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Live coverage of Kavanaugh Hearing with new witnesses

blumethal makes great points.

She has given her full account
She has taken a polygraph
She has asked for the FBI to investigate

He has just said it didn't happen. Nothing more.
 
So far I'm very impressed with Dr. Ford. Up to this point, I don't see how she could have been a more credible witness.
 
This format is so annoying. Five minutes of substance followed by five minutes of a Democrat gushing about their own resume and Ford's bravery, followed by another five minutes of actual substance...
 
Kreton said:
blumethal makes great points.

She has given her full account
She has taken a polygraph
She has asked for the FBI to investigate

He has just said it didn't happen. Nothing more.
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Agreed. And so far she has been very impressive. Like, "WOW!" impressive, better than pretty well anyone else I've seen in front of a committee, open, forthright. If the Kavanaugh nomination isn't in doubt at this moment, something is seriously wrong with the system. That said, things may change.
 
Blumenthal got in a conspiracy theory jab
 
Kreton said:
Justice department acknowledges that 2/3 of victims don't report.
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Well some people had said that this instance must not have been that bad because they didn't report it, so I suppose they would also claim that 2/3 of rapes must not be that bad.
 
Kreton said:
blumethal makes great points.

She has given her full account
She has taken a polygraph
She has asked for the FBI to investigate

He has just said it didn't happen. Nothing more.
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If it didnt happen, what more do you expect him to say?
 
That attorney is not helping her optics... just let her talk, she is doing a good job.

I wouldn't have assumed that the polygraph was his idea until he cut her mic.
 
Fenton said:
And her story changes again

4 boys ( Letter to Feinstien )

4 boys in the room ( therapist )

3 boys and a girl ( WaPo )

5 boys and 1 I didn't know ( todays testimony )

Just to be clear, we havent seen ONE PIECE of corroberating evidence that would confirm her story. Not one
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Where in the WaPo article does it say that she claimed there were only "4" people at the party (besides her)? I knew I had heard about 5 people total at the party. She said it again here, during her testimony. Her testimony today is consistent with what was put into the Post, eventhough they dont' seem to give the exact number of those at the party, except when clarifying that she shared that there were 4 boys at the party with her therapist. But we know that she has only released 4 names and not a fifth (she said she can't remember the name of the 4th boy).
 
Kreton said:
I think them bringing in someone who has handled these types of things was the right thing to do.
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Judging from a couple of Grassley's agitated outbursts that probably was the right decision for them. But it's becoming apparent that they didn't think this 5 minute limit thing all the way through. A prosecutor needs to build a narrative and this format makes that nearly impossible to do.
 
Kreton said:
Why not allow the FBI to investigate it if nothing else but to clear his own name? Why not take a polygraph?
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Polygraphs dont mean anything and he cant call in the FBI. Plus, all the FBI would do is exactly what is being done here.
 
The lie detector test is looking suspect now
 
Kreton said:
Why not allow the FBI to investigate it if nothing else but to clear his own name? Why not take a polygraph?
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Because that is simply a delay tactic to get past the midterms and nothing more. He's been investigated 6 times before by the FBI during his career. This never came up.

Any reasonable person sees what this is really about.
 
Fletch said:
Polygraphs dont mean anything and he cant call in the FBI. Plus, all the FBI would do is exactly what is being done here.
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And polygraphs while not 100% do mean something. That is why they exist and are used. Passing one usually means you are telling the truth - failing one is questionable from my understanding. She passed.
 
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