Kavanaugh Hearing

So is Tina Fey going to play Feinstein on the inevitable SNL skits.

Feinstein blames GOP after Kavanaugh accuser stays mum, admits 'I can't say everything's truthful'

 

No need to interview the husband as any good husband will lie to defend their wife.

What other names? She claims she never told anyone until she described the incident without names to her therapist in 2012. So if all of sudden she starts naming names then she is lying. There is no other evidence.

 

A claim from 30 years prior is meaningful.
SCOTUS handling business today is not meaningful

Makes sense to me

 

I don't think any of us can say what happened that night. Do you?

 

That was done by the FBI since Thomas was at DOE and EEOC, both Agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government during the time of the accusations. That is within the FBI’s jurisdiction to investigate as it is the Federal Government, as it was not a local crime.

 

No need to interview Kavanaugh then? Can't trust an accused attempted rapist to tell the truth, right?

The point of the interview is to press them and see if they are lying.

A person nominated to SCOTUS attempting to rape a woman is quite meaningful. Whether or not there's a ninth justice is not. SCOTUS can handle its business just fine with eight for now. If anything is deadlocked, they can pick it back up when the next justice is confirmed.

 

What was the crime that Anita Hill alleged Thomas committed?

 

The FBI does background checks, not vetting. Kavanaugh background file has been updated to reflect this accusation. The FBI cannot investigate it further as they have no authority to do so. They can turn it over to the reverent local law enforcement but the accuser cannot tell them who that is. As I pointed out earlier, if there is an accusation of a crime, the FBI turns the information over to the agency with jurisdiction.

Once again, show where in US Code or Law the FBI is allowed to conduct criminal investigation of a local crime when it comes to a SCOTUS Nominee. Still waiting.

 

good point, but press them on what? How many times they can say....I do not remember this party, I do not remember this woman, I would never do such a thing.

Has anyone even said that there is actual proof that these two knew each other at all?

All that has been said comes from her and that they both were attending school(different ones) during the same time period.

No one else has placed BK and MJ at this party. No one else even has said that there was a party at all.

 

Really? You don’t understand jurisdiction when it comes to the Federal Government?

 

P.S. As I told you before, it would not be a criminal investigation. Just like Anita Hill's was not a criminal investigation.

 

IIRC, neither BK nor MJ denied having ever met her. Seems like something you'd do if it were the case.

The point flew right over your head.

 

@CaptUSMCNole
If the FBI couldn't investigate it, don't you think that point would have been made already by somebody reporting on this? Instead, you have comments like this:
Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI to investigate before she testifies at Senate hearing
The FBI, however, isn't likely to conduct any investigation into the veracity of Ford's claims, unless the White House asks for it. Several current and former Department of Justice and FBI officials told NBC News that has always been the practice.

Or:
Christine Blasey Ford Wants The Same Thing Anita Hill Got, An F.B.I. Investigation Into Her Claims

 

That happened at a Federal Agency. FBI had authority and jurisdiction there to invest her claims. It was not a local crime.

Still waiting for the US Code or Law to back up your claims.

 

IT WASN'T A CRIME AT ALL. The FBI could investigate it because it was part of the background check done while vetting Clarence Thomas. JFC.

 

What part of it happened at a Federal Agency so the FBI could investigate it as it was within their jurisdiction to do so. They were the only agency that had jurisdiction there. They could not turn it over to anyone else. JFC.

 

I’ll wait to see if any other DOJ or FBI officials agree with this report. If I am wrong, I’ll say so but I’d like to see the US Code that covers this situation.

 

What are you talking about? The FBI does not normally investigate sexual harassment allegations. It has nothing to do with jurisdiction. They investigated it as part of Thomas' background check.

 

Five former federal prosecutors saying a lot of what I have said. They also suggest the FBI should investigate.

Opinion | Why these former prosecutors find the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh credible

 

The FBI investigated the claims of sexual harassment as part of his background check since they happened at a Federal Agency. The accusation was made and the FBI had to follow up on the accusations themselves instead of turning it over to another agency because Federal Executive Agencies are within the FBI’s jurisdiction. If it had happened at the while at the Oklahoma state department of agriculture, the FBI would not likely have been the ones following up on the accusation. As they will not have any power to compell witnesses to talk to them to about an accusation as part of a background investigation.