Posted on 09/23/2018 2:27:35 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual assault has accepted a Senate committee's request to tell her side next week but Christine Blasey Ford wants to resume negotiations over the exact terms of her appearance, her lawyers said Saturday.
It was not immediately clear whether the Republican-run Senate Judiciary Committee would agree to more talks with Ford's team. Also unclear was when she might come to Capitol Hill and she was offering to speak in a public session or a private one. The committee wanted her to appear Wednesday, but she prefers her earlier request for Thursday, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Her lawyers' letter to the committee's GOP majority was released just at the 2:30 p.m. deadline set by the chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, to respond to the panel's latest offer. Grassley, R-Iowa, had set a possible Monday vote to decide whether to recommend Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate.
As Republicans were considering their next move in private talks Saturday, they also made it clear they viewed Ford's offer as a way to delay voting on President Donald Trump's pick for the court.
A senior official at the White House said the letter amounted to "an ask to continue 'negotiations' without committing to anything. It's a clever way to push off the vote Monday without committing to appear Wednesday." The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the Senate negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity....
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Isn’t part of this delay to ensure her conversation is the number one topic of the weekend, and it would serve the public more....if they delayed her another four days...to a Monday?
Why is there any negotiation? Simply tell her to show up and tell her story on a date and time. If she refuses move on. The GOP pukes are spineless jellyfish.
This this whole thing is getting out of control. It’s becoming a laughing stock.
The entire committee episode is easily the biggest comedy production of the past decade. An eighty-five year old woman (Feinstein) heading up the pro-Ford story...’Spartacus’ Booker doing his act...a number of journalists talking about slut-behavior without uttering the word ‘slut’...the year book for Ford’s class yanked from public sales...and suddenly people concerned about trampy girls being alcoholics?
REALITY CHECK: Looks like the Holton Arms grad is having problems with her acting lessons.
The poor thing. Learning how to be a "victim" is tough.
She's a powerful woman with 54 sex partners, teaching and brain-washing students of the next generation,
and researching RU-486, the drug of choice for slutty lifestyles, an abortifacient that kills inconvenient unborn babies.
The GOP has ALL the ADVANTAGES!
The minute The GOP said they were going to vote on Monday, guess what happened? They panicked and agreed to most terms!!
This is all political strategy to delay voting past mid term elections to protect Dem Senators in strong pro Trump states.
Why are there negotiations when NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON CAN VERIFY A THING SHE SAID?
Also, heard that she's been on the East Coast meeting with all these lawyers and handlers!!!
54 SEX PARTNERS?? REALLY?? Where did you hear this? Are these the GOLFERS that Joe DiGenova was talking about?
Posted on FR......ASAIK that doesnt include the golfers.
She bragged about the 54 b/c she was just a teen at the time.
This is a large PR campaign.
Hide the Star until the big reveal .
She will show .
She will be treated like a star .
Collins will bolt .
Flake has been conspiring to seek revenge on Trump since day one .
Mitch should just say that we will NOT negotiate away Brent K basic right to confront his accuser who is know Dem operative.
Take the Vote to the Floor .
That. will kill the big PR production planned with Hollywood's Help and the Adoring press .
Kill the Dem PR plan .
Huh? They haven't agreed to squat, except to demand more smoke and mirrors.
The Dems are building up anticipation for there Hidden Star Reveal .
The Gop are dopes and fell right into the trap .
No one had defended Brent K ..
Judge Thomas has Defenders .
No one ..
This is now a Soviet show trial .
“She’s a powerful woman with 54 sex partners,”
I believe “the rest of the story” is that she had 54 sex partners BEFORE COLLEGE. At least that’s what I read yesterday.
Yeah; the acting lessons probably are not going well.
There is no good reason for Ford to testify before Congress. Her charges ar 36 years old and have no supporting evidence. All of the witnesses that she cited deny any knowledge of the incident. The letter that she sent to initiate this process is still concealed by her supporter. In any reasonable environment, giving her a forum in the US Congress would be a joke. If she tried to go to court, any half-way reasonable judge would dismiss it for lack of evidence. Before a grand jury, it wouldn’t even pass the ham sandwich test.
But thanks to Grassley and a few RINOs, she is about to destroy a decent human being.
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