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Chuck Grassley's Letter to Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser | National Review

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Christine Blasey Ford’s attorney Wednesday making a final request that Ford attend a committee hearing scheduled for Monday and making clear that the FBI has no jurisdiction to investigate her claim prior to the hearing.

In the letter, Grassley explains that the Senate is charged with investigating the claim under its constitutional “advise and consent” duty.

“The FBI does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. Nor is it tasked with investigating a matter simply because the Committee deems it important,” the letter reads. “The Constitution assigns the Senate and only the Senate with the task of advising the President on his nominee and consenting to the nomination if the circumstances merit. We have no power to commandeer an Executive Branch agency into conducting our due diligence.”
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So in Grassley’s letter the last sentence sets the back end time for this fiasco. If she is going to testify on Monday she has to respond by 10AM Friday morning. Senate procedural rules.
 
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Usually if you want someone to investigate something you go to them and tell them what happened that you want investigated. Wonder why that hasn't happened here?
 
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Usually if you want someone to investigate something you go to them and tell them what happened that you want investigated. Wonder why that hasn't happened here?
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Probably because she is so traumatized from the indecent she doesn't want to relive it.
 
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So it turns out the Senate has it's own investigatory resources (both parties have their own and they can perform their own investigations without cooperation of other).
 
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From Turley - wish I'd said something like this; oh wait I did. Also interesting that DiFi must be having a senior moment when she can't remember when/if she contacted Ford. Convenient since the letter as released only asks for "confidentiality" until they (Ford/DiFi) talk yet DiFi maintains the request for anonymity was never waived.

Anyhoo - from Turley

"The key to holding testimony is to establish under oath exactly what these two individuals remember; it might not be much beyond what is already known. Feinstein stated this week that she could not recall whether she contacted Ford six weeks ago. Yet, these witnesses would be expected to recall details from 36 years ago. Once their testimony is locked in, the Senate — and the public — will have a better idea of whether further investigation is warranted. "
 
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Hirono leaked the playbook - oops!

"If Kavanaugh’s nomination fizzles and President Donald Trump has to name a replacement, Hirono says he better find someone whom she considers less of a conservative ideologue, or else prepare for Senate Democrats—especially if they win a majority in November’s elections—to keep the court seat vacant until after the 2020 election."

Hirono: Kavanaugh Is Fudging the Truth

I wonder how the plan to keep the seat open for so long. We're seeing one example now.
 
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