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Authorities in Maryland on Friday said they were prepared to conduct a state-level criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh provided that a victim comes forward.
The disclosure by Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger and Montgomery County States Attorney John McCarthy came Friday, the same day that President Trump ordered the FBI to conduct a limited "supplemental" investigation.
But Manger and McCarthy noted that prosecution was unlikely in Maryland because authorities would have to apply the law that existed at the time of the offense, not the law that exists now, Baltimore's FOX 45 News reported.
For example, in 1982, assault and attempted rape were both misdemeanors and subject to a one-year statute of limitations, they wrote.
But they added: The Montgomery County Police Department and the Montgomery County States Attorneys Office stand ready to investigate any sexual assault allegation from any victim where the incident occurred in our jurisdiction.
They said a victim would have to file a complaint to trigger an inquiry, the Baltimore Sun reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maryland-authorities-say-theyll-investigate-kavanaugh--if-a-victim-files-a-complaint/ar-BBNH2r9?li=BBnb7Kz
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Also good to know how this was viewed at that point in time.
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(989 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)They can get a subpoena but that could take a while and they could take the 5th. Also, the FBI report will NOT be released to the public, we won't get to see it. The senators on the committee will see it then vote. I wonder if any of it will be leaked.