I was going to try to put together a list of all of the falsehoods, implausible claims, and questionable conduct by Kavanaugh solely as an ADULT.
But it’s hard to keep up.
And I’m worried the thread would be so long it would break Twitter.
Hell with it. Let’s break Twitter. 1/
But it’s hard to keep up.
And I’m worried the thread would be so long it would break Twitter.
Hell with it. Let’s break Twitter. 1/
2/ Let's keep this thread concise with links. Here is the @washingtonpost fact-checker. They gave him 3 Pinocchios on 3 different statements under oath for his use of documents stolen from Senate Democrats: washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
3/ Here's more on Kavanaugh and the stolen documents from the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee: slate.com/news-and-polit…
4/ @washingtonpost found his answers "problematic" as to whether he was involved with the Bush administration's policy on detainees:
Kavanaugh: “I think with respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees,..." washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
Kavanaugh: “I think with respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees,..." washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
5/ "...I [Kavanaugh] was not aware of any issues on that or the legal memos that subsequently came out until the summer, sometime in 2004 when there started to be news reports on that. This was not part of my docket, either in the Counsel's Office or as staff secretary.”
6/ "No evidence has surfaced that Kavanaugh worked on the [torture memo]. However, “treatment of detainees” is a broader phrasing than “torture of detainees” — and it could fairly encompass Kavanaugh’s role in administration’s internal debate over detainees’ right to counsel."
7/ How about those baseball tickets? The story of piling up $200,000 of debt for shared tickets is utterly implausible, and it should ring suspicious to any serious sports fan. See my thread on these fan norms from last week:
8/ And it's incredibly suspicious that those massive debts were all suddenly repaid in one year. By whom? For which tickets and for what value? This is shady and totally unanswered.
9/ I flagged his answers to Sen. Coons on executive power and Humphrey's Executor. His description of his opinions was false. See video followed by my explanation.
10/ I've written about Kavanaugh's implausible answers on Judge Kozinski's serial sexual harassment. He said he was "shocked" and it was a gut-punch.
Thread on how he became Kozinski's clerk in 1991, and the open rumors about Kozinski for years:
Thread on how he became Kozinski's clerk in 1991, and the open rumors about Kozinski for years:
11/ Did Kavanaugh initiate or help Ed Whelan and Leonard Leo with the disgusting attempt to smear Kavanaugh's high school friend, a middle school teacher? Who else would have provided such details of Bethesda 17-year-olds circa 1982?
12/ Now that the Georgetown Prep yearbooks have shown that Kavanaugh participated in a vile smear about a girl, clearly implying that he and a dozen had sex with her, did he apologize to her for his outrageous conduct last night on @FoxNews?
NO. Damning.
NO. Damning.
13/ Problem: Kavanaugh implied in a yearbook that he had sex with her, but claimed on @foxnews to be a virgin past college:
"I did not have sexual intercourse or *anything close to sexual intercourse* in high school or for many years there after." usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
"I did not have sexual intercourse or *anything close to sexual intercourse* in high school or for many years there after." usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
14/ Obviously, virginity is a non-sequitur and immaterial to whether someone can commit sexual assault. But he went further: nothing "close to sexual intercourse."
The 1990s are calling. They want their impeachment transcripts back.
Was Kavanaugh alive then? Oh right...
The 1990s are calling. They want their impeachment transcripts back.
Was Kavanaugh alive then? Oh right...
15/ How many people will come forward to question this claim? Here's one.
It's totally normal for college freshmen to lie about sexual experience.
It's totally not normal to name one in your high school yearbook.
It's totally normal for college freshmen to lie about sexual experience.
It's totally not normal to name one in your high school yearbook.
16/ @foxnews interview: "Was there ever a time [in high school] that you drank so much that you couldn’t remember what happened the night before?
"No, that never happened."
Just read what he wrote in his own yearbook. (The passages in blue).
"No, that never happened."
Just read what he wrote in his own yearbook. (The passages in blue).
17/ Kavanaugh's roommate seems to be a problem for his Boy Scout claims last night, too: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kavan…
18/ So many Kavanaugh whoppers, I forgot about this one:
“No president has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination."
He thinks Trump talking to 2 people (Leo and McGahn) broke the record.
“No president has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination."
He thinks Trump talking to 2 people (Leo and McGahn) broke the record.
And his speech, “What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep” is awfully hard to square with his Choir Boy act last night.
What happened at Georgetown Prep, Brett?
What happened at Georgetown Prep, Brett?
20/ Exhibit 20 of Kavanaugh’s credibility impeached (“I never drank so much I couldn’t remember...”)
21/ Exhibit 21 of Kavanaugh the credibility challenged:
22/ I’m not condemning judges or college students for drinking alcohol. And if I criticized drinking to excess, I’d be an insufferable hypocrite. (Maybe I already am.)
But I have no patience for those who put on a disingenuous Choir Boy act as a defense to serious allegations.
But I have no patience for those who put on a disingenuous Choir Boy act as a defense to serious allegations.
23/ Breaking now: "Sen. Feinstein has now identified another area in which she believes Kavanaugh was not truthful. By directing officials to speak to reporters during investigation of Pres. Clinton, Kavanaugh may have violated grand jury secrecy laws..." politico.com/story/2018/09/…
24/ "...even though Kavanaugh told her and Sen. Whitehouse he never broke those rules. According to a memo from National Archives, Kavanaugh instructed Hickman Ewing, deputy counsel, to ‘call [Chris] Ruddy’ about matters before a grand jury, which would be illegal to disclose."
25/ Feinstein: "I asked Kavanaugh for the record whether he shared ‘information learned through grand jury proceedings.’ His answer, that he acted ‘consistent with the law,’ conflicts with the official memo from Mr. Ewing." Disclosing grand jury information is against the law."
26/ Kavanaugh allegedly told Ewing to give this Vince Foster information to Chris Ruddy, one of the main right-wing partisan flacks of the 90s.
He published the conspiratorial "The Strange Death of Vincent Foster."
You've seen him on TV defending Trump. money.cnn.com/2017/06/13/med…
He published the conspiratorial "The Strange Death of Vincent Foster."
You've seen him on TV defending Trump. money.cnn.com/2017/06/13/med…
27/ Here are rules about grand jury secrecy:
(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must not disclose a matter occurring before the grand jury:
(vi) an attorney for the government...
law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/r…
(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must not disclose a matter occurring before the grand jury:
(vi) an attorney for the government...
law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/r…
28/ Kavanaugh allegedly violated grand jury Rule 6, and could have been punished by contempt of court. And then he allegedly lied about that under oath to Sen. Feinstein and Whitehouse. law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/r…
29/ Kavanaugh's prepared testimony below, with reference "smears" against his "good name."
And still no apology of any kind to the woman whose "good name" he smeared so outrageously in his yearbook.
Has he learned anything from his mistakes?
huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-ka…
And still no apology of any kind to the woman whose "good name" he smeared so outrageously in his yearbook.
Has he learned anything from his mistakes?
huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-ka…
Restarting this thread with new evidence of falsehoods and credibility problems:
I grew up in Bethesda 15 years later. Times change, but boof doesn’t. His answer was laughable to Marylanders.
I grew up in Bethesda 15 years later. Times change, but boof doesn’t. His answer was laughable to Marylanders.
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34/ The Renate answers were a triple whopper of outrageous callousness then, obvious lies now, and an insultingly disrespectful disingenuous non-apology apology. Vile.
35/ Disqualifyingly partisan:
