Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) accused President Donald Trump of participating in a “cover up” by not asking the FBI to look into Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
While discussing a part of Blasey Ford’s testimony, that she saw Kavanaugh’s classmate Mark Judge working at a Safeway in the months after the alleged assault, Blumenthal suggested that that information could be corroborated in a FBI investigation by looking at IRS or employment records. He then asked if Blasey Ford would like to see Judge — who she said was in the room when Kavanaugh allegedly tried to assault her in high school — testify before the committee.
“That would be my preference,” she said. “I’m not sure it’s up to me, but I certainly would feel like I could be more helpful to everyone if I knew the date that he worked at the Safeway so I could give more specific date of the assault.”
“It’s not up to you,” Blumenthal responded. “It’s up to the President of the United States and his failure to ask for an FBI investigation, in my view, is tantamount to a cover up. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”
“It’s not up to you,” Blumenthal responded. “It’s up to the President of the United States and his failure to ask for an FBI investigation, in my view, is tantamount to a cover up.
Appreciate the effort, Senator Blumenthal. But it is not tantamount to a coverup, it is a coverup.
But is it collusion to cover up, or a cover up of collusion?
The GOP goes both ways…
Neither. It is a conspiracy. It was always a conspiracy.
And what I think is “funny” about this is that up until the moment that Ed Whelan weighed in with that crap he posted last week, this was essentially a slam dunk for this nomination. That dumbass move backfired with spectacular effect–and here we are.
He did. It amounts to a coverup, does it not? When I come from, [sic], tantamount to is an allegation, not an allegory. [OK, so it’s not an allegory, just a generic metaphor, but the alliteration was alluring.]
Thanks for the response. Where I come from, that word (tantamount) means a prelude to something, or a substitution for something, as in a prelude to a coverup, or a substitute for a coverup. IOW, not the same thing as a coverup. But maybe I am just doing it wrong.