Kavanaugh Accepts Committee Invite For Monday Hearing: ‘I Will Be There’

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Despite lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford objecting that Monday is far too early to hold a hearing over her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (and arbitrarily early, at that), Kavanaugh accepted the committee’s invitation on Thursday. CNN’s Kevin Liptak posted a copy of Kavanaugh’s letter:

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  1. Of course you will. You and the entire tRump machine vs. a woman and her attorney, and virtually no one else. You’re a pretty macho fuck, Brett. I’m impressed.

  2. Avatar for krux krux says:

    Brett, the paragon of virtue has spoken.

    It seems like we are trapped in some bad 80’s movie where the rich preppy boys are being assholes.

    I want to get to the end of the movie where they get payback.

  3. Deny, deny, deny. Now where I have I heard that strategy before when it comes to sexual assault allegations?

    I’m going to have to wander thru my mind palace…

  4. Redstate web site is saying BK’s agreeing to attend a Republican-led Senate hearing while Dr. Ford hesitates indicates he is telling the truth and she is not. The right is purposefully ignoring the fact that Dr. Ford has asked for an independant FBI investigation while BK has not. Their readers eat it up and repeat it.

  5. Wait a minute…are you Benedict Cumberbatch?

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