Kavanaugh ally did online searches for Christine Bailey Ford before she was revealed as accuser: rep

[Quixote1818]

Source: Raw Story

A conservative lobbyist friend of Brett Kavanaugh’s searched for Dr. Christine Bailey Ford on LinkedIn before she was outed as the person who accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault.

The Washington Post reported that on Sunday, Ford forwarded an email to an associate showing that Ethics and Public Policy Center president Ed Whalen had been looking at her LinkedIn profile.

According to the report, Ford sent the email about 90 minutes after the Post shared her name with the White House — but before the newspaper posted a story revealing her name on Monday.

In a statement, the White House claimed that neither Kavanaugh nor anyone within the administration shared the accuser’s name with Whelan.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/kavanaugh-ally-online-searches-christine-bailey-ford-revealed-accuser-report/

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[cstanleytech]

2. Pretty clear then that it had to have been Brett himself that tipped them off which means

he knows he screwed up and its essentially an admission of guilt on his part because otherwise how would he recall someones name from 20+ years ago?

[PoliticAverse]

3. "before she was revealed as accuser" - the story indicated the search was made after...

she was revealed to be the accuser.

Ford sent the email about 90 minutes after the Post shared her name with the White House — but before the newspaper posted a story revealing her name on Monday.

The timing implies the Washington Post told her name to the Whitehouse and it was the whitehouse that passed the name to the Kavanaugh ally.

[FBaggins]

7. There are other possibilities

The Post wasn't the only media outlet that had discovered her identity. I think she said that she decided to come forward because press inquiries made clear that she wasn't really anonymous any longer.

So it isn't remarkable that he caught wind of it (perhaps on background)... but it does make his "Ethics and Public Policy Center" title even more ironic than it was already.

[mountain grammy]

4. FBI. Investigate NOW!

[Izzy Blue]

5. Someone has to connect Kavanaugh with Whalen

and that Kavanaugh knew about Whalen and the PR company that was going to basically accuse Gary Garret and dox him.

That has to be enough to disqualify Kavanaugh, yes?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. This is like an episode of Columbo.

You remember:

It was the one where the killer left the car radio tuned to a classical station. He forgot that the victim listened to country music.

Either that, or it was the one where the killer left a lighter on the credenza. He didn't know that the victim used matches to light his pipe.

At any rate, the killer thought he was clever, but he wasn't clever enough. There was one detail he had not taken into consideration.

And that's how Columbo caught him.

Seriously, more than anything else, this makes me think that someone on the outside has gained access to the Washington Post's servers. He knows what's in the articles before they are made public.

You wouldn't happen to have lost one of your Enigma machines, would you, Washington Post?

[dlk]

8. Kavanaugh is Dirty in a Dozen Different Ways

Kavanaugh needs to be impeached from the DC Circuit and disbarred. He’s the last person who belongs in the Supreme Court.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Hear, hear!

[calimary]

10. Totally. Why not just nominate kkkarl rove?

[ewagner]

11. Kick