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Cavanaugh Coverup

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Oct 8, 2024.

  1. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    I wish I could say I was surprised. Trump WH killed every inquiry into Cavanaugh and then just lied to the senate about it

    Remember That FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh? Turns Out It Wasn’t Much of an Investigation. (msn.com)

    The report found that messages to the FBI tip line regarding Kavanaugh were forwarded directly to the White House and never probed, and that the FBI had no written protocols for the supplemental background investigation ordered by the White House. It notes that the FBI was instructed by the White House to talk to 10 potential witnesses and was not given the leeway to pursue corroborating evidence—the absence of which was cited by senators as they narrowly voted to confirm Kavanaugh, marking a major triumph for the conservative movement and locking in a right-leaning majority that would later overturn the constitutional right to abortion.

    Some of the limits placed by the Trump White House on the inquiry were widely reported at the time. The FBI did not question Kavanaugh or Blasey Ford about the allegations. Nor did the FBI interview dozens of people whose names were provided by lawyers for Blasey Ford and Ramirez who said they could have offered corroborating evidence. It was also clear at the time that the FBI was not conducting a criminal investigation in which it would have broad authority.

    The report notes there was no dedicated tip line set up for the Kavanaugh inquiry; members of the public used a preexisting portal called the National Threat Operations Center. The FBI received more than 4,500 calls and electronic messages related to Kavanaugh and was directed to forward the tips to the White House without pursuing any possible leads, according to the report. Even when senators contacted the FBI directly with the names of people who claimed to have relevant information about Kavanaugh, the FBI did not contact them. The report described how two days before voting on Kavanaugh, senators were given about an hour to review more than 1,600 pages of material collected by the FBI, mostly raw information from the tip line. Neither the FBI nor the White House explained whether the tips had been reviewed, Whitehouse said.
     
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  2. gator_lawyer

    gator_lawyer VIP Member

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    No surprise. It was pretty apparent at the time.
     
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  3. philnotfil

    philnotfil GC Hall of Fame

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    They also didn't probe how he wiped out a huge amount of debt without enough reported income to do so.
     
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  4. GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

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    A page out of the Jameis Winston sexual battery investigation playbook.
     
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  5. mikemcd810

    mikemcd810 Premium Member

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    This must be that weaponization of the FBI i keep hearing about.
     
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  6. gatorchamps960608

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    There was also a great documentary film made about that scumbag and it was purchased and killed.
     
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  7. Gator515151

    Gator515151 GC Hall of Fame

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    The bitch said nothing for 30 years. Even if it really did happen this was nothing more than a political play.
     
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  8. AndyGator

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    nothing new here.
     
  9. mikemcd810

    mikemcd810 Premium Member

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    You can't see how a woman may just want to try to put that behind her, but then her rapist becomes a nominee for the Supreme Court and feels obligated to speak up? You don't think the FBI should at least look into her allegations to see if she could be telling the truth before appointing someone to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court?
     
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  10. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    I believe the issue is whether or not the White House really gave the FBI the leeway to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations from multiple women. Or whether it greatly restricted the investigation.
     
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  11. exiledgator

    exiledgator Gruntled

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    Classy, 51.
     
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  12. channingcrowderhungry

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    Yeah I typed out a response and then erased it. Not worth my time.
     
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  13. VAg8r1

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    FYI: She discussed it with her therapist before going public.
    Here's what the 4 affidavits supporting Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford say
    That changed in 2012 at a couples therapy session, he says in the affidavit.
    “She said that in high school she had been trapped in a room and physically restrained by one boy who was molesting her while another boy watched,” his statement says. “She said she was able to escape before she was raped, but that the experience was very traumatic because she felt like she had no control and was physically dominated.”

    He added: “I remember her saying that the attacker’s name was Brett Kavanaugh, that he was successful lawyer who had grown up in Christine’s home town and that he was well-known in the Washington, D.C. community.”
     
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  14. grouchygator

    grouchygator Make America Grouchy Again VIP Member

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    She is npot a "bitch".
    She was not "raped".
    Kavanugh was an adolescent male, not an excuse, but an issue we all face as parents and grandparents.
    The misconduct is over 30 years old, if he was a predator, this behavior would have repeated when he became an adult.
     
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  15. Trickster

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    "Bitch"?!? That tells me what kind of Homo sapiens, or Neanderthal, you are. Just disgusting. No need to keep you off my ignore list.
     
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  16. mdgator05

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    Unfortunately, the political right has largely decided that truth < avoidance of cognitive dissonance. In this case, they want to support Kavanaugh because he advances the cause. They don't want to be seen as somebody who would support somebody who committed sexual assault. Therefore, Kavanaugh didn't commit sexual assault, and it is all a hoax. Increase intensity of yelling until accepted as truth.

    See also, Donald Trump's liability for sexual abuse/rape and his numerous felony convictions.
     
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  17. GratefulGator

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    Lock him up!
     
  18. FutureGatorMom

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    That was a shitty thing to say about someone you don't know. You can't even TRY to understand how hard it would be go public with that kind of information, information that has most likely given you emotional issues for years? Wow. That's really really low.
     
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  19. Gator515151

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    Oh OK so it is alright for you guys to talk trash about Trump, Desantis, Jim Jordan ext. People you don't know but I can't call the lying bitch a bitch?
     
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  20. Gator515151

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    It's funny the timing of all these ladies who keep their secrets to themselves until these secrets could do some real damage then they come out with it. Sorta makes you think a lot of these secrets are made up.