I think some of these last few are fakes

[Dream Girl]

GOP rat fuckery

[flibbitygiblets]

1. If they were fakes, they'd suddenly be interested in hearing from them.

One would think?

[Dream Girl]

3. You mean like Cory Gardner?(R) Colorado?

[flibbitygiblets]

14. No I meant the Judiciary Cte would want to publicly discredit the letter writer in front of everyone

But I do see your point.

[RockRaven]

9. No, they just want to use the fact of some fakery existing to discredit the real victims.

"Accusation #4 is bogus, so it occurs to me that 1, 2, and 3 might be bogus too. Guess I ought to vote yes then."

[meadowlark5]

2. Was the yacht one anonymous?

I thought the constituent's name was redacted out. Is it because the woman who was raped on the yacht isn't coming forward and it's only a friend?

[Dream Girl]

6. Who is the friend. This is a fake.

Believe me!

[meadowlark5]

11. Isn't there a name redacted out?

If there is a name of a constituent, then IF the FBI investigated, more information could be found out.

[john657]

13. Supposedly the alleged accuser has recanted.

Link to tweet

[meadowlark5]

15. Not a smart thing to do with a republican party that gets all outraged over things

not nice to them. NOW, the FBI will go question someone.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[flibbitygiblets]

12. Like they cleared up Kavanaugh's past? Heckuvajob Fibbies.

[oberliner]

18. Seems like they did a pretty crappy job in their initial background check

[uponit7771]

5. I wouldn't put it past the Kremlin KKKlan, they're bastards

[Kaleva]

7. Which ones specifically do you think are fake? There's only 4 or 5.

[Amishman]

16. 3, 4, and 5 all have different concerns

3 - debt problems, the restraining order against her, and past lawsuit all complicate things

4 - appears to be just an anonymous letter

5 - I need more info on this one but something about being reported by a friend, and that person has a history of extreme statements???

But as I said earlier, even one reasonably believable claim is enough to make Kavanaugh unworthy of the supreme Court.

[john657]

19. Hell, just his lying to the congress under oath is reason enough

to keep him off the SC and he should be removed from the DC court.

[manor321]

10. Yes!

Info is coming out on Twitter.

Link to tweet

Senate investigators in the transcript claim they've somehow connected the anonymous Rhode Island allegation to a (pretty crazy) egg account with 17 followers (which claimed 22m ago to have recanted). In doing so, they've effectively revealed the man's name. I won't post it here.

[Alhena]

17. Dumb GOP tactic if true- some people will just see that he now has accuser 4 and 5 after him

I'm torn on the issue of these fakes- they are kind of funny in a way, but due process is still due process. And throwing anonymous and likely false allegations at the guy at the 11th hour and then having blaring headlines about yet more accusers is not something that I would not want to go through. Golden Rule and all.