Thread by @Ex67T20

Regarding Brett Kavanaugh’s association with the Federalist Society:

During his April 2004 confirmation for the DC Circuit, he told Senator Durbin that FedSoc “does not take position on issues. It does not have a platform.”

I think he lied.

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@gregolear
@LincolnsBible

judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Kavanaugh’s response seems disingenuous, as ten months before he made that statement to Durbin under oath, he’d received an email—at his White House account—from FedSoc’s Joel Pardue. The subject was “Tasks.”

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The tasking was directed by the Federalist Society, and was part of the organization’s campaign to confirm one of George W. Bush’s judicial nominees.

FedSoc’s Pardue and C. Boyden Gray had tasks—as did Brett Kavanaugh.

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Kavanaugh was to “designate 24 people from media outreach list who would attend confirmation hearings.” Others were to engage right wing policy groups—Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, Americans For Tax Reform—behind the nominee.

This seems like a “platform.”

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The Federalist Society’s Kannon Shanmugam responsibilities was tasked with organizing research of the FEC database to connect groups opposed to the nominee to “Senate Democrat campaigns, and to engage Byron York and Barbara Ledeen regarding opposition research.

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Kavanaugh to Dick Durbin, ten months later: “(The Federalist Society) brings together people of divergent views. Many of them may share a political affiliation, I do not know that, but they do not take a platform on particular issues.”

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Brett Kavanaugh was well aware of FedSoc’s engagement of right wing “family policy groups” to advance their judicial nominees. He was tasked by FedSoc, from his position within the Executive Office of the President, to assist them.

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From another Kavanaugh document production, a 2003 email to Kavanaugh regarding “priority seating” for VIPs, including Leonard Leo, C. Boyden Gray, and Jay Sekulow.

This seems well outside the description of FedSoc that Kavanaugh provided to Dick Durbin.

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https://twitter.com/ex67t20/status/1034881268167659522

Digressing a bit, but C. Boyden Gray’s a longtime friend of Susan Collins and a contributor to her campaigns. He opposed Trump’s impeachment, and his firm represented John Solomon in a lawsuit against the Department of State to acquire Hunter Biden-related records.

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https://twitter.com/ex67t20/status/1263204238865379331

Shorter: Kavanaugh knew who the Federalist Society was aligned with regarding judicial nominees, and he actively helped the organization from the White House. The description of the organization he provided in his sworn testimony contrasts sharply with the apparent truth.

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Footnote: Documents containing the emails above were produced by William A. Burck, who was hired by Bush to screen documents from Kavanaugh’s tenure as Staff Secretary. He withheld over 100,000 documents.

He also gave Lindsey Graham $10,000 after Kavanaugh was confirmed.

Read this for a detailed look at #WhoOwnsKavanaugh:

https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1357665269326483456

congress.gov/108/chrg/shrg2…
Here’s the link to Kavanaugh’s 2004 testimony, including his exchange with Senator Durbin.

*was responsible for*

(It’s been a long day...)