Avenatti: Swetnick will take her story directly to the American people this weekend.

[bearsfootball516]

Link to tweet

"Because @realDonaldTrump and the Senate Republicans refuse to allow my client Julie Swetnick to testify, we will be taking her story directly to the American people this weekend. This is about a search for the truth. Details to follow."

[NorCen_CT]

1. When's the earliest the entire Senate can vote on confirmation? Story needs to come out before then.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Tuesday

This weekend is fine.

[NorCen_CT]

4. Ah - thanks! Time has seemed to somehow be going too fast, and also slower than ever.

[lunatica]

10. Whiplash!

Breaking news is always flying at us!

[OliverQ]

18. They said they're voting on Saturday.

[john657]

21. Voting to open debate, not to confirm. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

23. Here's how it works

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/27/brett-kavanaugh-final-vote-supreme-court-nominee-could-tuesday/1436385002/

If the committee approves the nomination, or if the nomination is sent to the floor by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, without a recommendation, McConnell could make a motion on Saturday to end debate.

Unless there is unanimous consent to waive the rules, McConnell, R-Ky., would have to wait until Monday at the earliest for a vote on that motion.

...The rules say at least 30 hours must pass after the procedural motion passes. That means if the motion to end debate were held early Monday, the final vote could come late in the day Tuesday.

[iluvtennis]

25. Thanks for the process definition. nt

[BigGermanGuy]

29. all bunk though

these are senate rules. they could first vote to suspend the rules, and immediately vote.

[BeyondGeography]

30. There has to be unamimous consent to waive the rules

Which won't happen.

[BigmanPigman]

33. I jave been hearing Tues or Wed on the TV news.

[wishstar]

3. I heard the entire Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday

that's why Avenatti is planning her weekend appearance for this weekend

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Bring it!!

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

28. I Agree

But rest assured that it won't change a single vote. NOT ONE.

[bearsfootball516]

5. I don't expect it to change anything, but she deserves to have her voice heard.

[NorCen_CT]

6. There could be video of the assault, and I don't think it would change anything, sadly.

[TheBlackAdder]

31. If we're talking the mid-1980s, that would be a VHS camera, which were pretty large.

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As large as today's 4K cinematography movie cameras.

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[Funtatlaguy]

7. Good for her but probably too little too late.

Wish all the accusers had gone on the air before yesterday.

[Blue_true]

8. 60 Minutes.

Like him or not like him, you know that when you go into a fight with him, you better have your shit together.

[appal_jack]

11. Swear charges in front of a Magistrate

Absent a pending criminal investigation, I doubt TV appearances can slow this down. But I wish Avenatti & Swetnick all the success in the world.

-app

[malaise]

12. I just knew this was coming

Good

[manor321]

13. If it's Sunday, that's too late

[john657]

14. So why isn't Avenatti taking this to the Montgomery PD?

This would virtually guarantee a pause in the vote, so one has to wonder why he's not pushing his client to file a criminal complaint?

[ScratchCat]

16. Because they would be laughed out

of the courtroom. That's why. No jurisdiction in this country would take such a complaint seriously.

[john657]

17. That's my take on it also, but I wanted to avoid getting flamed. n/t

[Garrett78]

19. Didn't the Montgomery County PD say publicly that they would investigate if charges were filed?

[john657]

24. Yes, but I seriously doubt that the Montgomery DA would file any charges. n/t

[NorCen_CT]

15. As badly as I know I will feel if (when) Kavanaugh is confirmed..

I can't even BEGIN to imagine how Dr. Ford, Ms. Ramirez and Ms. Swetnick will all feel if (when) it happens. I honestly can't.

They are putting themselves out there (and having their lives upended by the "compassionate conservatives&quot , but it might turn out to be no more than yelling into the abyss (which may be even worse than not coming forward at all, since at that point they still could believe that the Senate would care). I'm at a loss for words, it's absolutely sickening.

[dalton99a]

20. Good. Do it.

[Garrett78]

22. She had better do so before the potential Saturday vote.

[dchill]

26. Whatever ANYONE can do, at this point.

[Catherine Vincent]

27. It will fall on deaf ears, so it wouldn't matter. nt

[George II]

32. As Senator Booker said a week or two ago, "BRING IT!" We need to know about this scumbag.

[Jim__]

34. Yes, keep the pressure on!

Kavanaugh is a violent sexual predator and we have to keep that in the public eye.

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Too little, too late.

Maybe another time.