Who paid off Brett's debts???

[ancianita]

53. Well, I'm not either. I wish I could explain it from memory, but even media couldn't prove any

cause-effect timeline. I'm just guessing a quid pro quo, is all. Sorry.

Here's a rough timeline:
Kavanaugh clerks with Kennedy 1993-1994
"confirm Kavanaugh" domain name registered -- 2017-02-08
Kavanaugh owes debts as of May 2017,
June 27 Kennedy announces his retirement

Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh July 9, 2018,
Kennedy retires July 31, 2018.
September 27 2018 Christine Blasey Ford Testifies of sexual assault
Kavanaugh confirmation October 6, 2018 50-48

DU at the time was posting snippets of the decision making process, with the real emphasis on providing evidence of Kavanaugh's lies, in order to discredit his denials over Blasey Ford's testimony. We speculated collusion, and as usual, media presented mostly the Blasey Ford drama.

Everyone on DU was pissed off at the speed of Mitch McConnell's "rule" about no nominees in an election year but even four months before the midterms, media was soft on McConnell's brazen double standard. After WaPo's report of some 25 being on the Federalist Society's list, shortly after Kennedy announces his retirement Trump submitted Kavanaugh's name to the Senate.

If there were payoffs or agreements, no one knows. If the FBI had been serious about ferreting any of the debt payments out, we might know. But the nomination review likely didn't happen, if one looks at the Kennedy resignation and Kavanaugh nomination timeline, because McConnell was in a rush to get the confirmation done before the midterms.

In my opinion, regardless of the uninvestigated debt issue, the real issue in Law is lying under oath.

Anyway, I probably have talked all around your question, but I hope you see why.