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Chiquitita

(752 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 12:03 PM Oct 2018

Bottom line: No to a Supreme Court nominee that commits perjury

Kavanaugh is unacceptable because he lies under oath. This is indisputable. It is irrational and absurd that he hasn't withdrawn or been withdrawn.

Ex-Senate Aide: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied Every Time He Has Testified Under Oath

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/1/ex_senate_aide_judge_brett_kavanaugh

"The FBI is investigating Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified last week that he attempted to rape her in 1982. But Democrats say the FBI’s probe is too limited, and critics claim that Kavanaugh has repeatedly committed perjury by lying during his testimony about his drinking habits, the content of his yearbook and a spate of other topics. We speak with Lisa Graves, co-director of Documented, which investigates corporate influence on democracy. She is the former chief counsel for nominations for the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice. Her recent article for Slate is titled “I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About.”

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