and policy director, Carrie Severino, told MSNBC’s Craig Melvin shortly after the allegations were made public: “We have to remember, corroboration doesn’t mean ‘I told someone a year ago or two years ago,’ it means actual contemporaneous evidence.”

“Certainly she says she has other witnesses, let’s hear from them and I know that’s what the Judiciary Committee is looking for,” she added.

Severino argued that Thursday’s hearing at which Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh are set to testify regarding Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh should continue as planned, “for the sake of bringing closure to that question.”

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[Fred Sanders]

1. And now a Mormon woman's group in Montana is demanding the nomination be postponed for

all anyone is really asking for now...a full investigation.

And when did Judiciary want to hear from all the women? Is that something new or something's she made up as she reads the writing on the wall of lies?

P.s. Corroboration does not always mean contemporaneous corroboration...for instance medical evidence...or diary notes...or going to a therapist later...as she probably know and hopes the TV host does not.

Both should know this is not a criminal trial, yet, it is a trial of character, isn't that obvious?

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Craig Melvin, I thank you.

[gratuitous]

3. "Certainly she says she has other witnesses . . ."

Gee Carrie, you may be right. Perhaps we should hear from those other witnesses. I suppose you wouldn't trust me to select an interviewer, and I don't think I'd trust you, either. Why don't we have someone from a federal bureau investigate these allegations? It's possible there's a ready-made outfit already in existence to do just that. The Supreme Court seat will still be vacant when the investigation is over, and since it's a lifetime appointment, don't you agree that it's more important to get it right than get it fast?

[Separation]

4. I just saw one of their ads right before Dotard came on CNN

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