Avenatti's right. Grassley just opened up Pandora's box and gave us access to Kavanaugh.

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19. Agreed. And a clarification.

I should have been more precise: Kavanaugh's statement to the Committee regarding Swetnick's allegations was made under penalty of perjury (but that doesn't necessarily mean it was "sworn&quot .

See Grassley's letter for more: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-10-25%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20FBI%20(Swetnick%20and%20Avenatti%20Referral)_Redacted.pdf

I agree Kavanaugh probably doesn't want an indictment of Avenatti or Swetnick; Grassley probably doesn't either. But not because it will necessarily open Kavanaugh up to a wide range of questioning. The issue if there is an indictment, odd as it may seem, will be whether those statements Swetnick made to the Committee (directly or through Kavanaugh) that she said were based on her "personal knowledge" were false or misleading. To the extent she made statements that "she heard" certain things about Kavanaugh, those statements aren't likely to open the door to questions since those aren't statements based on her personal knowledge.