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Grassley suggests last-minute Kavanaugh hearing could be canceled if accuser doesn’t accept invite
Fox News ^ | September 18 2018 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 09/18/2018 8:23:07 AM PDT by rdl6989

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday raised the possibility that next week’s high-stakes open hearing to examine the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be canceled if the accuser doesn’t accept the committee’s invitation.

Grassley, R-Iowa, scheduled a hearing for Monday for Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford to answer questions from senators about the allegation. But Grassley said during a Tuesday radio interview that his office has reached out several times to Ford and her attorneys to discuss her allegation, but has heard nothing back.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 115th; brettkavanaugh; christineford; chuckgrassley; ford; grassley; kavanaugh; kavanaughaccuser; kavanaughhearings; roevswade; scotus; senate; supremecourt; trump
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To: A_Former_Democrat

We don’t have to say she’s a liar if she doesn’t show up.

Already, the entire incident is nothing more than the current recollection of one person about something that happened 35 years ago. That recollection has no verifiable facts, except TWO — that Brett Kavenaugh was at a party with this woman and 3 other guys, and that Ford was in the room and stopped Brett from continuing.

Of the verifiable facts, BK has said he was never at such a party, and Ford has said the incident never happened.

So there is nothing substantiating anything she said. Her 2012 comments to a therapist don’t help, as the therapist said 4 people attacked her, and didn’t give the names. So one detail is different, and no other detail is given.

Her husband claims she said Kavanaugh, but there is no record of it. And worse, he never told anybody about it either. Which you have to admire these two people, even after going through couples therapy, NEITHER of them told a SINGLE other person that the knew this BK person and that BK had done a bad thing.


161 posted on 09/18/2018 10:46:49 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Well, there’s the women who don’t know BK but heard “stories” about “guys” who “did stuff like this”.


162 posted on 09/18/2018 10:47:32 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Political Junkie Too
No one deplores this whole mess more than me, but you cannot base an argument on a transparently false premise. It didn't sit with me and it won't with anyone on the other side, either.

There are plenty of good arguments. You don't need to rely upon a bad one.

163 posted on 09/18/2018 10:49:58 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: cnsmom

I’m wondering as well!


164 posted on 09/18/2018 10:50:34 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Political Junkie Too

Franken didn’t even grope the woman. He just posed for a stupid picture.

I was afraid the Demons would kick him out, replace him with another Demon and use that as the High Ground to go after the President and other Republicans.


165 posted on 09/18/2018 10:55:10 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: HollyB

The fact that there has been crickets from her family and friends speaks volumes about her character.


166 posted on 09/18/2018 11:01:24 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: funfan

Ridiculous. No one from her past has come forward. The best they can come up with is a letter from her high school signed by alumni from 1967-2018, saying they believe her. That does not say anything. 1967-2018. That is filled with names of people who don’t even know her.

So, once again. Where are the people who knew her during this time period.


167 posted on 09/18/2018 11:03:17 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Grassley actually played this correctly

If Ford doesn't show when the Republicans gave her an opportunity to tell her story under oath, the Democrats will look ridiculous. She wants an investigation, but refuses to testify?

Right now, it looks like Grassley called their bluff, and they're folding. And rather than leaving the GOP vulnerable to the claim "why wouldn't you at least listen to her", he'll leave the Democrats looking like they're trying to suppress the truth.

Well, I hope you are correct and this is not just the first of many repeated delays, which would indicated Grassley was basically snookered while thinking he was doing the smart thing.

168 posted on 09/18/2018 11:10:05 AM PDT by pt17
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To: BobL

Another woman will pop up with a similar allegation but no corroboration at someone point, count on it.


169 posted on 09/18/2018 11:12:35 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: TigerClaws

I wonder if there’s a way to access what she scrubbed....


170 posted on 09/18/2018 11:16:45 AM PDT by DrewsMum (The public cannot be too curious concerning the choharacters of public menÂ…(or WOMEN) Samuel Adam)
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To: gibsonguy

If that happens we should excommunicate arizona from the union until they get their crap together.
2 Republican senators screwing us over and over....


171 posted on 09/18/2018 11:19:28 AM PDT by DrewsMum (The public cannot be too curious concerning the choharacters of public menÂ…(or WOMEN) Samuel Adam)
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To: VRWCarea51

That would be more than one a week as a Senior? Even the world’s greatest slut couldn’t manage that. I don’t believe it.


172 posted on 09/18/2018 11:19:59 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Bingo!!


173 posted on 09/18/2018 11:22:57 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

“...doing well in college...?” Do we know this to be true? Does she have the degrees she claiming.


174 posted on 09/18/2018 11:26:33 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: I want the USA back

The Rats jerk around their GOP co-horts at every possible opportunity. And the GOPs just sit there and take the manipulation. “Thank you, Sir. May I have another?” They’re despicable pussies. Do we have ANY fighters besides Trump?


175 posted on 09/18/2018 11:32:01 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.at)
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To: DrewsMum

Facebook admitted they keep everything, including “private” messages on their website.

Of course, they’d be in the tank for the Dems so doubt they’d cooperate.

It exists though. NSA has it as well. Again, won’t help Trump. But maybe some of her students that hated her (there were many) saved it as proof of bias.


176 posted on 09/18/2018 11:37:58 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I have heard RUMORS that the DemocRATS have offered to DROP the smear campaign against Justice Kavanaugh IF President Trump HALTS the declassification of the FISA documents. I say NO DEAL! The accuser is nothing but a tawdry, lying slut.


177 posted on 09/18/2018 11:59:39 AM PDT by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Agreed


178 posted on 09/18/2018 12:49:46 PM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: rdl6989
Has everyone seen this on Twitter? I have no idea if it is true, but Gorsuch and Kavanaugh both went to Georgetown Prep and the same time. @therealcornett Following Following @therealcornett More 🚨BREAKING: According to sources Diane Feinstein's reluctance to mention the Kavanaugh accuser's letter during confirmation session is because the accuser sent a similar letter directed at Judge Gorsuch last year. The whereabouts of the earlier letter remain a mystery.developing
179 posted on 09/18/2018 12:58:59 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: AndyJackson
...you cannot base an argument on a transparently false premise.

I do not wish to beat a dead horse, so I hope this to be my last post on the matter.

I do not think I posed a "transparently false premise," so perhaps we disagree on what the premise actually is?

The premise I put forth from the article is that if allegations of sexual assault make one unfit for the Supreme Court, isn't that person unfit for the Circuit Court, too? In other words, why should we accept someone of lesser character in the Circuit Court?

The premise I believe you put forth is that the standard for confirming someone to an office (or specifically, the standard for elevating someone to a higher office) is different than the standard for removing someone from an office. In other words, it's easier to get in than get out.

Based on my premise, I suggested forcing their hands by making them live up to it. Are these Senators really willing to declare that Kavanaugh should be removed from the Circuit Court if they successfully block him from the Supreme Court? Would they go that far to destroy this man, or would there be a limit to how much credibility they're willing to give these accusations?

Your point that it takes impeachment to remove a federal judge makes no difference. Talk is cheap. In fact, an extreme pressure campaign can drive someone to choose to resign. After all, that's what the left is doing when they chase administration officials out of restaurants.

I never expected it to ever get to the point of starting impeachment proceedings against Kavanaugh, but I did want to put the logic out there that why would Democrats stop at blocking Kavanaugh from SCOTUS if he's such a danger to law and order? The fact that they would NOT be willing to go that far suggests that they really don't believe the charges, but are using it to block Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court, in other words, a crass political move.

-PJ

180 posted on 09/18/2018 1:12:27 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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