Even before her name was made public, Ed Whelan was seeking information about Christine Ford

[MelissaB]

From the reporter who broke the Ford story:

Christine Ford noticed Sunday morning, even before her name was made public, that Ed Whelan appeared to be seeking information about her.

Link to tweet

[MelissaB]

1. Jake Tapper is retweeting the article, so it will get eyes on it.

Link to tweet

[Botany]

2. So Kavanaugh and or the Judicial Crisis Network (clients of CRC) knew about Ms. Ford and her ....

.... "history" with Kavanaugh. I betya they were tipped off by Sen. Grassely who has know
about the letter Sen. Feinstein has had since last July.

[dalton99a]

3. Yep.

[Botany]

5. Might just be a case of mistaken identity.

From the Post article:

"In the wake of Ford’s allegation, Kavanaugh told White House officials and Republicans on Capitol Hill that it was potentially a case of mistaken identity, according to people who heard his comments or were familiar with the discussions. Kavanaugh did not respond to requests for comment."


BTW have you seen the Brennan Dossier?

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/09/19/trump-should-be-more-worried-about-the-brennan-dossier/

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Yes, I saw the WP article

[Botany]

9. Hello! I think this was some of the information that McConnell was shown that ....

.... he blocked the American people from knowing about.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/09/19/trump-should-be-more-worried-about-the-brennan-dossier/

Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried “eyes only” instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides.

Inside was an intelligence bombshell, a report drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government that detailed Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race.

But it went further. The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.

[PoliticAverse]

8. The article says "90 mins after WaPo shared her name with the WH" implying the Whitehouse...

told Whelan.

[BigmanPigman]

10. That seems to be what happened. This requires an FBI investigation.

[eleny]

4. Cue the Dragnet theme

[tanyev]

7. Do tell.

[Takket]

11. can i ask a dumb question?

Why did the Post share her name with the White House before publishing the article?

[PoliticAverse]

12. The name was going to be published in a few hours anyway, they had to give the name to the WH...

to get a specific comment from them before the story was finally published. It seems to have been the standard
"call the subject of our expose right before we publish for a comment".