Senate Democrats Investigate a New Sexual-Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh

[ProudProgressiveNow]

Source: The New Yorker

Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from the Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years, by His Yale Classmate Deborah Ramirez

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez

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[cstanleytech]

1. I certainly would not be surprised if he did it.

I would however caution some restraint in automatically accepting each story that appears until there is more background on the person who's claiming it.
Why? Because I honestly think the Repugnants would try to fake such a story in order to try and use it to defuse these women's claims by exposing the claim as fake in order to try to get the public to think "Since she was lying could the other women be lying to?".
After all look at how some of them like Trump will hire crowds to attend events and cheer and clap for them.

[generalbetrayus]

23. Debra Ramirez is a registered Democrat according to today's New Yorker story

and she is being represented currently by Stan Garnett, a former Democratic, Boulder County (of course) district attorney, now working for a high-powered, private Denver legal firm. This woman is for real.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez

[cstanleytech]

27. I never said she wasnt I am simply saying we should be aware that the Repugnants or their allies

such as the Russians could try such a stunt.

[watoos]

2. Which FBI?

Ghouliani's pals or the good guys?

[cstanleytech]

5. But can they? They investigate only federal crimes right not state ones usually unless this involved

crossing state lines I thought?
If it did not then about the only hope is probably the state and thats only if it has not passed the statute of limitations.
Fords claims is an exception however for the state since there is no statute of limitations in the state where it occurred from what I read for sexually assaulting a minor.

[elleng]

6. FBI investigates federal employees,

and future ones. THIS is part of FBI's job.

[cstanleytech]

7. Ohhh so even though it happened before he was a federal employee

they can still investigate? I did not know that to be honest.

[elleng]

14. They investigate PROPOSED S.CT. members, and

they investigate people's entire lives, ESPECIALLY before they become federal employees.

[Mr.Bill]

10. Hell, I had a federal background investigation

done on me to be a volunteer at the local hospital.

[cstanleytech]

15. For a volunteer position? Did it involve having any access to the area where they kept the narcotics

or something like that?

[Mr.Bill]

16. It involves access to areas with door codes

where the general public is not allowed. It also involves verbal if not physical contact with patients. Volunteers are vetted the same as any other hospital employee and attend the same orientation class as employees. I would imagine it's a CYA/liability situation. I don't know what agencies were involved, but I was told they spend $1,400 on the investigation.

[cstanleytech]

19. *whistles* It is always interesting to learn something new.

[Sgent]

21. Its complicated

He de facto has TS/SCI clearance for practical purposes, and will as a SCOTUS member as well. The FBI conducts all background checks.

There is a separation of powers issue though because of the various branches involved, so its not a formal TS clearance.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. But WAIT! Bonus Time! There's a calendar for that one too!

[mcar]

4. Boom!

Ronan Farrow on the case!

[Snellius]

9. And Jane Mayer. She's thorough.

[mcar]

13. She is a highly regarded journalist

[Snellius]

17. Mayer's books on Cheney and Dark Money are models of investigative journalism.

[Julian Englis]

8. Link to more complete New Yorker coverage

Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years

[TomCADem]

11. Brett Kavanaugh and His Enablers Remind Me of the Stanford Rapist, Brock Turner

I think it is uncanny how people make the same sort of excuses for Brett Kavanaugh that Brock Turner's father and the Superior Court judge who sentenced Brock Turner made for the Stanford rapist:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/father-stanford-university-student-brock-turner-sexual-assault-statement

‘20 minutes of action’: father defends Stanford student son convicted of sexual assault

The father of a former Stanford University athlete convicted on multiple charges of sexual assault has said his son should not have to go to prison for “20 minutes of action”.

Brock Turner, a former swimmer at Stanford University, was on Thursday sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and probation for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

The 20-year-old from Dayton, Ohio – who was convicted of three felonies, including assault with intent to rape – faced a maximum of 14 years in prison.

But Turner was expected to spend only three months of a six-month sentence in county jail after the judge, Aaron Persky, said positive character references and lack of a criminal record had persuaded him to be more lenient. Prison would have a “severe impact on him”, the judge said.

[icymist]

12. Bet he still drinks a lot. I wonder if there's some Drunk and Disorderly out there.

From the article:

James Roche was roommates with Kavanaugh at the time of the alleged incident and is now the C.E.O. of a software company in San Francisco. “Debbie and I became close friends shortly after we both arrived at Yale,” he said. “She stood out as being exceptionally honest and gentle. I cannot imagine her making this up.” He said that he never witnessed Kavanaugh engage in any sexual misconduct, but did recall him being “frequently, incoherently drunk.” He described Ramirez as a vulnerable outsider. “Is it believable that she was alone with a wolfy group of guys who thought it was funny to sexually torment a girl like Debbie? Yeah, definitely. Is it believable that Kavanaugh was one of them? Yes.”

[Snellius]

18. What's this about putting his penis in her face?

http://www.tmz.com/2018/09/23/judge-brett-kavanaugh-new-accuser-new-yorker-yale-woman-penis-face-supreme-court/

[BigmanPigman]

20. What does TMZ mean by the part about "celebs"? Who cares TMZ?

"It's unclear if Ramirez's story (or testimony) will come into play at Thursday's hearing ... which some celebs have already written off before hearing what Blasey Ford has to say. Kavanaugh is still waiting to be confirmed to the Supreme Court as President Trump's latest nominee."

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. I think they mean people like Ann Coulter.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Oh, I thought she was trash.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

25. I remember a quote I read about her from Scott Kaufman

It goes like this:

"A deep-seated but perpetually unmet need to be taken seriously that manifests itself as juvenile outbursts of contrarian soundbites."

She disgusts me.

[BigmanPigman]

26. If she is ever a guest on Bill Maher I can't watch.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

28. (Sorry for this, but I gotta ask)

Is she blowing him ?

[.99center]

29. Update...

2 Kavanaugh classmates withdrew from a statement his lawyers issued disputing Ramirez’s claims. It is now signed by the 2 men whom Ramirez alleged had egged on Kavanaugh, the wife of the man she said told her to "kiss it,” and one other classmate:

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This story was updated with comments from two former classmates of Kavanaugh, Louisa Garry and Dino Ewing, who initially signed a statement of support for Kavanaugh provided by his attorneys. They approached The New Yorker after this story was published and asked that their names be removed from the statement, saying that they did not wish to dispute Ramirez’s claims.