The confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh was ugly. He was confirmed, but there are those who will ignore the exculpatory evidence that has come out since the hearing and choose to believe he was guilty of the charges. There are two recent articles that detail that exculpatory evidence. Since the mainstream media will probably ignore these stories, I would like to summarize them. However, I also want to remind everyone that it is becoming obvious that an innocent man was almost destroyed for political reasons. That is totally unfortunate and unacceptable.<\/p>\n
The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted an article yesterday about one of the charges against Justice Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released a 414 page report<\/a> on Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend and confirmed that there is no credible evidence to support the sexual assault allegations.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Committee interviewed 45 individuals and took 25 written statements relating to the various allegations against Kavanaugh, the Senate Judiciary said.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is one of the most important facts uncovered in the report:<\/p>\n Grassley\u2019s probe also revealed details behind \u2018mistaken identity\u2019 claims from two other witnesses who came forward claiming they were the ones who had the encounter with Christine Ford, not Brett Kavanaugh.<\/strong><\/p>\n Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed<\/a> in late September that they were talking to two men who thought they had the \u201cencounter\u201d with Christine Ford, not Brett Kavanaugh.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Federalist<\/a> posted a summary of the report yesterday.<\/p>\n These are some highlights from the article in The Federalist:<\/p>\n Ford\u2019s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee differed in many respects from statements she made to her therapist, the Washington Post reporter who broke the story, and even from her initial letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Ford\u2019s story morphed from a sexual assault by four boys in the mid-1980s, while she was in her late teens, to a sexual assault by one boy at a party attended by five people in 1982, when she was 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n …In addition to these inconsistencies in Ford\u2019s story, following the Senate hearing the public learned of another problem with her testimony when a former longtime boyfriend came forward. He contradicted Ford\u2019s claim that she had never \u201chad discussions with anyone, besides [her] attorneys, on how to take a polygraph,\u201d and had never given \u201cadvice to somebody who was looking to take a polygraph test.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The ex-boyfriend stated that \u201ccontrary to Dr. Ford\u2019s testimony, she had helped prepare her roommate, former FBI agent Monica McLean, for a polygraph examination.\u201d Grassley\u2019s report includes the letter from Ford\u2019s former boyfriend detailing his claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Ford expanded on the effects, stating: \u201cI struggled academically. I struggled very much in Chapel Hill and in college. When I was 17 and went off to college, I had a very hard time, more so than others, forming new friendships and especially friendships with boys, and I had academic problems.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n However, a former college acquaintance told the Judiciary Committee that Ford had \u201ca fairly active and robust social life\u201d in college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His letter added that Chrissy \u201cseemed to have a number of other non-dating male friends, more guy friends perhaps than females,\u201d and that she attended \u201cfrat house parties, some crowded and lasting very late in the evening,\u201d as well as \u201csmaller gatherings in male friend\u2019s rooms or apartments.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n …Throughout the entire ordeal, many commentators\u2014myself<\/a> included\u2014suggested that while Kavanaugh did not assault Ford, someone else may have. After hearing Ford\u2019s Senate testimony, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins similarly concluded that Kavanaugh was not Ford\u2019s assailant but \u201cthat she was assaulted.\u201d By whom and when, though, Collins did not know.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is unlikely the public will ever know what happened to Ford, if anything. But Grassley\u2019s report supports the possibility that the encounter Ford described involved other boys and different facts. Specifically, the report summarized statements made by two men who believed they might have been involved in the encounters Ford described, albeit with it being consensual.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Grassley\u2019s memorandum discussed Deborah Ramirez\u2019s claim that, in the 1980s while attending Yale University, Kavanaugh had exposed himself to her, thrusting \u201chis penis in her face.\u201d Kavanaugh denied Ramirez\u2019s charge and Ramirez admitted she was intoxicated at the time and wasn\u2019t sure Kavanaugh was the flasher until she spent a week thinking it over and talking with her attorneys. Grassley\u2019s report concluded there was no verifiable evidence supporting Ramirez\u2019s claim that Kavanaugh had exposed himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n In fact, the committee received evidence indicating that another Yale student had been a known flasher at the time. A witness told the committee investigator that a different classmate, who was a member of the same fraternity as Kavanaugh, \u201chad a reputation for exposing himself publicly.\u201d This witness provided the investigator a yearbook photo showing that individual sans pants.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article lists more problems with the charges against Justice Kavanaugh. Please follow the link to read further details.<\/p>\n The bottom line here is simple–an innocent man’s career was almost destroyed by false testimony. I don’t know if Dr. Ford actually believed what she testified to, if she was simply confused,\u00a0 or if she was simply being used for political purposes. I do wonder what the consequences of making false charges against someone during a Congressional hearing should be. My impression of Dr. Ford is that something traumatic did happen to her in high school and that she should be treated gently. However, there do need to be some consequences for the false charges she levied. Behavior that is not dealt with will continue. I think we need to send a message that this sort of circus at a confirmation hearing will not be tolerated. There also need to be some rules about introducing inflammatory charges just before a committee is going to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh was ugly. He was confirmed, but there are those who will ignore the exculpatory evidence that has come out since the hearing and choose to believe he was guilty of the charges. There are two … Continue reading