Kavanaugh and Perjury

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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Kavanaugh and Perjury

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DoubtingThomas wrote:Who the Hell is Judy Munro-Leighton? I don't remember the Democrats using her accusation to attack Kavanaugh.


The lady from Kentucky, Judy Munro-Leighton, penned an anonymous letter claimging to be a lady from Oceanside, CA who was raped by Kavanaugh and a friend of his in the back seat of a car (if I have the details correct). She wasted the Senate Judiciary Committee's time and resources to investigate the bogus claim.

She, as you know, fessed up to making it all up. The problem was it wasted people's time and resources, and I think there was some low'ish level circulating of the story at the time:

Also on Tuesday, the Committee received an anonymous letter sent to California Sen. Kamala Harris, which was postmarked 9/19 and alleged that Judge Kavanaugh and others raped the author in the backseat of a car. However, the letter did not identify place, date, or the identity of the alleged accomplices, and was signed "Jane Doe, Oceanside, CA."


That quoted piece was typical of the reporting at the time, but found some legs in the online discussions surrounding Kavanaugh, resulting in him just being called a rapist.

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Re: Kavanaugh and Perjury

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:The point of the update was just to demonstrate that #justbelieveher has serious flaws to it, not only philosophically, but legally. It's a bad strategy to employ.

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I got ya, Doc. I hope you didn't take my comment as an accusation of your post, just expressing what I have seen from others. We've discussed this before and I'm fairly certain we agreed at least on some level that the pendulum can (and has in certain cases) swung too far. What originally was a call to not blame victims, take accusations seriously, and hold truly guilty parties accountable has morphed in the minds of some to something more extreme.
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Re: Kavanaugh and Perjury

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Huh. I guess the Senate isn't going to let Avenatti get away with his BS, either:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavl ... s-n2535015

Over the weekend Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released a 414-page report detailing allegations made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.

The report not only found that all of the accusations failed to include evidence or merit, but shows infamous porn lawyer Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnik criminally conspired to take down Kavanaugh's nomination.


Just days earlier Avenatti poked the bear with this tweet:

Michael Avenatti

@MichaelAvenatti

.@realDonaldTrump - my client Ms. Swetnick and I are still waiting on the supposed "criminal investigation" that Chuck "I Never Went to Law School" Grassley demanded. I have only heard from the FBI once - to tell me I was a target of your MAGA bomber. You are a complete fraud. https://Twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 1730306049

6:14 AM - Nov 3, 2018
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1,993 people are talking about this


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Re: Kavanaugh and Perjury

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I think there was some low'ish level circulating of the story at the time


So the Democrats are not that gullible.
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Re: Kavanaugh and Perjury

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Some Schmo wrote:
Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:38 am
I wonder why I only see idiots questioning Ford's credibility. Interesting.
Who are you? You are not Some Schmo.
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