Posted on 09/25/2018 2:20:53 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Schumer: There Is No Presumption of Innocence for Kavanaugh
BY: Aryssa Damron September 25, 2018 4:40 pm
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said on Tuesday there is "no presumption of innocence" for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when it comes to sexual misconduct allegations because "this is not a criminal trial."
"There is no presumption of innocence or guilt when you have a nominee before you," Schumer told reporters during a press conference on Capitol Hill.
His remarks contrast those from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), who said on Tuesday that Kavanaugh deserved the presumption of innocence.
"I think everybody in America understands there's a presumption of innocence. That standard of fairness is applied to every American citizen in almost every situation. I think we ought to go into these hearings with a presumption of innocence, but hear the argument on the other side, the testimony on the other side so the members of the Senate can make a decision here on a very, very significant matter," McConnell said.
Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women, one who accused the nominee of sexually assaulting her in the early 1980s while they were both in high school and another who says he exposed himself at a party while they were both students at Yale. Kavanaugh and his first accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, who says he groped her at a party 36 years ago, are expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
"It's not a legal proceeding, it's a fact-finding proceeding," Schumer said.
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You mean the Soviet Union—NOT the Russian Federation today!!!!
And all the Dims may well be called “Comrade”!!!!
Lock Schmuckie up.
Now.
Direct violation of the constitution. That man is a traitor.
Yes, it would be fitting if caught on camera one day in a carriage horse barn, down in the pine pellets with his hands on a companion goat’s rump.
OK. There’s no presumption that Chucky didn’t attend Epstein’s pedophile parties on his private island.
There’s no presumption that Chucky didn’t engage in perverted behavior at said parties on said island.
We’ve upped our standards.
Up yours!
R’s should make this a nation campaign commercial.
Democrats have gone fascist.
Is this becoming a banana republic and Chucky is judge and jury to judge the judge?
Is this becoming a banana republic and Chucky is judge and jury to judge the judge?
But Ellison is presumed INNOCENT because he’s a Muslim Democrat
Harvard Law turns out dummies.
I am just about to send off some “anonymous” letter to my senator with a copy to some trash newspaper, and mention that Schumer assaulted me years ago, and I insist on anonymity.
Talking all this crap and nothing about Trump’s UN speech
So I can throw an accusation at schumer accusing him of molesting me when I was a teenager? I am so ready to accuse schumer and testify that at the age of 14 he tired to rape me... facts don’t matter, the hell with evidence or proof don’t either ..right? because in my mind HE IS GUILTY OF TRYING To RAPE A 14 yr old!!!
Schumer is an annoying hack, even to Democrats.
Buy more guns and ammo, now.
Ahh, the petty tyrant speaks. A tyrant without effective power and dwindling influence. No wonder the lad is so angry.
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