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Kavanaugh accuser asks Senate to limit press access for hearing
The Washington Times ^ | September 25, 2018 (Tuesday) | Stephen Dinan and Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 09/25/2018 7:06:48 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers have asked senators to limit the press who will be allowed in the room to cover Thursday’s hearing with her and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and sought to dictate at least some of the outlets.

Coverage is one of a number of issues Ms. Blasey Ford’s lawyers are negotiating with Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Michael Bromwich said in emails sent Tuesday afternoon that he was requesting access for three “robocams,” three specific wire services, photographers from the Associated Press, Reuters and one unspecified service, and a pool reporter for newspapers and magazines. In a follow-up email he specified that the robocams should be operated by “the CSPAN TV pool,” and said he also wanted space for a radio reporter.

Those emails were among several seen by The Washington Times detailing the tense negotiations between Ms. Blasey Ford’s team and committee staff.

While committees sometimes limit press based on space at hearings, and some witnesses have arranged to have their identities shielded, longtime Capitol Hill watchers struggled to think of precedent for a witness dictating terms of press coverage.

In Ms. Blasey Ford’s case she has received threats since she went public with her story, and her team has insisted the committee guarantee her safety as she testifies, as well as limited access to the hearing.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blowsey; christineblaseyford; christineford; doctorblowsey; ford; limit; press; senate
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To: Texas Fossil

none, international language


61 posted on 09/25/2018 7:55:23 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Texas Fossil

Soup is not a meal! Mindy’s!


62 posted on 09/25/2018 7:56:03 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Texas Fossil

That was the best speech I have seen in a long time. Incredible.


64 posted on 09/25/2018 7:57:13 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: UCANSEE2

Great post and great pictures.

I hope you can post these “visual aids” on Twitter or Facebook!


65 posted on 09/25/2018 7:57:54 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Unfortunately She will not choose honest press coverage. I doubt she get’s any choice at all.


66 posted on 09/25/2018 7:58:57 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Press access is optional. The public has no “right” to hear any particular accuser. The accused does, his lawyer, the jury, and whoever else he selects. The judge has some say as well. But not the public.


67 posted on 09/25/2018 7:59:17 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: Texas Fossil

who are these people that they think they can make all these demands?

show up, have some bottled water, and talk.


68 posted on 09/25/2018 7:59:36 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Texas Fossil

who are these people that they think they can make all these demands?

show up, have some bottled water, and talk.


69 posted on 09/25/2018 7:59:38 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Pollard

I don’t think she is smart at all. Just a useful idiot who is being used by the ComDems.

The blow back from this attack could be large in the November Election.


70 posted on 09/25/2018 8:02:25 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

I agree. I don’t think she is going to show up. She has pushed the date out twice, and then said she can’t fly. I doubt she has left California yet


71 posted on 09/25/2018 8:06:50 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: familyop

Yes, it would be Leftist NPR (or Public Radio International)


72 posted on 09/25/2018 8:08:15 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: M. Thatcher

“Of course she’s going to testify.”

Yep. She has a lot of people fooled though.


73 posted on 09/25/2018 8:09:02 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: conservative98

Putin laughing? Yep


74 posted on 09/25/2018 8:09:44 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: databoss

The Dem PR team are a little slow on the uptake, aren’t they? It was pretty obvious from the start.

You’re probably right about her exit. It’ll be a “show”.

I hope she and her dem handlers suffer some serious repercussions for this stunt. A major smackdown is needed to put an end to this kind of nonsense, make people think twice before trying it again.


75 posted on 09/25/2018 8:10:34 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Williams

Probably correct.


76 posted on 09/25/2018 8:11:39 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Nope. Full-court press. Pass the popcorn and prosecco.


77 posted on 09/25/2018 8:12:10 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (Stupidity kills. Just not often enough.)
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To: Chode

Yes indeed, international insult.


78 posted on 09/25/2018 8:12:56 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Phillyred

I’d prefer they had to eat crow.


79 posted on 09/25/2018 8:14:37 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Phillyred

Yes, it was a great speech. But you should have seen how the swine on MSNBC viewed it.

Mind boggling.


80 posted on 09/25/2018 8:15:46 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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