Posted on 09/24/2018 8:14:22 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford‘s legal team has sent a letter (which can be seen below via NBC’s Frank Thorp) to the Senate Judiciary Committee amid continuous negotiations ahead of Thursday’s scheduled hearing.
In the letter addressed to Sen. Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ford’s legal team cited Sen. Majority Leader’s Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) speech on the Senate floor on Monday afternoon as “flatly inconsistent” to Grassley’s promise of a “fair and credible process.”
“In our view, the hiring of an unnamed ‘experienced sex crimes prosecutor’ as Mr. Davis described in his email, is contrary to the Majority’s repeated emphasis on the need for the Senate and this Committee’s members to fulfill their constitutional obligations,” attorney Michael Bromwich wrote. “It is also inconsistent with your stated wish to avoid a ‘circus,’ as well as Dr. Blasey Ford’s repeated requests through counsel that senators conduct the questioning. This is not a criminal trial for which the involvement of an experienced sex crimes prosecutor would be appropriate.”
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I think they still have Lindberg’s baby in reserve.
I think that Katz is as much to blame as Ford for all these “special accommodations”.
She doesn’t want to go up against a professional prosecutor, who is used to tears and emotional theatrics.
She will avoid testifying if possible. She knows the penalties for lying to Congess.
Collins will vote for confirmation.
Lucy will pull the football away from Chuck Grassley once again. Will he never learn?
Odd. I was just at the Ghost Ranch (hang out of artist Georgia Okeefe in the 20s and 30s). It is in a beautiful section of New Mexico an hour north of Santa Fe. Stunning pastel rock formations.
Seems one family of the Johnsons (Johnson and Johnson co) fled there, built a modest house and hid out a few years. The kidnapping of the child had the elite of New Jersey and New york in some panic.
#21. How about putting out a call to all women who have been sexually or otherwise assault by Avenatti?
You might want to stand out of the way for the stampede.
Ok, no hearing. The vote will proceed.
I’m so glad a picture was found without her sunglasses.
Re post #44: Yes, there are fearsome penalties for lying to Congress. Ask James Clapper, now languishing as a commentator on CNN.
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