Thread: Elizabeth Explains Perjury
Is Kavanaugh a kavaliar?
Yep. Learn how his perjury is provable & obvious in this breezy thread⤵️
Is Kavanaugh a kavaliar?
Yep. Learn how his perjury is provable & obvious in this breezy thread⤵️
Worried about poor Brett Kavanaugh’s life being ruined by this sexual assault scandal?
3 points to ponder:
* Beyoncé isn’t a Supreme Court judge
* He still has a lifetime appt to the 2nd-highest court to go BACK to
* He GOT that fallback gig w/perjury
(2/10)
3 points to ponder:
* Beyoncé isn’t a Supreme Court judge
* He still has a lifetime appt to the 2nd-highest court to go BACK to
* He GOT that fallback gig w/perjury
(2/10)
What even IS perjury? We know it’s lying, but...
Acc’ing to 18 USC §1001 & §1623)
* §1001 means just lies—no oath required, but you have to KNOW it’s lying.
(3/10)
Acc’ing to 18 USC §1001 & §1623)
* §1001 means just lies—no oath required, but you have to KNOW it’s lying.
(3/10)
As in “Special Agent, my broker gave me advice, so I dumped my stock. What’s the prob?”
SA: “um... why’d ya have your assistant shred the emails, then?”
... & that’s how Martha Stewart went to prison.
(4/10)
SA: “um... why’d ya have your assistant shred the emails, then?”
... & that’s how Martha Stewart went to prison.
(4/10)
18 USC §1623 is lying under oath: to ANY fed—including Congress.
As in: “Secret memo, stolen from Democrats? Never saw it. Nope.”
Congress: “You SURE, Kavanaugh?”
K: “Sure! What even IS a memo?”
C: “Confirm this man as a federal judge!”
2004, 2006... but THEN...>(5/10)
As in: “Secret memo, stolen from Democrats? Never saw it. Nope.”
Congress: “You SURE, Kavanaugh?”
K: “Sure! What even IS a memo?”
C: “Confirm this man as a federal judge!”
2004, 2006... but THEN...>(5/10)
Reporters from the WaPo, Slate, & others, learned Kavanaugh received at least one email with a subject line:
“Judiciary Dems Obstruct on Reorganization”
& another marked “confidential info” from “Dem staffers”
bit.ly/kava-lies
(6/10)
“Judiciary Dems Obstruct on Reorganization”
& another marked “confidential info” from “Dem staffers”
bit.ly/kava-lies
(6/10)
Some try to argue Kavanaugh’s crystal-clear denials—in which he absolutely said he had NOT seen the info— were “technically” true...
... since an email is not a memo...and like David Lat points out, technicalities do matter... but so does “mens rea.”
(7/10)
... since an email is not a memo...and like David Lat points out, technicalities do matter... but so does “mens rea.”
(7/10)
“Mens rea” is a Latin term; it means “guilty mind.” Re: prosecution, it asks-> did this person MEAN this crime, or was it accidental? It’s an important Q. (FYI: some crimes, like statutory rape, discard mens rea, & use “strict liability.”) (8/10)
Prosecuting perjury can involve mens rea, as we saw w/Martha Stewart—but it can also involve potential other crimes a defendant might be charged with—& CAN be used as leverage to get a witness to flip... because the penalty for a 1st offense... (9/10)
....can be 12-24 months in PRISON AND up to $250K—which was almost as much as Brett Kavanaugh owed in baseball tickets, weirdly.
(I wonder if his GoFundMe would pay off THAT fine as quickly...?)
(I wonder if his GoFundMe would pay off THAT fine as quickly...?)
To conclude? I quote @JonLovett of Pod Save America & Lovett or Leave It:
“Testifying is no more a *perjury trap* than a bank is a *robbery trap*— just tell the truth.”
The BIG Q is: can ANY Republican?
(10/10)
“Testifying is no more a *perjury trap* than a bank is a *robbery trap*— just tell the truth.”
The BIG Q is: can ANY Republican?
(10/10)
