BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/ELECTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Having been just one of three Democratic senators to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, Heitkamp had already instructed her staff to begin drafting a statement explaining why she thought Kavanaugh […]
Category: Supreme Court
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump apologized to Brett Kavanaugh and claimed that he was ‘proven innocent’ of multiple sexual misconduct allegations during an elaborate swearing-in ceremony for the new Supreme Court justice…Those statements from the president were his second attempt of the day to discredit Kavanaugh’s accusers, including Christine Blasey Ford, […]
10/8/2018
DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator Joe Manchin III became the lone Democrat to support Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court on Saturday [10-6-18], protesters in the Capitol screamed ‘shame.’ But in his home state of West Virginia, voters were, if not encouraging, at least understanding: He had saved himself from political […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sought to put a bruising confirmation battle behind him on Monday [10-8-18] at a White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump declared him innocent of sexual misconduct and apologized for the heated process. Kavanaugh, whose bid to join the top U.S. court nearly failed […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump apologized to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for ‘the terrible pain and suffering’ he and his family were ‘forced to endure’ during his confirmation process, at a ceremonial swearing-in event at the White House on Monday [10-8-18] evening…Earlier Monday, Trump claimed the accusations against Kavanaugh were […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Protesters opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the US Supreme Court swarmed over Washington on Saturday [10-6-18]- massing at the Capitol, disrupting the confirmation vote in the Senate and banging on the Supreme Court building doors when Kavanaugh arrived to be sworn in. About 5:45 p.m. ET Saturday, a large crowd […]
10/6/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump praised Sen. Susan Collins for her support of now-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, calling the Maine Republican ‘incredible’ for her speech on the Senate floor just one day earlier…Collins, a key swing vote in the Senate, delivered a speech Friday [10-5-18] afternoon affirming that she […]
10/6/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crowd in front of the U.S. Supreme Court is tiny, looks like about 200 people (& most are onlookers) – that wouldn’t even fill the first couple of rows of our Kansas Rally, or any of our Rallies for that matter! The Fake News Media tries to make it look […]
10/6/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I applaud and congratulate the U.S. Senate for confirming our GREAT NOMINEE, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court. Later today, I will sign his Commission of Appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2018 3:15 pm […]
10/06/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was looking forward to a Senate confirmation vote on his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday [10-6-18] and said the conservative judge would do a ‘great, great’ job on the court. The embattled Kavanaugh was poised to win Senate confirmation later on […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern Friday [10-5-18] over the court’s lack of a swing vote with Justice Anthony Kennedy’s departure from the bench. Speaking at a Princeton University conference, Kagan warned that a politically divided court could jeopardize its legitimacy…Kagan’s comments come as President Donald Trump looks to fill […]
10/5/2018
DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is on track to be the only Senate Democrat to break ranks with his party and vote to elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. A final confirmation vote is not expected until Saturday [10-6-18], but Manchin came out in support of Kavanaugh […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Friday [10-5-18] assailed the women who protested his embattled Supreme Court nominee by confronting senators in elevators, claiming that they had been paid and were only trying to make the lawmakers ‘look bad.’ Two women approached Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, inside an elevator last […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SUPREME SOURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump lashed out Friday [10-5-18] at female protesters who have confronted senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, labeling them ‘rude elevator screamers’ and ‘paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad.’ Trump’s tweet Friday came before a crucial Senate vote on Kavanaugh, who stands accused of […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fox News anchors said Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was compelling. Republican strategists sent panicked text messages anticipating an electoral disaster. And even some Brett Kavanaugh supporters questioned whether he could rescue his nomination. But as Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appeared to be crumbling under the weight of sexual […]
10/5/2018
CENSUS/COMMERCE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “The Supreme Court is passing up, for now, the Trump administration’s request to block Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to give testimony in lawsuits challenging the addition of a question on citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an order Friday turning down an emergency stay […]
10/05/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, the question that would hang over him, based on all he has been through and all he has said, is: Can he be fair? Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, prominent law professors, attorneys and lawmakers have all raised that question as […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] attempted to undermine the legitimacy and motivation of thousands of demonstrators on Capitol Hill protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying demonstrations are funded by George Soros, a billionaire financier and liberal donor who is the frequent topic of unsubstantiated right-wing conspiracy […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] accused the protesters demonstrating against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of being ‘paid professionals’ and part of a smear campaign funded by left-leaning donors, after female activists confronted Sens. Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake about sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh…Ana Maria Archila, one of […]
10/5/2018
PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh is set to become the Supreme Court justice who inaugurates a conservative majority for a generation, after wavering Republicans closed ranks to give him sufficient votes for confirmation in a historic victory for President Donald Trump. The final Senate vote is expected Saturday [10-6-18], but enough senators have committed […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The ugly partisan brawl over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains undecided, but President Donald Trump appears likely to come out on top regardless of the outcome. If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate in a vote planned on Saturday [10-6-18], Trump will have succeeded in placing his second […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Seeking to boost Republican turnout in key Minnesota battlegrounds, President Donald Trump attacked Democrats Thursday [10-4-18] night, arguing that their ‘rage-fueled resistance’ to his Supreme Court nominee will motivate GOP voters this fall. Speaking before a cheering crowd at a rally in Rochester, Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination […]
10/4/2018
CENSUS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [10-3-18] to block a lower court order for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned by lawyers for a group of states challenging a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 census whether […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-3-18] declared that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ‘totally uncorroborated’ and will possibly benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms…The tweet came as senators were set to begin reviewing the results of an FBI investigation into the allegations […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thursday [10-4-18] was a very good day for Brett Kavanaugh — maybe his best day since being chosen as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee back in July. Friday [10-5-18] was even better, as his confirmation to the court appeared to be sealed with three key senators deciding he’s worthy of […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh, still short of votes in the final hours of the most politicized Supreme Court confirmation battle in years, is campaigning until the bitter end. On the eve of a dramatic day in the Senate that could dictate his fate, and with several key Republicans undecided, Kavanaugh attempted […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday [10-4-18] arguing he is an ‘independent, impartial judge’ and conceding he ‘might have been too emotional’ in his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week…Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 300 protesters were arrested at a US Senate building on Thursday [10-4-18] afternoon as crowds of activists descended on Capitol Hill while lawmakers reviewed the FBI’s report on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Protesters gathered in the Hart Senate Building atrium after US Capitol Police barricaded […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-4-18] following the completion of an FBI investigation of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the sexual assault allegations against him were ‘totally uncorroborated.’ Trump said in a Twitter post that Kavanaugh had been subjected to ‘harsh and unfair treatment’ and […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators will be able to start reading the FBI investigation summaries into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [10-4-18] morning, Senate sources told CNN. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is expected to read the summaries first, followed by the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. […]
10/3/2018
GOP/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “For more than two weeks he held back. Against all his instincts, President Trump for the most part resisted directly attacking the woman whose sexual assault allegation has jeopardized his Supreme Court nomination. The accuser was to be treated with kid gloves, like ‘a Fabergé egg,’ as one adviser put […]
10/3/2018
BERNIE SANDERS/BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Wednesday [10-3-18] that he believed the Supreme Court was headed for a legitimacy crisis after Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh accused Democrats at a hearing last week of seeking revenge on behalf of the Clintons and of animus toward President Trump. In an interview with […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday [10-1-18] afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him…Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/POLLS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Look at the Energy, look at the Polls. Something very big is happening. He is a fine man and great intellect. The country is with him all the way!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:23 pm […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans have tried to walk a precarious line in recent weeks, expressing sympathy and support for victims of sexual assault, like Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, while at the same time suggesting that the #MeToo movement has become a partisan weapon. The nuanced approach has crashed head on into a […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sen. Joe Manchin praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend in a private telephone call, thanking the president for supporting an FBI investigation and his relative public restraint. The West Virginia Democrat, one of five remaining undecided senators, had […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a letter written in 1983, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh describes himself and his friends as ‘loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers’ — a stark contrast to the image Kavanaugh painted of himself during his testimony before the Senate last week. The letter, which was published by The New […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. Two sources told CNN on Tuesday that more interviews are happening with a focus on other Kavanaugh high school friends […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump for the first time directly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by casting doubt on her testimony during a campaign rally. Before the crowd Tuesday [10-2-18] night in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump imitated Ford during her testimony, mocking her for not knowing the […]
10/2/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, a teetotaler who says he’s never even had a beer, finds himself in the awkward position of fiercely defending a Supreme Court nominee under harsh scrutiny for his past heavy drinking. The more Trump embraces his embattled nominee and publicly comments on accounts that Brett Kavanaugh drank […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Brett M. Kavanaugh was preparing for his second confirmation hearing for a seat on a federal appeals court in 2006, he got some unwelcome news. The American Bar Association, which had earlier given him its highest rating, had reconsidered. The revised rating, the group explained, was prompted by new concerns […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Democratic efforts to highlight sexual assault charges that are more than 30 years old have been dismissed by supporters of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as the dredgings of ancient history. But the judge’s response to those accusations has raised new issues that go to the core of who President Trump’s […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/KELLYANNE CONWAY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday [10-2-18] that she had received a backlash after recently talking about being a survivor of sexual assault, adding that she believed people didn’t want someone who works at the White House to have ‘humanity or humility.’ Conway on Sunday […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys on Tuesday [10-2-18] implored the FBI to interview her and act on investigative leads they have provided for its inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh…The bureau is expected to wrap up its time-limited probe of the allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee […]
10/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/BRETT KAVANAUGH/HILLARY CLINTON/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Hillary Clinton on Tuesday [10-2-18] balked at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s claim that the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are being carried out as part of ‘revenge on behalf of the Clintons,’ saying such a declaration ‘deserves a lot of laughter.’ During a nine-hour hearing last […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] said he believes the reaction to the allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh makes it ‘a very scary time for young men in America’…The allegations against Kavanaugh — including sexual assault and exposing himself to […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-2-18] that allegations of sexual misconduct against his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, showed that ‘it’s a very scary time for young men in America’ who now may be presumed guilty even when innocent. Five days after an extraordinary Senate hearing watched […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/MILITARY/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation under fire, President Trump lashed out on Monday [10-1-18] at Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewing his attack that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lied about his service in Vietnam and embellishing the senator’s misdeeds far beyond the truth. Mr. Trump […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Key Republican senators have called the White House over the past 24 hours to make clear that they expect a fulsome investigation as the FBI reviews allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN has learned. Following questions about the scope and extent of the FBI investigation, a White […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-1-18] that he wants a ‘very comprehensive investigation’ into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after reports emerged that the White House was seeking to limit the scope of the probe…The FBI is conducting a one-week investigation into sexual assault […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has authorized the FBI to expand its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reported on Monday [10-1-18], citing two people briefed on the matter. The Times also reported that the FBI has already concluded interviews with the four […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his time at one of the nation’s most elite universities, there’s no question that Judge Brett Kavanaugh achieved academic success. But when it comes to the frequency and severity of his drinking there, some former classmates are raising questions about how truthful Kavanaugh was in his testimony before the […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a week that began mired in uncertainty — for President Donald Trump, for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, for congressional Republicans, for the FBI — the GOP still had the stolid steadiness of Mitch McConnell to lean on…McConnell’s vow that, come hell or high water, the Senate would […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The man who has been named as a witness to the alleged incident between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s has been interviewed by the FBI, according to the man’s lawyer. In a statement on Monday [10-1-18], Mark Judge’s lawyer, Barbara Van […]
10/1/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump barnstormed Monday [10-1-18] for a Republican Senate candidate in Tennessee, warning that Democrats will unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress and accusing them of trying to sink his nominee…It was a dire picture […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NBC News incorrectly reported (as usual) that I was limiting the FBI investigation of Judge Kavanaugh, and witnesses, only to certain people. Actually, I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion. Please correct your reporting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 29, 2018 9:49 pm […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] cast the FBI probe into his Supreme Court nominee’s alleged history of sexual misconduct as a potential ‘blessing in disguise,’ appearing optimistic that federal agents would absolve Brett Kavanaugh of the accusations several women have lodged against him over the past month…The president […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] used the stalled nomination of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for Republican voters in November congressional elections. At a West Virginia rally, Trump did not say a word about the testimony of university professor Christine Blasey […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered a limited, week-long FBI probe of the allegations against his Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday [9-28-18]. It was a 180-degree turn from his previous statements about making such a move. After the initial accusations […]
9/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. Republicans are at risk of losing […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday [9-28-18] that the FBI’s supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh must cover what she called ‘the three credible’ reports of misconduct…Hirono was referring to the accounts brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, who have […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate took its first step toward formally considering Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on the floor of the US Senate on Friday [9-28-18] evening. In a voice vote, lawmakers passed the motion to proceed on Kavanaugh’s confirmation, meaning there would be no Saturday [9-29-18] session — though the […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KANVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-28-18] he found the testimony by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades ago to be ‘very compelling,’ but added that he’d given no consideration to the idea of nominating someone else. ‘Not even a little […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will order the FBI to conduct an investigation into allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN reported on Friday, citing a White House official. Earlier on Friday [9-28-18] the Senate Judiciary Committee said it would ask Trump to initiate a supplemental background investigation into ‘current credible […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In Maryland, 11 state lawmakers have asked Montgomery County law enforcement officials to investigate the 36-year-old sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh that have gripped the nation. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court. He has been accused by Christine […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Friday [9-28-18] that someone will have to fill President Donald Trump in on why Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court could be delayed a week, a half-joking remark that nonetheless highlighted confusion around what will happen next in the Senate. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), whose […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-28-18] said he found the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford a day earlier ‘very credible,’ and he said he would rely on the advice of the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether to reopen an FBI background investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [9-28-18] he had not thought ‘even a little bit’ about alternatives if the Senate does not approve his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. He called the hearing an incredible moment in the history of the country, but suggested he was not […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just started, tonight, our 7th FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He will someday be recognized as a truly great Justice of The United States Supreme Court!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 28, 2018 7:27 am […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/ME TOO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “ANGRILY RAILING ABOUT ‘THE LEFT,’ bashing the media, and suggesting a Democratic conspiracy to seek ‘revenge on behalf of the Clintons’ wouldn’t be out of place in primetime on Fox News or conservative radio. But it’s unprecedented for a Supreme Court nominee to take such a strikingly partisan tone, as […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans are racing to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, betting that the Supreme Court nominee was persuasive enough in his denial that he sexually assaulted a high school acquaintance to counter the powerful testimony of his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning to vote on Friday [9-28-18] morning […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied on Thursday [9-27-18] a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago and complained about a ‘political hit’ after she told a dramatic Senate hearing she was ‘100 percent certain’ he did it. […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday [9-27-18] as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump officials conceded that his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, offered a compelling performance in the first half of the […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday [9-27-18] morning, all the televisions onboard were tuned to Fox News’ coverage of Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony, according to a press pool report. The analysis from the news hosts on President Donald Trump’s favorite network may […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on whether to favorably recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court will happen as scheduled Friday morning, though top GOP senators did not appear to know as of Thursday [9-27-18] night whether enough key Republican votes had been convinced to confirm Kavanaugh. Senate Judiciary […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully defended Brett Kavanaugh against an allegation of sexual assault during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] and accused Democrats of wanting to ‘destroy’ the life of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Immediately following an aggressive line of questioning by […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/ME TOO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The most anticipated hearing on a Supreme Court nominee since Anita Hill testified in 1991 began as a search for facts about an assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh — and ended in a partisan firefight. The nine riveting hours in between were packed with grandstanding, anger and raw emotion on […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christine Blasey Ford told senators she was ‘100%’ certain Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh called the claim part of a ‘calculated and orchestrated political hit’ designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. And an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a bitter, partisan […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thursday [9-27-18] was an emotional whirlwind for millions of Americans transfixed by the hearing where Christine Blasey Ford accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. He denied the allegations in the most vehement possible way and later, he fired back that Democrats had coordinated it all as a political attack and […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Members of the House of Representatives have no say in whether professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh sink his Supreme Court nomination. But as much as the contentious confirmation fight over Kavanaugh played out on television screens across the country on Thursday [9-27-18] has put vulnerable […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans thought that bringing a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford would help them avoid looking like they were ganging up on an alleged victim of sexual assault. But once the hearing was underway, they seemed to quickly regret outsourcing their work to former sex crimes prosecutor Rachel […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Thirty-three minutes after the hearing into her accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began, Christine Blasey Ford stood, took an oath and started to tell her story. Hours later, after Ford delivered a detailed and dramatic testimony, Kavanaugh sat in the same chair and angrily denied […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh unspooled over nearly nine hours on Thursday [9-27-18]— about the length of a prestige mini-series, binged Netflix-style in one wrenching, riveting sitting. The mini-series contained multitudes. It was a political drama that doubled as a reality show. It was […]
9/27/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/WOMEN: “A GoFundMe campaign set up on behalf of Christine Blasey Ford drew more than $200,000 in donations in the hours immediately after she mentioned it during her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-27-18], more money than it had gained in the past eight days. As of 5 p.m., the […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Washington day like no other, President Donald Trump found himself in an unusual spot: publicly absent from a melodrama gripping the nation. Closeted in his third-floor White House residence, he avoided opportunities to comment on the proceedings occurring two miles away on Capitol Hill. But nearing the end of […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a hearing designed for Republicans to win. There would be just two witnesses: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Judge Kavanaugh would speak second, leaving the last impression. And there would be an outside prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey for the male Republican senators. […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “She was nervous as anyone would be describing the worst moment of her life, choking up at the memory of a violent encounter that happened 36 years ago. Her voice at times was high, her manner deferential, even solicitous. He was bristling with outrage and grievance, fighting back tears, his […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Lindsey Graham, the blunt-speaking South Carolina Republican, vented to reporters on Thursday [9-27-18] outside the hearing room where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing explosive testimony about sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee. Then he went back inside and really let […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, came out swinging in the early moments of his testimony to senators, saying, ‘This confirmation process has become a national disgrace.’ • Christine Blasey Ford said she was ‘terrified’ but delivered powerful testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her accusation […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser faced off Thursday [9-27-18] in an extraordinary, emotional day of testimony that ricocheted from a woman’s tremulous account of sexual assault to a man’s angry, outraged denial, all of which played out for hours before a riveted nation and a riven Senate. The […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham had had enough. The South Carolina Republican erupted in anger during his turn to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [9-27-18] afternoon, marking a pivotal turn away from the GOP’s previously measured attempt to rely on outside counsel for questioning the high court nominee. It was a […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford began her testimony in front of a Senate committee by saying she was ‘terrified,’ and at times she looked it. But by the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely […]
9/27/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 27, 2018 5:46 pm […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/WOMEN: “Rachel Mitchell had a difficult mission as the lawyer hired by Republican senators to question the woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault: test her memory, but treat her respectfully. At a dramatic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18], Mitchell walked that fine line with accuser […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, the Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when they were teens. Like millions of Americans […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday [9-27-18] on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John […]