What
he failed to show during his hearings
By Samuel Warde
If you are like me, you have spent most of the week watching the stunning drama play out surrounding Republican efforts to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Through it all, former criminal investigator and criminal defense attorney Seth Abramson has remained my go-to person in regards to the legal aspects surrounding that controversy.
For those unfamiliar with his work,
Abramson has been publishing extensive Twitter threads and mega-threads
regarding the ongoing investigation into alleged ties between the Trump
campaign and Russia. I consider him to be
highly credible, as does that impressive list of media outlets.
Abramson weighed in on the recent
allegations lodged against Kavanaugh, making a compelling argument that there
is more than enough circumstantial – and factual – evidence to justify denying
him confirmation to a lifetime appointment to the country’s highest court.
Abramson began his latest thread
with a link to an article by The
Washington Post and the following narrative in his
introductory tweet:
“Was there “sexual license” at the
huge Georgetown Prep parties Kavanaugh attended in the 1980s, as Julie Swetnick
alleged? Well, here’s what the headmasters at GP and other area prep schools
wrote, per The Washington Post, at the end of the 1980s.”
The headline of the 1990 Post article:
Continuing, Abramson tweeted:
The headline of the 1990 Post article:
Continuing, Abramson tweeted:
“Kavanaugh was a blackout drunk
football bro who partied every weekend in high school and was a weekday drinker
over (at least) the summers. He was *exactly* the sort of guy who created a
culture so dangerous it raised alarms across *seven school populations*. Think
about that.”
“Read the above, then re-read
Swetnick’s allegations and remember she’s been trusted with multiple security
clearances. The strength of her claims explains Republicans’ decision to ignore
her claims of sexual assault because they don’t like her attorney.” [Stormy
Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti]
“Here’s Julie Swetnick’s full
*sworn* statement, which precisely describes the partying culture implied by
concerned DC-area headmasters at the end of the 80s, but which Kavanaugh *under
oath* denied and has called “the Twilight Zone” (bizarre fantasy).” [link]
“The “rare joint effort” those
headmasters launched in the 80s and “the fact that 7 schools decided it was
enough of a problem to address it is significant” confirms a pattern spoken to
by even Kavanaugh’s friends: he lied under oath about the party cultures he was
a part of.”
Abramson dedicated the bulk of the
remainder of this thread detailing Kavanaugh’s alleged lies, explaining that:
“The number of perjuries that
disqualify a prospective SCOTUS Justice is *one*—and we should all be clear in
saying it doesn’t make it *better* if it’s a wanton, needless lie on an
ancillary subject, it makes it *worse*. Kavanaugh’s reckless perjuries should
end his candidacy.”
Of all his recent tweets regarding
Kavanaugh, the following one stands out as it succinctly summarizes matters:
“Kavanaugh could’ve told a story of
personal growth—such that by the 90s he was only engaged in political dirty
tricks, by the 00s only receiving stolen Congressional docs, and by the 10s
only picking clerks based on their looks—but instead he perjured himself across
the board.”
It is just me, or does he seem
incapable of telling the truth?
Does that remind you of anyone?