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Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement
The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 5, 2018 | Natalie Andrews

Posted on 10/04/2018 10:46:10 PM PDT by Trump20162020

A friend of Christine Blasey Ford told FBI investigators that she felt pressured by Dr. Ford’s allies to revisit her initial statement that she knew nothing about an alleged sexual assault by a teenage Brett Kavanaugh, which she later updated to say that she believed but couldn’t corroborate Dr. Ford’s account, according to people familiar with the matter.

Leland Keyser, who Dr. Ford has said was present at the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted in the 1980s, told investigators that Monica McLean, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a friend of Dr. Ford’s, had urged her to clarify her statement, the people said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brettkavanaugh; california; calstatefullerton; christineblaseyford; christineford; fakenews; fbi; ford; kavanaugh; keyser; lelandkeyser; lyinglimolib; monicamclean; perjury; senate
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To: Nifster

Didn’t Manafort get solitary for witness tampering?


61 posted on 10/05/2018 2:33:33 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Meet the New Boss

...”This is all so phony, it’s unbelievable.”...

Insulting to the intelligence, isn’t it?


62 posted on 10/05/2018 2:35:32 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: Songcraft

Yep - the friend wanted to avoid it so opted to stick with the truth, which was unhelpful to Ford, so she called it an “illness”....


63 posted on 10/05/2018 3:53:33 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: Trump20162020
i believe that's pronounced witness tampering
64 posted on 10/05/2018 4:31:41 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Ann Archy

That’s two witnesses am so far against this wonan, the lie detector claim, and now the witness tampering claim.


65 posted on 10/05/2018 4:58:58 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!'ll notice that "police officer" isn't on the list.)
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To: Trump20162020

McLean is knee high in poo of her own doing. The feds better investigate her.


66 posted on 10/05/2018 5:20:32 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: sharkhawk

A CLEAR picture of her at the hearing has been on another thread here. NO question it is McLean.


67 posted on 10/05/2018 5:36:46 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: LongWayHome

30 days until DJT says, Jeff, YOU”RE FIRED.


68 posted on 10/05/2018 5:45:49 AM PDT by blackberry1
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To: tired&retired

Yes indeed and those were just emails and very innocuous


69 posted on 10/05/2018 6:23:07 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: jyo19

Monica Mclean needs to be asked directly by LEO if she had anything to do with scrubbing Fords social history OR writing the statement Ford provided to the Committee.

Then subpoena Facebook, twitter, Whats app, etc. to see who did the scrubbing.


70 posted on 10/05/2018 6:57:49 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: Trump20162020
The FBI needs to look into this so the DOJ can pursue perjury charges...
71 posted on 10/05/2018 7:15:01 AM PDT by GOPJ (If a Supreme Court justice can't be presumed innocent, what hope do the rest of us have? -Greenfield)
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To: SunkenCiv; Liz
Leland Keyser, who Dr. Ford has said was present at the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted in the 1980s, told investigators that Monica McLean, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a friend of Dr. Ford’s, had urged her to clarify her statement, the people said.

The statement to the FBI offers a glimpse into how Dr. Ford’s allies were working behind the scenes to lobby old classmates to bolster their versions of the alleged incident, as were Judge Kavanaugh’s...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/friend-of-dr-ford-felt-pressure-to-revisit-statement-1538715152

Scary times...

72 posted on 10/05/2018 7:17:54 AM PDT by GOPJ (If a Supreme Court justice can't be presumed innocent, what hope do the rest of us have? -Greenfield)
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To: Trump20162020

She “believes”. This ain’t a tent revival. If she doesn’t know anything, it don’t matter jack what she “believes”.


73 posted on 10/05/2018 7:40:34 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Trump20162020

I do not believe Ford was ever assaulted let alone by Kavanaugh. I do think she is an overwrought activist nut who deleted her social network footprint outlining her activism before trying to stop his nomination by falsely accusing him anonymously. But she did not count on the dems leaking her name and having to go all in by testifying.The great thing about not being a politician is that you can say what you truly believe despite the sloganeering narratives of the MeToo movement. There are women who are truthful and women who have been assaulted. Ford is just not one of them.


74 posted on 10/05/2018 9:40:12 AM PDT by chuckee (extended beyond the time)
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To: Trump20162020

Saw this rumor:

Senior DOJ official DAVID LAUFMAN sat in on the interview of Hillary Clinton and most of her top aides, abruptly quit DOJ in Feb 2018, and is now the “lawyer” for Monica McLean (FBI veteran and “lifelong friend” of Dr. Fraud, who is up to her eyeballs in this smear operation).


75 posted on 10/05/2018 10:00:15 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Ann Archy
From the article:

"Leland Keyser, who Dr. Ford has said was present at the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted in the 1980s, told investigators that Monica McLean, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a friend of Dr. Ford’s, had urged her to clarify her statement, the people said."

I'm assuming they called her, and didn't visit her in person. Could have been text or email, but I wasn't able to read the rest of the article without subscribing or joining WSJ.

76 posted on 10/05/2018 10:12:45 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: sharkhawk

This setup was bad, and clearly in the works for years.
I can’t imagine the story they’ve concocted for Amy Barrett. You know they have one, and since she’s a woman it will no doubt be a doozy.


77 posted on 10/05/2018 10:20:10 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: maggief; Trump20162020; Liz; Jane Long; SE Mom; All
"Ms. McLean’s lawyer, David Laufman, ...was the Department of Justice, National Security Division, Deputy Asst. Attorney General. ...Laufman would have been involved and hold knowledge of the FISA “Title-1” surveillance program initiated on target Carter Page"

The same "small group" is running the smear against Kavanaugh, as did against Trump. There are not that many of them in total, with a few corrupt politicians and a few evil big funders. This treasonous network can, and must, be taken out.


78 posted on 10/05/2018 10:23:23 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: GOPJ

I guess saying ‘it never happened’ isn’t clear enough for the Leftist Scumbags?


79 posted on 10/05/2018 10:53:16 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: BeauBo

It’s breathtaking, the deeper we dig, the worse it gets.


80 posted on 10/05/2018 11:02:43 AM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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