These Emails Show Kavanaugh Accuser’s Attorney Lied To Anderson Cooper About Senate Republicans’ ‘Game-Playing’
While Christine Blasey Ford’s last-minute accusation upended the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Deborah Ramirez Sen. Charles Grassley and his team were prepared.
Margot Cleveland
By Margot Cleveland
September 26, 2018
On Sunday, The New Yorker published Deborah Ramirez’s uncorroborated claim that while both were freshmen at Yale University, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a binge-drinking party.
Since The New Yorker ran the article, it has been taking heat for running it given that Ramirez admits she was intoxicated at the time some 35 years ago, and only “[a]fter six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney†did she decide Kavanaugh had been the culprit. Then The New Yorker used second- and third-hand gossip to support Ramirez’s recollection even though several individuals with first-hand knowledge denied Kavanaugh’s involvement.
Kavanaugh immediately denied Ramirez’s accusation, as he had when the Washington Post first revealed Christine Blasey Ford’s charge that he had attempted to rape her while in high school. However, while Ford’s last-minute surprise accusation upended the Senate Judiciary Committee, this time Committee Chair Charles Grassley and his team were prepared.
Mike Davis, the chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, immediately reached out to Ramirez’s attorney, asking for information and to learn if she were willing to provide investigators a statement. But instead of providing a statement to the committee or answering Davis’ simple question, Ramirez’s attorney, John Clune, started issuing demands for an FBI investigation. Davis calmly repeated his request for information six times over 48 hours, while Ramirez’s lawyer instead made it clear their sole intent was to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
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http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/26/emails-show-kavanaugh-accusers-attorney-lied-anderson-cooper-senate-republicans-game-playing/
