Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Kavanaugh confirmation, reminded the New York Times that the allegations against Kavanaugh were never able to be corroborated, much like the most “resent” allegation printed by the Times.
According to Town Hall:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) smells something rotten in that new book by Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation. The book, which is accompanied by a New York Times report summarizing the authors’ findings, concludes there is a sexual misconduct allegation against the Supreme Court Justice in addition to the one that nearly cost him his confirmation last year. Kavanaugh vehemently denied having assaulted his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. Now, Pogrebin and Kelly claim, Kavanaugh must answer for the allegation that he exposed himself to a young woman named Deborah Ramirez back in college.
Skeptics have poked some holes in the anonymously sourced Times report, so Sen. Grassley poked a few more.
First off, his staff reminds the Times, when the senator was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, they tried and failed several times to give Ramirez a chance to provide evidence for her claims.
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2. Despite 7 attempts by staff, Ms. Ramirez’ lawyers declined to provide documentary evidence referenced in the article/witness accounts to support the claims. They also declined invitations for Ms. Ramirez to speak with committee investigators or to provide a written statement.
— Sen. Grassley Press (@GrassleyPress) September 15, 2019
4. The committee’s review found no verifiable evidence to support the claims. The @nytimes‘ own reporting at the time noted that it couldn’t find anyone with firsthand knowledge & that Ms. Ramirez told friends she couldn’t be sure Kavanaugh was involved: https://t.co/e1B4ckSGhr pic.twitter.com/Wj1g9dCleo
— Sen. Grassley Press (@GrassleyPress) September 15, 2019
Lmao outstanding job New York Times
Absolutely pathetic pic.twitter.com/OxQmNBBlUo
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 16, 2019
These points did not stop several of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates from demanding Kavanaugh’s impeachment.
The newest “accuser” is a lawyer friend of the Clintons who worked against Kavanaugh to fight Clintons sexual misconduct scandal.
The person who is supposed to be the victim has no recollection of any of these claims.
