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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm not a fan of hyperbole...even by Democrats
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If Kavanaugh lied to the Senate, he committed a Felony and Leahy should report him to the authorities.
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I'm not a fan of hyperbole...even by Democrats (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2018
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atreides1
(16,087 posts)1. A question, if you will?
Which "authorities" are you referring to?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. Isn't that what just happened?
Pretty sure the Republicans "authorities" have been made aware.
brooklynite
(94,667 posts)3. Public tweets don't constitute a criminal referral.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)4. Maybe you aren't familiar with the content of the tweet.
The tweet is secondary. There was an initial action.
I simply can't find an issue here.
hlthe2b
(102,327 posts)5. Leahy DID report him...
In 2006, when Kavanaugh was up for confirmation for his current job as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, he denied under oath having any involvement in formulating the controversial terrorism detainee policy while working in the Bush White House.
A media report later cast some doubt on that denial, leading two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse Kavanaugh of having "misled me, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the nation," as Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., wrote in a 2007 letter to Kavanaugh.
The Department of Justice reviewed the matter and said there was not enough evidence to investigate Kavanaugh for giving false statements to Congress, which is a crime.
A media report later cast some doubt on that denial, leading two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse Kavanaugh of having "misled me, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the nation," as Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., wrote in a 2007 letter to Kavanaugh.
The Department of Justice reviewed the matter and said there was not enough evidence to investigate Kavanaugh for giving false statements to Congress, which is a crime.
WHO made that call at DOJ? The current (newly appointed) head of DOJ's criminal division Brian A. Benczkowski. If you think he is "clean" google his ties to Alfa Bank.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)6. I totally support you right to post your OP, even though I do not agree with it, but you
must be aware that some could construe it as----uh---- "being critical of" a fellow Democrat.
Just sayin'----