Feinstein: Kavanaugh misled about grand jury secrecy in Vince Foster probe

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By JOSH GERSTEIN 09/26/2018 05:07 AM EDT

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of misleading the Senate about his handling of grand jury secrets while working for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr two decades ago.

As with the larger controversies Kavanaugh finds himself enmeshed in, this one is also sexually explicit. It stems from his questioning of a grand jury witness Patrick Knowlton about whether he had any sexual interaction with a man he claimed to have seen in Fort Marcy Park not long before the body of Clinton White House lawyer Vince Foster was found there in an apparent suicide in 1993.

After being questioned by Kavanaugh in 1995 in front of a Washington grand jury re-investigating Foster's death, Knowlton complained that the young prosecutor asked him inappropriate questions suggesting Knowlton might have been in the park looking to have sex with another man.

"Did the man in the park pass you a note?" Knowlton recalled Kavanaugh asking, later followed by an even more jarring question: "Did the man in the park touch your genitals?"

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/kavanaugh-confirmation-starr-vince-foster-842530

[watoos]

1. God bless DiFi for putting this out there, but,

I'm sick and tired about the narrative being controlled. Stop with the word "misled" just say it, he fucking lied.

[lagomorph777]

7. "misled" "mistruth" "less than fully forthcoming"

God Damn It! The word is "LIE!"

[Scarsdale]

2. He seems to know

all the "tricks of the trade" doesn't he? How much time has HE spent in parks, passing notes? Easy to trace how his mind works, isn't it?

[watoos]

3. Kavanaugh is a freaking monster

I'm 71 and he will be by far the worst SC justice if selected.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Is that why he claimed he was a virgin?

[Snoopy 7]

4. wake up people

HEY EVERYBODY why can't we walk and chew gum at the same time? With everyone screaming about his "sexual assaults" there are no questions about his FINANCIAL MIRACLES. Why are they not asking about how he magically got rid of all his debt or how could he afford the house under his pay?

[lagomorph777]

8. Uncle Vlad took care of his debts.

[dalton99a]

9. +1. He is a servile tool of the oligarchy - they erased his debt

[scipan]

17. They need access to his financial records, like tax returns.

[Achilleaze]

5. The KGOP republican candidate is not just a drunk and a sexual predator

he's a complete sexual forensic sadist pervert.

Degenerate "republican family values" are truly fashioned from cesspool scrapings.

[watoos]

6. Hey Hey, Fat Albert's in jail,

now that's exactly what the narrative should be.

[elleng]

11. 'Sen. Dianne Feinstein told POLITICO that she has now identified another area

in which she believes Kavanaugh was not truthful in communications with senators. She said that by directing officials to speak to reporters during the investigation of President Bill Clinton, Kavanaugh may have violated grand jury secrecy laws — even though he told her and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) he never broke those rules.

"According to a memo from the National Archives, Brett Kavanaugh instructed Hickman Ewing, a colleague and deputy independent counsel in the Starr investigation, to ‘call [Chris] Ruddy’ about matters before a grand jury, which would be illegal to disclose," Feinstein said in a statement to POLITICO. "I asked Judge Kavanaugh in questions for the record whether he had shared ‘information learned through grand jury proceedings.’ His answer, which says that he acted ‘consistent with the law,’ conflicts with the official memo from Mr. Ewing. Disclosing grand jury information is against the law and would be troubling for any lawyer, especially one applying for a promotion to the highest court in the country.”'

[riversedge]

12. DiFi needs to go on National TV with this information and repeat over and over --or other

Dems need to do so.

[elleng]

13. Certainly has to be heard by all repugs' constituents, SOON,

so even if Sen Judiciary repugs let him slide, entire repugs senate caucus is informed and stirred up.

[Retrograde]

14. Hammer him on several fronts

The sexual accusations get the publicity and keep Kavanaugh in the spotlight, but let's not forget the other incidents that show his disregard for the law, the Constitution, and common decency. And follow the money as well!

[question everything]

15. Clearly is obsessed with explicit sexuality

Is this true for all Catholic school kids?

I am waiting for a respected principal of a Catholic school to take a stand and declare that what happened at Kavanaugh's school (and, supposedly stayed there) is not applicable for all of them.

Maybe.

[Judi Lynn]

16. I'm saying you need a wide stance if you're going to see the Kavanaugh information in perspective.

Can't afford to lose your balance every time a new repulsive fact surfaces.