Posted on 09/28/2018 5:32:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
This gives Trump a break anyway to work behind the scenes.
Now, why would they (Pubbies) get a guarantee in advance?
That would be part of a successful negotiation.
Yes her repressed memories will break free.
This coming from the legal team that was demanding that Kav testify against the allegations first. And then, only after that, Ford lays out her allegations.
Be nice if Trump cleared it with Flake, just to make sure it would satisfy Flake.
“An attorney for Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford, Debra S. Katz, said in a statement Friday that Ford “welcomes this step in the process.” But Katz took issue with the one-week limit, saying no “artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation.”
There is only one way for them to get the above and that is to charge Kavanaugh with a crime having federal jurisdiction. Which also means all the constitutional protections afforded to any accused/defendant must be granted to Kavanaugh.
Ford does not want to face an able criminal defense attorney. She does not want to open herself up to criminal charges. She should be especially cautious about making herself liable for a civil law suit. This holds true for the other so called victims.
The senate democrats do not want to stop spouting how this is “only a job interview.” They don’t want more people grasping how much they are willing to use raw power to make the USSC their biotch. They sure don’t want rules of law and due process to keep them in check.
So I think this is a bluff. Why would they want Kavanaugh to have even more of chance to expose them?
Let them bitch all they want to. Anything short of Kavanaugh withdrawing or somehow be unlucky enough to be confirmed the left is going to bitch and bellyache about something no matter what it is so just let them whine and bitch all they want to.
It’s scary how a guy Dubya or Romney would have nominated is now fighting for his life.
If Kavanaugh goes down, no man in America will be ever safe from the #MeToo Star Chambers.
They are all NO at this point...and probably will solid NO by this time next week. FBI investigation is all the cover they need, even if it doesn't add anything. They were never in the YES column.
I feel your frustration.
Don’t inch up on that ledge, just yet.
Come back in and let’s see how this (Kav nomination) turns out.
The ‘going along, to get along/must take the higher road’ BS does get old.
Hang in there.
His request was pretty cut and dried
“I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the FBI do an investigation, limited in time and scope,”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/flake-will-vote-to-confirm-kavanaugh-to-the-supreme-court-851291
Echoed with the Presidents order “supplemental investigation” to be “limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”
The Presidents order is better because it specifies ‘LESS than one week
” Here We Go: Kavanaugh Accuser’s Legal Team Rejects ‘Artificial’ FBI Investigation Deadline “
Grassley and McConnell accept.
Of course.
Kavanaugh Accuser’s Legal Team Rejects ‘Artificial’ FBI Investigation Deadline
They have no standing.
Why are her lawyers involved in this process?
The testimony has been delivered. They are no longer part of the process. There is nothing left to negotiate.
Collins and Murkowski have never been "yes" votes once the hearings started. They've been looking for cover to vote "no". One week or one year wouldn't factor into their votes.
That doesn't matter... The republicans are total saps..! They could have the best hand town and they wouldn't know how to play it...
The only way Kavanaugh will be able save any face at all for himself and his family is to tell ALL to go to hell and leave DC as soon as possible... :(
When dealing with democrats you always get at least 3 steps ahead.i don’t know what those wimp gop senators were thinking when they gave in this fake fbi investigation demand
Just more time for him to praise that liar Ford......
I’m sure he did.
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