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Cody Fenwick
September 8, 2018 4:06 am / 0 Comments / Congress, Law, Supreme Court, Top News
Reprinted with permission from AlterNet.
In a tightly argued and powerful article for Slate, a Democrat who was one of the victims of a document theft related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaughs time in the White House argued Friday that the judge should be impeached.
Kavanaugh, Lisa Graves argued, repeatedly lied to Congress under oath about his involvement with the stolen materials.
She noted that just receiving the documents, which she says were taken by GOP Senate aide Manuel Miranda isnt an impeachable offense. Graves said that Miranda stole the confidential memos, letters, and talking points, some of which she personally wrote, which were part of the Democrats private communications about blocking President George W. Bushs controversial judicial nominees. Some of this material was passed on to Kavanaugh, though he says he wasnt aware that the documents were stolen.
This, Graves said, is implausible. Kavanaugh almost certainly would have known this material was not supposed to be in his possession. But things get even worse for the Supreme Court Nominee.
Graves argued that even after the theft was revealed, Kavanaugh has still claimed, under oath, that he had nothing to do with the stolen documents. She wrote:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/stolen-memos-case-prompts-call-for-kavanaughs-impeachment/
If were to go into a court room and LIE, and I was caught LYING that is PERJURY, PERJURY is still PERJURY, this asshole sitting on the bench would charge me with PERJURY, if I were to LIE in his court, he his a fucking hypocrite, and Leahy, and Harris has shown that he is a LIAR, and the republicans are willfully withholding or tried to withhold this information that he fucking LIED in 2004, 2006 and now 2019..................................
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manor321
(3,344 posts)Republicans are above the law because they are white and Christian, looking out for other whites and Christians.
This is America 2018.
calimary
(81,085 posts)and ROAR! And not to stop til we are not only heard but honored and obliged.
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)Impeachment is an underutilized part of the Constitution. I expect it will be dusted off and used fairly frequently, relatively speaking, compared to the first 240 years of our political existence. Many woefully inadequate nominees were confirmed in the last 18 months, and some will double down and prove it, while others will gain their footing and outperform. Weeding out the toxins will be a generational challenge.
It begins here.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)norms, impeachment of Gorsuch and Kavenaugh and Roberts should be first priority. Why? Well they all lied about calling balls and strikes etc.
OnDoutside
(19,945 posts)into the lies this nominee has told, as well as the other withheld documents, and that could lead to impeachment. Expose his "character" for what it is.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)necessary to reverse the Dotards actions and hold to account those responsible for our national disaster
jmbar2
(4,859 posts)Leglislative branch - corrupt
Judicial branch - corrupt
We must not let democracy die this way.