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Not precisely the point... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 25/09/2018 02:01:44 AM

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that while yes the FBI did indeed investigate Anita Hill's allegations against Clarence Thomas, their findings were inconclusive.

Yes, I do. I also know other women reached out to the Senate, and not only did the FBI not investigate those claims, the Senate didn't let those women testify either. In this case, I'd hope we'd dispense with such awful tactics.



And that was for an incident only 10 years in the past at the time of the charges. The Senate Judicial Committee then voted 7-7 on the nomination, split mostly along Party lines, but sent the nomination to the full Senate anyway for a final vote. The entire process resolved nothing and remains just as divisive today as it was in 1991, if not more so.

Well, see, there's a different issue at play here. There's a mentioned eye witness/co-accused, Mark Judge, who's story has changed once already, and whose ex-girlfriend has given the lie to another of his statements. The Senate will not only call him to testify under oath, they won't let the FBI question him under the penalty of perjury.

There is also the matter of the statements made by Dr. Blasey to her therapist. That was 6 years ago, and can certainly be investigated.

The point of this is to have a non-partisan fact finding. If, for instance, this is a Democratic smear campaign as the GOP is oh so charmingly claiming, the FBI can check that out, too. And the fact that it is, or is not, will be investigated, and put out for everyone to see. That is valuable in and of itself, no?


Do you really expect anything different today?

Almost three decades later? I should hope so!


I'm not arguing for or against the investigation, rather I'm stating that unless Kavanaugh withdraws or is disqualified, which is the only outcome the Democrats will accept, it will resolve nothing.

It will resolve a lot. There's a lot of contemporaneous stuff to check out. Did Dr. Blasey concoct her story? Did Deborah Ramirez? Is there evidence of a conspiracy? These are good things to check and have confirmation on, one way or another.

Of course, the fact that it is the accusers who want the FBI to investigate, and the Democrats, and not Kavanaugh and the GOP is pretty telling in and of itself.

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