Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), a key swing Republican vote, said Thursday that a new FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh has failed to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault against the Supreme Court nominee.Flake said there was nothing in the FBI’s supplementary background check to corroborate the claims from Ford, which threw Kavanaugh’s nomination into turmoil starting last month.The Arizona Republican said he agrees with fellow GOP Sen. Susan Collins(Maine) in viewing the FBI report as "thorough." He also said it failed to back up Ford’s claims that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a house gathering in 1982, when both were in high school.
So how about it, Senator? You'll be retiring soon. This would be your big chance for the historical record to show that you went out with a demonstration of principle and backbone.“I think Susan Collins was quoted saying it was very thorough but no new corroborative information came out of it. That’s accurate,” Flake told reporters after reviewing the FBI report in the secure compartmented information facility in the Capitol Visitor Center.“I wanted this pause; we’ve had this pause. We’ve had the professionals, the FBI, determine — given the scope that we gave them, current credible allegations — to go and do their review, which they’ve done,” Flake said.“Thus far we’ve seen no new credible corroboration, no new corroboration at all,” he said.Collins separately told reporters that the FBI investigation "appears to be a very thorough investigation" and said she planned to go read the full report later.Flake, Collins and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) are the three Republican senators who are undecided on Kavanaugh.
Oh, and Flake's bud Chris Coons says he doesn't think the FBI interviewed enough people.
Do yourself another favor regarding how history is going to view you, Senator Flake, and knock off the bromance with the Freedom-Hater.
Former Justice John Paul Stevens says K's demeanor during the post process disqualifies him. He says the Senators should pay attention to this. So do I. Is it true that Kennedys resignation was contingent on a promise that K would be nominated? I'll take Amy but K is now verboten for me.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of that "demeanor" shit going around. I guess some people have no ability to empathize if they haven't been falsely accused of sexual assault in front of the entire nation themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou believe Juanita Broderick and Paula Jones but you do not believe Anita Hill nor do you believe Dr Ford...simply by adjusting your standards of "evidence" depending upon your ideological alignment with the accused.
DeleteSuch a flexible standard of morality casts serious doubt on one's standing to lecture others on "principle" and "backbone".
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DeleteAnd "that demeanor shit" matters...and much much more than just a little.
DeleteFor this moment, for this position, for the vigilant care of our nation, this self-professed vindictive partisan is the worst possible choice for the Supreme Court of the United States.
And your turd-tossing over Flake is totally brain-dead. He singlehandedly saved the Pro-Sexual-Assault forces from themselves by conceiving of a sham FBI probe ("Just run their plates for active warrants...then take the rest of the week off"). That way Flake, et al can tell the "chicks" and the "babes" that the allegations were taken seriously.
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