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Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:04 PM Jun 2020

Brett Kavanaugh was a secret source to Bob Woodward [View all]

“New York Times reporter Ben Smith revealed a bombshell in a puff piece about the Washington Post on Sunday. While President Donald Trump has railed against anonymous sources, it appears his own Supreme Court judge used to be one.

According to the report, writers at the Post can look at upcoming stories by looking at the back end of their content management system. “And at the height of the furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2018, some who did saw a shocking article awaiting publication,” wrote Smith.

“In the article, Bob Woodward, the Post legend who protected the identity of his Watergate source, Deep Throat, for 30 years, was going to unmask one of his own confidential sources. He was, in particular, going to disclose that Judge Kavanaugh had been an anonymous source in his 1999 book Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate,” said the report.

Woodward wanted to expose Kavanaugh because he had publicly claimed, “in a huffy letter in 1999 to The Post,” that he wasn’t a source for Woodward in 1999. According to the claim, Kavanaugh gave Woodward juicy details about Ken Starr’s investigation behind the scenes while serving as a lawyer on Starr’s team.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/brett-kavanaugh-was-a-secret-source-to-bob-woodward-while-working-as-a-lawyer-in-ken-starrs-1999-investigation-report/?fbclid=IwAR3AphKG7YIbjDFetxXdHa-bqINnWQlbI2ShmrVRzL-mGI-K0S34QwiT8KE

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So Woodward pulls a Bolton. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #1
The biannual reminder that Kavanaugh is not trustworthy. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #2
I Hope THis Blows Up In HIs Face 'BIGLY' Me. Jun 2020 #4
That's what I was thinking. He was a lawyer at the time. Was what he did somehow unlawful? Maraya1969 Jun 2020 #5
Fingers Crossed Me. Jun 2020 #6
I wish too, but. The Repubs are hiding documentation Hortensis Jun 2020 #23
After we flip the Senate, we need to publish all 100,000 pages. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #24
The presidential records are legally held by an attorney Hortensis Jun 2020 #26
If we control the White House, House, and Senate, we can re-write the law. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #27
Yes, but not to undo previous applications of law. Hortensis Jun 2020 #28
What An INdictment! Me. Jun 2020 #30
Even if he was disbarred. He would stay as a Supreme Court Justice fescuerescue Jun 2020 #29
I don't see him resigning. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #7
THat Would Be Enough To Get Him KIcked Off Me. Jun 2020 #8
Maybe, but let's wait 7 months Polybius Jun 2020 #11
Well THese Things Must Build Me. Jun 2020 #12
What.... bluecollar2 Jun 2020 #21
Was he drunk at the time? He likes beer! Marie Marie Jun 2020 #3
Slimy Doesn't Begin To Describe Me. Jun 2020 #13
I thought it was a tell when Kavanaugh went on the offensive... CBHagman Jun 2020 #9
You Were & Are Me. Jun 2020 #10
KIck For Visibility Me. Jun 2020 #14
STOP THE PRESSES! SergeStorms Jun 2020 #15
Corruption rockfordfile Jun 2020 #16
Beyond Me. Jun 2020 #33
"Secret source"? Girl powers Jun 2020 #17
I Forgot His Role In 2000 Me. Jun 2020 #19
KR! Cha Jun 2020 #18
... Me. Jun 2020 #20
I never liked Bob Woodward after All the President's Men. Cha Jun 2020 #22
I Think He's Way Too Full Of Himself Me. Jun 2020 #32
Btw, the NYT article is mostly about #BLM discrimination Hortensis Jun 2020 #25
... Me. Jun 2020 #31
Weep Throat Blue Owl Jun 2020 #34
FInally...The Story Is Beginning To Surface Me. Jun 2020 #35
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