"We have no power to commandeer an Executive Branch agency into conducting our due diligence."
Grassley has his detractors here on FR, but I always enjoy reading a letter where a Republican senator with no legal background schools a leftist lawyer on Constitutional law.
You are one of the most succinctly brilliant FReepers here and I enjoy your posts.
When did DiFi get the letter? How was it delivered? Was it truly anonymous, or was the name on it, but the sender asked it not to be revealed?
When did DiFi meet with Kavanaugh in her office, in private?
When was the polygraph done, by whom, where, and what were the questions?
When was the letter sent to the FBI? Did that transfer include, or not include, the name?
When was the letter leaked to WaPo versus when WaPo reported it?
When did DiFi or her staff talk with WaPo?
When did the leak happen - before or after the FBI received it?
With Ms. Ford's reportedly close relationship with the CIA as campus/faculty sponsor for CIA interns, did she talk with the CIA about this? If so, when?
Since her family has long-term relationships with the CIA through her father and possibly herself, was there any formal or informal contact with the CIA, if so, when?
What date did the revelation happen in 2012 regarding her therapy session?
When did Mitt Romney announce that, if elected, he would nominate Kavanaugh for the SCOTUS?
Was there any timeline alignment regarding Romney's initiative to nominate Kavanaugh and Ms. Ford's revelation to her mental health counselor?
Was there any activity or timeline alignment regarding Ms. Ford's memory of an incident in the 1980's and the nomination and hearing process for Gorsuch?
When did DiFi contact Grassley?
When were the meetings with DiFi's staff that led her to make the conscious effort to hold off revealing the letter three times (private meeting, public hearings, private hearings)?
At any time between receiving the letter (either anonymously or with the name but privately) and the time she sent the letter to the FBI, did DiFi have a bad head cold that negatively affected her mentation? (It's happened before folks!)
“Politically, I believe he may be playing this perfectly.”
Same here. This Ford Farce is about OVER.
Grassley’s letter is perfect.
” a Republican senator with no legal background schools a leftist lawyer on Constitutional law.”
And Grassley is doing a damn fine job of it.
We are blessed to have him.