In 2018, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) omitted key information from the committee’s report that cleared Brett Kavanaugh of the sexual assault allegations against him.
FBI Director Chris Wray admitted during Senate testimony that tips about Brett Kavanaugh and sexual assault were never investigated but instead given to Donald Trump.
Lara Trump claimed that protesters interrupting Brett Kavanaugh’s dinner was domestic terrorism just like the Capitol attack.
It turns out that the people most emotionally deluded were those defending Brett Kavanaugh and the deceptively rigged confirmation hearing
Republicans have become so disingenuous on the matter as to use lies about her record on it as a weapon against a Democratic nominee while bemoaning that a white male Republican nominee was even asked about alleged sexual assault.
In a disgraceful performance, Sen. Lindsey Graham started ranting at and badgering Ketanji Brown Jackson about Brett Kavanaugh.
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, a rare breakthrough infection. He had been fully vaccinated since January. He is currently not showing symptoms of the virus. “Justice Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters are also fully vaccinated, and they tested negative on Thursday,” spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said. “As a precaution, Justice and Mrs. Kavanaugh…
Being a Republican in this day and age requires complete fealty to Donald Trump. To maintain the president and his supporter’s backing, one must fully aid in all of Trump’s fights no matter how ridiculous. And to not back Trump is to immediately be attacked. Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch drew the…
A friend of mine who runs his own small law firm texted me the other day after the financial relief package aimed at helping small businesses stalled in the Senate. Worried over his dwindling ability to keep and compensate his employees, he blamed the Democrats and declared he’s voting for Trump. The Democrats showed themselves,…
Chief Justice John Roberts has rebuked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for “threatening statements” against two conservative justices. “Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Roberts said, adding that the justices “will continue to…
The Federalist Society’s black tie attendees were blasted with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s disturbing testimony about Justice Kavanaugh’s sexual assault as they entered the annual gala at which Kavanaugh was the keynote speaker.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) is calling on House Democrats to immediately take up impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
This might seem like just another Trump scandal, another horrible person he’s put into power, but it’s so much more than that.
Trump responded to an investigation that revealed Brett Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting women by demanding that the DOJ sue people for his Supreme Court nominee.
Roseanne Barr is at it again. In a wild and unfiltered interview on the new Candace Owens Show, Barr called Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris ‘Kama Sutra Harris’ and said she has “slept her way to the bottom.” In the past Barr has also described women involved in the #MeToo movement as “hoes.” In the explosive interview Barr…
Rep. Joe Neguse (D., Colo.) said Friday that the House Judiciary Committee will “likely” investigate perjury charges against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Joe Neguse, a freshman member of the Judiciary Committee, made the comments to a group of his constituents on Friday. He said that he was very concerned about perjury claims against Kavanaugh…
Senate Republicans are still mad about the way Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was treated by Democrats. Since then they have been confirming President Trump’s judicial nominees at a historically fast pace. And Democrats are not happy about it. As a result the Senate may be facing a bitter fight over the next few weeks…
According to a new poll, the Senate confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is going sink Republicans, not save them.
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Brett Kavanaugh spent a collegial first day on the bench as a U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday that contrasted sharply with the venom of his confirmation process, taking an active role in arguments alongside his eight new colleagues. Kavanaugh, a veteran of such proceedings after…
But by Monday, I knew it was a lifetime war. Tuesday I knew I would get there. And I will.
Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One that the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are a hoax that was made up by the Democrats.
Chief Justice John Roberts received more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints in recent weeks against Brett M. Kavanaugh, who was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice Saturday, but did nothing about them. According to the Washington Post, he “has chosen for the time being not to refer them to a judicial panel for investigation.”…
The Republican Party is officially the party of rape and victim shaming after they did everything that they could to be on the wrong side of sexual assault during the Kavanaugh confirmation process.
To read what Donald Trump Jr. tweeted you’d think that he and his father had lost their battle to confirm right-wing Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. After Senator Susan Collins finished her speech on the Senate floor yesterday, announcing her support for Brett Kavanaugh, the president’s namesake son posted the following: “Trump supporters…
In a rare White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed that Democrats had victimized both Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
By David Alexander and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two moderate Republicans who could be pivotal in determining whether the Senate confirms U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking a woman who has accused the judge of sexual assault. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins were among the…
The ultra-conservative Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is spending big money to pressure red-state Democrats Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. In a new ad buy the group is making one final push on behalf of Donald Trump’s beleaguered Supreme Court nominee. JCN announced on Monday they will spend $400,000 this…
During comments in the Rose Garden, Trump claimed that Brett Kavanaugh said that he struggled with alcohol, but Kavanaugh never said that.
Matt Damon delivered a parody of Brett Kavanaugh that was both spot on and very funny that put into pop culture why Kavanaugh’s nomination is teetering on the brink of failure.
Law enforcement officials in Maryland have issued a statement saying they are prepared to conduct a state-level criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. However, they said, a victim must come forward and request such an investigation. The statement, by Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger and Montgomery County State’s Attorney…
Last night we reported that the FBI has already begun its additional investigation into the background of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. We’ve also reported that there appear to be many provable claims that the nominee has committed criminal perjury, and his confirmation by the U.S. Senate is in serious jeopardy. One thing we haven’t…
The number two Republican in the Senate. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has confirmed that there will be an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
The Russians are always looking for ways to divide and weaken America, and Republicans have handed them a new one by pushing the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was confronted and berated by survivors of sexual assault in an elevator after he announced his support for Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
In her testimony yesterday Dr. Christine Ford made clear that even though she sent her sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh to Democrats in Congress, she viewed herself as nonpartisan. “I am nobody’s pawn,” she said. But Republicans weren’t buying it. Over the course of Thursday’s hearing partisan tensions grew to a boiling point as…
By the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely praised as credible and brave.
In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, the Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when they were teens.
Even while many in our culture are finding some measure of satisfaction and a sense of justice being done in the prison sentence doled out to Bill Cosby for his years of sexually predatory behavior, the GOP at least seems to have consciously decided, as a matter of political strategy, to take a hard-line against…
DID YOU DO THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL?
An Anti-Kavanaugh ad by the Agenda Project targeting middle age men in Arizona, Alaska, Maine, and Iowa with a saturation-level buy asks.
Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony about the sexual assault allegations against him did not get off to a good start as the nominee complained that because of Democrats he may never be able to coach girls basketball again.
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) blasted Republicans in her opening remarks on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, reminding everyone that this is not a trial of Dr. Ford but a job interview for Brett Kavanaugh, and “Is he the best we can do?”
Republicans are going to regret ever pushing Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford destroyed Kavanaugh’s claim that she has the wrong guy.
“I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school,” Ford said, reading from her prepared testimony, her voice breaking with emotion.
A full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Wednesday lists the names of 1,600 men giving support to Brett Kavanaugh accuser Dr. Christine Ford. In a courageous move, Dr. Ford was the first woman to bring sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “In 1991, 1,600 African-American women took out a full-page…
The attorneys for Christine Ford have given the Senate Judiciary Committee the results of a polygraph test regarding her sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The results say that Ford passed the test administered at a Maryland hotel in August. “Kavanaugh accuser’s polygraph results conclude her account is ‘not indicative of deception’…
The third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, who is being represented by attorney Michael Avenatti, is having her allegation reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Avenatti, the lawyer for yet another woman who has accused Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, delivered the goods on Wednesday, including submitting her sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee and demanding an FBI investigation.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear tomorrow from four people who corroborate Dr. Christine Ford’s claims of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Although the four people will not be allowed to testify in person, the attorneys for Ford announced that they have sworn and signed declarations from all four people. The documents…
Ari Melber explained how Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee look bad by hiring a female prosecutor to do their dirty work for them in questioning Christine Blasey Ford.
By Richard Cowan and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House and its Republican congressional allies on Tuesday delivered a message of unwavering support for President Donald Trump‘s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh after the judge went on television to fight back against allegations of sexual misconduct that have imperiled his nomination. Senate Majority…
Brett Kavanaugh ‘s roommate at Yale University, issued a statement Monday saying that he remembers that “Brett was a notably heavy drinker” and that he “became aggressive and belligerent when he was very drunk.” According to the roommate, James Roche, he believes Debbie Ramirez whose account of a sexual assault by Kavanaugh was published in…
Like many people, Michael Avenatti thinks that Brett Kavanaugh’s interview on Fox News was pathetic, and his claims of being a virgin in high school are pathetic. He also thinks that Kavanaugh “is a liar.” Early this morning he tweeted: “Brett Kavanaugh is a liar. His “I was just an innocent boy” claims on Fox…
We’ve always known that GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine would be important to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. But we didn’t know exactly how important until yesterday. According to The Hill, Collins is the one person who will make or break Kavanaugh’s opportunity to become a Supreme Court justice. It turns out that…
According to Fox News, Brett Kavanaugh may not have enough Republican votes to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Yesterday Chad Pergram, congressional reporter for Fox News, posted a tweet explaining that Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is no sure thing: “Kavanaugh nomination is in trouble. That’s why McConnell made blistering speech today….
The clips from Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News interview show him looking weak and unconvincing as he discussed the sexual assault allegations that have been made against him.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no sign of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation.
Trump thinks that by making a move on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein he will be able to save his Supreme Court nominee by getting him out of the news.
Michael Avenatti is not playing. In an email Monday to Mr. Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Avenatti demanded a response to when members of the committee were aware of similar allegations and why they weren’t investigated.
Nobody expected Donald Trump to give in easily. Despite new allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh the president remains defiant and combative and has no intentions of withdrawing Kavanaugh’s nomination. The Los Angeles Times reported: “The White House and Brett Kavanaugh issued swift denials Sunday night after an explosive new account…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has called for a postponement of the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination after new sexual assault allegations surfaced.
Attorney Michael Avenatti has multiple witnesses willing to testify that Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge participated in the drugging and gang raping of women at DC house parties in the 1980s.
Trump responded to more sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee by telling his staff that this is why they should have been fighting the Christine Blasey Ford allegations sooner.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is being investigated for sexual misconduct while he was an adult at Yale.
Attorney Michael Avenatti is demanding that the Kavanaugh nomination be withdrawn after he announced that he is representing a second woman who has information on Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge.
Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) made it clear that an investigation of the accusation of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh is coming even if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
There is a saying in Washington: If Republicans lose Fox News, the battle is over. And according to a new Fox News Poll, Republicans may have lost the battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. The poll, released Sunday, shows that 50% of surveyed voters disapprove of Kavanaugh, while just 40% approve…
Nobody knows what will happen this week when Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Ford testify before the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate. We do know that Ford will describe in detail the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, and Kavanaugh will deny everything. Without other witnesses testifying there probably won’t be any surprises since both…
People in the Donald Trump White House have been leaking information to the Washington Post again. According to confidential sources who spoke to the Post over the weekend, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is struggling with certain questions concerning his personal life. The questions are being raised during the sessions being conducted by the…
The New York Times and the Washington Post both reported Saturday night that an agreement has been reached between the Senate Judiciary Committee and Christine Blasey Ford. The agreement called for Ford to testify before the committee sometime on Thursday. The deal, which has not been finalized, was termed “tentative” because the negotiations over the…
A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify before a Senate panel, her lawyers said on Saturday.
Based on results from national polls published over the past few days, Brett Kavanuagh is drowning. Never before has a Supreme Court nominee been this far underwater. Every poll has shown that he is the most unpopular nominee in history. And even though he’s really unpopular throughout the entire country, he’s even more unpopular in…
A new poll published by USA Today shows Donald Trump‘s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be the most unpopular nominee in history. Clearly the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh have not helped his standing in the eyes of the American public. Amid these allegations of sexual assault, people surveyed said Kavanaugh should not be confirmed…
In the 1980s, when “The Accused” Brett Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, his mother was working in a state’s attorney’s office where the assault took place.
Every day the news about Brett Kavanaugh keeps getting worse. As we learn more about his past we are learning that the guy is basically a disgusting creep. Especially when it comes to how he views women. As if the attempted rape wasn’t enough, we have now learned even more disturbingly bad things about the…
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said to mark his words. If Democrats win the Senate, they will investigate this allegation against Brett Kavanaugh.
A number of former FBI agents and prosecutors are saying that people who make up allegations tend not to ask for the FBI to investigate them. Ken Dilanian of NBC News tweeted: A number of former prosecutors and FBI agents have said today that people who make up allegations tend not to demand that the…
Well, this is awkward for Republicans, who are barrelling ahead with their plan to confirm a possible rapist to the highest court in the land no matter what. MSNBC is reporting that a former schoolmate of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford recalls the alleged Kavanaugh assault being discussed at their school. She has no first hand…
Wondering why the President and Republicans keep referring to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as “the accuser” as if she has no name? Republicans have a history of painting women as “accuser” instead of “victim.” They’ve even tried to make this law. Republican state Rep Bobby Franklin of Georgia wrote a bill in 2011 to change…
“Nothing of substance and nothing legitimate can happen by Monday,” Lisa Banks, an attorney for Ford, told CNN.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) told Republicans that if they are going to have their women staff question Christine Blasey Ford, they need to step down.
Mark Judge, a man identified as a witness to an alleged sexual assault by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said on Tuesday he does not want to speak publicly on the matter.
Video from 2015 shows Brett Kavanaugh saying that what happened during his time in prep school where he is accused of sexually assaulting Christine Ford stays at Georgetown Prep.
The Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are being blasted by Senate Democrats for holding a hearing on the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh that will be a sham.
A Big Blue Wave has been building all year in favor of Democrats. As Trump’s approval keeps dropping to historic lows, the chances of a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives keeps rising. Last week several polls showed the blue party with double-digit leads in the generic congressional ballot. Experts were saying even the…
It is being reported that if the votes aren’t there to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by the end of the day, Senate Republicans may begin to pressure Trump to withdraw his nomination.
“Morning Joe” guest Donny Deustch said this morning that he thinks Brett Kavanaugh will not be confirmed to the Supreme Court. He also said Republicans face a “lose/lose” situation in the political fight over the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump’s nominee. MSNBC's Donny Deutsch says Kavanaugh confirmation would be 'suicidal' for GOP https://t.co/BPRh7HB29m —…
Trump is expected to attack the woman who is accusing his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as Republicans in the Senate are showing signs of nervousness about the nomination.
The president who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault and sexual harassment is refusing to withdraw the nomination of his Supreme Court nominee who is accused of sexual assault.
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cited the “serious and credible allegations” that must be thoroughly investigated. “For too long, when woman have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case.”
Yesterday, while Florence and Donald were making headlines, another story was picking up steam that could derail the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the morning we reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she has referred Kavanaugh to federal authorities for investigation. Feinstein issued a statement saying: “I have received…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) issued a cryptic statement to PoliticusUSA that she has referred Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to federal authorities for investigation.
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is the most unpopular with American voters since the nomination of Robert Bork, according to a new poll. In the meantime, supposedly pro-choice Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is indicating she is likely to vote for confirmation of the anti-abortion rights Kavanaugh. As a result, many pro-choice…
Then there are the persistent doubts about his truthfulness in telling senators in 2006 that he had no knowledge of Mr. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program or his detainee treatment policy — claims that have been called into question by yet more emails, which showed he knew about both of those things years before they became public.
Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is relishing his new role as antagonist of Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Supreme Court hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Democrats are not happy with Republicans, and they want someone to fight hard for their interests and their point of view. Along with Senator Kamala…
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) responded to Republican claims that they won the election and can do whatever they want by saying the name Merrick Garland.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of one of the children killed in the Parkland school shooting, approached Brett Kavanaugh during the lunch break of his confirmation hearing, put out his hand, and Kavanaugh refused to shake it.
Senate Republicans have gone so far as to demand that the Capitol Police “do their jobs” and arrest Americans who are pleading for their health care and reproductive rights at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
The confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee , Brett Kavanaugh, began in chaos as several Democratic senators interrupted the chairman’s opening remarks. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tried to welcome Kavanaugh and was immediately interrupted by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). “Good morning. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of Brett…
The bad news about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh just keeps coming. When he was first nominated by President Trump, we discovered that he thinks presidents are above the law , and can’t be indicted or subpoenaed while in office. Soon after, nearly 200 civil and human rights group signed a letter opposing his nomination,…
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) sat down with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday but remains convinced he is a threat to equal justice under the law as well as concerned by the way Republicans are trying to skip the entire vetting process on their nominee.