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Chairman Grassley said this partial report included no “whiff” of sexual misconduct. I can only conclude that he purposefully skipped the interview of Deborah Ramirez, who testified to the FBI under oath that Judge Kavanaugh assaulted her.
This FBI report is blatantly incomplete & inadequate—straitjacketed by the White House. In a word, a cover-up.
The public testimony of Judge Kavanaugh & Dr. Blasey Ford is no substitute for interviews with the FBI. Even the handpicked Republican prosecutor thought the process was faulty.
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Accepting these raises makes clear these “leaders” fail a basic tenet of leadership—putting what’s best for the group above one’s own self interests.
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Today: A woman alleges that she was offered roughly $20,000 by a GOP activist named Jack Burkman “to make accusations of sexual misconduct & workplace harassment against Robert Mueller.”

Feb 2018: Burkman offered $25,000 for proof of wrongdoing at FBI (washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/…)
This is Jack Burkman, the GOP operative who reportedly offered a woman $20,000 to make false allegations of sexual misconduct & harassment against special counsel Mueller.

Two hours ago, he was announcing plans for a news conference to parade the woman in front of the media. 1/
And here is Jack Burkman's Facebook announcement where he talks about his plans to bring forward allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against special counsel Robert Mueller.

He hasn't canceled it yet, but I assume he will. 2/
facebook.com/jackburkmanrad…
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Hello from the federal judiciary building in DC, where Judicial Conference committees are holding a hearing on proposed rules changes re: how the courts handle sexual harassment and misconduct. See: uscourts.gov/rules-policies…
You can watch the hearing live here: uscourts.gov/rules-policies… And here's the witness list, which includes judges, law profs, law students, and former judicial clerks: uscourts.gov/sites/default/…
Kicking off the hearing, 8th Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson, chair of the Committee on Codes of Conduct, makes clear that this is *not* a "fact-finding" hearing — he asks to keep the hearing focused on the proposed rules changes
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Recent polls suggest that some find Judge Kavanaugh to not be trustworthy. If you take a look at the media coverage from *just one night* you might see part of the reason why.

Hint: it has very little to do with Brett Kavanaugh’s trustworthiness.

In one night..

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The NY Times allowed an anti-Kavanaugh activist who spoke out against him in July ( ) to write a harrowing news article about Judge Kavanaugh being questioned after a bar fight 30 years ago in which someone was struck with ice.

The next day Democrats raced to microphones to talk about how explosive this was, highlighting that the case against Kavanaugh had just gotten more distant.

It’s a long icy stretch from “questioned in a bar fight” to “guilty of sexual misconduct.”

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I Used to Vet Judicial Nominees. Here’s Why Kavanaugh Needs the FBI.
－Mike Zubrensky is chief counsel at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

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"The nature of the allegation is extremely serious, and it would be beneficial for senators to have an impartial fact-finder take statements under oath in a non-adversarial setting from the accuser, the accused and individuals who may have witnessed or heard about the incident."
"Based on my experience initiating these investigations, Dr. Blasey Ford’s allegation alone is sufficient basis for the FBI to launch a supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh."
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This article works really hard to imply, without directly saying, that Feinstein is sitting on a letter that implicates Kavanaugh in a sexual harassment or assault scandal from his youth. theintercept.com/2018/09/12/bre…
"Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter…but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school."
"The woman who is the subject of the letter is now being represented by Debra Katz, a whistleblower attorney who works with #MeToo survivors."
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@sonic_alexa @PradRachael @joyreaper @HillaryClinton @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @RepMattGaetz @RepGoodlatte @MariaBartiromo @RepMarkMeadows @Jim_Jordan @ChuckGrassley @lookner @RepKenBuck @WhiteHouse @Liz_Wheeler @NewYorkFBI @VP @WashTimes @freedom_moates @FreeBeacon @DailyCaller @chicagotribune @USAttyHuber @DeptJusticeIRL @FBI @HAGOODMANAUTHOR @tillmanair @VicLovesAnimals @DAColdriver @HorseShort @myGianLuca @BPPope @Rightwingmadman @MountaineerFan4 Alex, these pages are from the FBI on HRC & her email server. & these in this post are the first 2 pages of the report with my comments. Note the number of classified emails found on the server.
@sonic_alexa @PradRachael @joyreaper @HillaryClinton @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @RepMattGaetz @RepGoodlatte @MariaBartiromo @RepMarkMeadows @Jim_Jordan @ChuckGrassley @lookner @RepKenBuck @WhiteHouse @Liz_Wheeler @NewYorkFBI @VP @WashTimes @freedom_moates @FreeBeacon @DailyCaller @chicagotribune @USAttyHuber @DeptJusticeIRL @FBI @HAGOODMANAUTHOR @tillmanair @VicLovesAnimals @DAColdriver @HorseShort @myGianLuca @BPPope @Rightwingmadman @MountaineerFan4 @POTUS, haven't U wondered why McCabe ordered these laptop computers destroyed? Haven't U wondered why HC funneled 300k to the McCabe family? Haven't U wondered why Turner placed client privilege files on these laptops to prevent the agents from viewing the files on the laptops?
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