Thread by @rgoodlaw

The following statements by Judge #Kavanaugh were misleading or false.

The question asked by Republican and Democratic Senators was important:

Had he ever taken a position on the Constitutionality of indicting or prosecuting a sitting President? ... <thread>

1. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @SenFeinstein:

“I've never taken a position on the Constitution on that question.”

2. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @LindseyGrahamSC:

GRAHAM: "OK. Now whether or not a president can be indicted while in office ... I think you have written on this topic as well, haven't you?"

KAVANAUGH: "I have not written on the constitutionality."

3. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @SenMikeLee:

"The constitutionality of indicting a sitting president. I have never taken a position on that.”

4. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @SenWhitehouse:

“The fact that I said that suggests that I did not have a position on the constitutional..."

5. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @ChrisCoons:

“On investigation and indictment of a sitting president, number one, I've never taken a position on it.”

6. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to Senator @amyklobuchar:

"First of all, in [sic] constitutional position on criminal investigation and prosecution. I did not take a position on the constitutionality, period.”

7. Kavanaugh misleading/false statement to @SenBooker:

BOOKER: "You've told Senator Klobuchar that you quote, 'Did not take a position on the constitutionality. Period.' end quote. You -- you stand by that?"

KAVANAUGH: "Yes."

What's the clear proof that these statements by Judge Kavanaugh were misleading/false?

I wrote this article with former White House Counsel Bob Bauer:
justsecurity.org/60617/kavanaug… <end>