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Title: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct allega
Post by: mystery-ak on September 14, 2018, 07:03:23 pm: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct allegation
by Melissa Quinn
| September 14, 2018 02:18 PM

The Senate Judiciary Committee will not pause consideration of Brett Kavanaughâ€™s nomination to the Supreme Court, charging ahead with filling the high court vacancy after a decades-old sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh was revealed Friday.

Judiciary Committee spokesman Taylor Foy said the committee will proceed with its vote Thursday on Kavanaughâ€™s nomination. The contentious battle over his confirmation has been roiled by the allegation detailed by an unidentified woman in a July letter sent to Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.

The letter has not been made public, and Foy said Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and his staff first became aware of its existence on Wednesday evening from news reports. They did not know of the allegation it contained, he said.

According to the New Yorker, the letter describes an incident that occurred in the early 1980s, when Kavanaugh was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland. The woman alleges in the letter that Kavanaugh held her down and tried to force himself on her when they were at a party.

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Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: Bigun on September 14, 2018, 09:20:01 pm: Excellent! They damned well should!
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: skeeter on September 14, 2018, 09:46:32 pm: You mean theyâ€™re just going to â€˜charge aheadâ€™ and not bring the process to a complete stop because of an anonymous 35 year old charge of a teenage prank the nominee probably had nothing to do with?
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: DCPatriot on September 14, 2018, 09:53:31 pm: (http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41781778_10214522080758411_7243380164799758336_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&oh=502679aec0392ab408c2165accd8d268&oe=5C3034D9)
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: Wingnut on September 14, 2018, 09:58:18 pm: This like the Delta house float charging at ramming speed right at the rats. "Eat me" you rat bastards.
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: Fishrrman on September 15, 2018, 01:44:33 am: Good move.
Don't go wobbly on us.
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: Emjay on September 15, 2018, 11:10:00 pm: Quote from: Bigun on September 14, 2018, 09:20:01 pm
Excellent! They damned well should!

Amen! I will be glad when Kavanaugh is confirmed and they can turn their attention back to Trashing Trump. It's their true vocation.
Title: Re: Judiciary Committee to charge ahead with vote on Kavanaugh nomination after sexual misconduct al
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on September 16, 2018, 12:12:43 am: Quote from: Fishrrman on September 15, 2018, 01:44:33 am
Good move.
Don't go wobbly on us.

:thumbsup: