Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday accused their Republican counterparts of broadcasting inaccurate information on a committee Twitter account controlled by the majority.
In a letter to committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Democrats on the committee — minus Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) — said that “we are compelled to state for the record that there is information in the second post that is not accurate”:
Nowhere in any of these six FBI reports, which the committee has reviewed on a bipartisan basis, was there ever a whiff of ANY issue – at all – related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior or alcohol abuse. 2/2
— Senate Judiciary (@senjudiciary) October 2, 2018
The Republican majority’s Twitter account defended the post with another tweet alleging “baseless innuendo” and “false smears” by Democrats:
Nothing in the tweet is inaccurate or misleading. The committee stands by its statement, which is completely truthful. More baseless innuendo and more false smears from Senate Democrats. https://t.co/x7VUEKnFRV
— Senate Judiciary (@senjudiciary) October 3, 2018
Read the Democrats’ letter below:
Sounds like the only way we can resolve these issues is that Dems, like the Rep, break the rules and release the information.
Or the D’s start am impeachment inquiry into KAV on 1/2/19 in the House.
I don’t know what Murkowski will do (she is the key vote, Collins will vote to confirm unless Lisa does not) but I do know that KAV’s time on the Court will be very unpleasant. Even if the D’s can’t convict him in the Senate, a detailed investigation will occur…
I really do wish the Republicans would stop the PR grandstanding and just let the process play out.
Why are they tweeting one-sided crap like this from the official Judiciary Committee twitter feed at all?
That is unconscionable, and akin to witness tampering. They are broadcasting to anyone who might be a witness to not testify because it won’t matter in the end, and why upend your life if it won’t make any difference to the end result?
I despise these miscreants more by the hour…
God there has to be a tech savvy Dem staffer that can hack that account and shut it down.