Johnston: Rumors about this and other unsavory aspects of Kavanaugh have been around for decades.

[highplainsdem]

David Cay Johnston tweeted this less than an hour ago, responding to someone who was replying to another tweet of his:

Link to tweet

Exactly. Background checks are too pro forms, but rumors about this and other unsavory aspects of Kavanaugh have been around for decades.

He's being asked on Twitter for details about this, hasn't responded to those tweets yet.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Who is David Cay Johnston?

I don't know his name.

[highplainsdem]

2. He's on cable news frequently, has been quoted here fairly often, and this is his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cay_Johnston

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. He's known for his expertise on Trumpy's financial records. There's still lots he

admittedly doesn't know.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks for the link!

[BigmanPigman]

4. I never heard of him until I saw him on shows talking about the fucking moron

since he wrote a book about him and seemed to have a lot of good info.
Wiki:
"The Making of Donald Trump is a 2016 biography of the American businessman, property developer and politician Donald Trump by the American investigative journalist David Cay Johnston. It was published by Melville House Publishing."

The Making of Donald Trump
Author
David Cay Johnston
Subject,Donald Trump
Publishing August 2, 2016

Johnston first met Trump as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer in June 1988 and likened him to P. T. Barnum. He subsequently reported on Trump for almost 30 years, and wrote the book in 27 days.[1] In an interview with The New York Times Johnston said that Trump had "...seriously damaged his brand" with his presidential campaign and would "follow him for the rest of his life". Johnston also felt that Trump was "masterful at understanding the conventions of journalism" and "remarkably agile at doing as he chooses and getting away with it".[1]

The book entered the New York Times hardcover nonfiction list in fifteenth position[1] and spent four weeks there.[2]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks for doing the research! I appreciate it.

[BigmanPigman]

8. No problem!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. It's Even Worse Than You Think

Bought my copy sometime in February after seeing him on "Democracy Now!".

Edit to add:
Full title is
It's Even Worse Than You Think
What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

[shanny]

5. Having the girls basketball(?) team lined up behind him in a hearing

was a red flag for anybody paying attention. Seriously, pukes, who does that?....except somebody trying to overcome a known liability. The infamous letter of support was the same thing. We all knew it was hinke when it was released a day after Ford's story broke--they knew this issue was an issue, and they were trying to head it off.

And then they tried to speed up confirmation. In legal circles I think they call that "consciousness of guilt." F@ck them all.

[SunSeeker]

9. You sum it up well. nt