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ffr

(22,671 posts)
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:19 AM Sep 2018

Admitted sexual predator's SCOTUS nominee accused of attempted rape



The president who admitted on tape to sexual assault nominated a man to the Supreme Court who has now been accused of attempting to rape a girl in high school.

The confirmation of Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, to the Supreme Court seems all but inevitable. And yet a shocking new report that accuses Kavanaugh of attempting to rape a girl when they were in high school should bring the process to a screeching halt.

According to The New Yorker, a woman alleges in a letter — which is now in the possession of the Senate Judiciary Committee — that at a party in the early 1980s, Kavanaugh and a classmate of his “held her down” and Kavanaugh “attempted to force himself on her.”

She says the boys “turned up music that was playing in the room to conceal the sound of her protests, and that Kavanaugh covered her mouth with his hand. She was able to free herself.” - ShareBlue


Disgraceful!
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targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
2. This story shows truly evil intent that can't be dismissed because time passed...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:27 AM
Sep 2018

.... The passage of time doesn't erase what Kavanaugh did to this woman... Holding her down, turning the music up to drown out her "protests"... That should never ever be forgiven... I don't care how old he was at the time.

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
3. The statute of limitations may have lapsed, but he deserve punishment...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:33 AM
Sep 2018

Taking away the opportunity for him to pursue a lifetime dream job is a slap on the wrist, after which he can cry us a river.

He should be forever precluded from weighing in on any issue involving women's rights, because he's demonstrated that he has no respect for a woman's right to say "no."

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
4. As much as I prefer that he not be appointed to the Supreme Court
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:48 AM
Sep 2018

I am not willing to convict him based upon allegations with no investigation and his day in court.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. That would seem to be a reasonable concept
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:53 AM
Sep 2018

unfortunately I do not believe that it will likely either occur or if it was to do so, be completed prior to his confirmation.

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
7. I agree, he won't get a day in court because of the SOL...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:57 AM
Sep 2018

But, there absolutely should be an investigation before confirmation... And, then let the court of public opinion decide what happens next for him.

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