Cotton says Feinstein will be investigated over leaked letter by Kavanaugh accuser
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Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office will be investigated to determine whether or not they leaked the confidential letter from Christine Blasey Ford that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Feinstein, who represents California and who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, had received the letter from Ford sometime over the summer and was asked to keep it confidential. At some point, however, the letter was leaked to the press, although Feinstein denies that anyone in her office is responsible.
“They have betrayed her,” Cotton, R-Ark, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” about Ford. ” “She has been victimized by Democrats ... on a search-and-destroy mission for Brett Kavanaugh.”
Cotton added that the Democrats will be to blame if women stop coming forward to report sexual assaults because Ford’s confidentiality was compromised. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center found that 63 percent of incidents of sexual abuse go unreported to the police.
Along with the investigation into Feinstein’s handling of the letter, Cotton noted that lawyers recommended to Ford by Democrats will face a bar investigation in Washington, D.C., for telling her that Senate Judiciary Committee staffers were unwilling to travel to California to interview her about her sexual-assault allegation.
The Arkansas Republican’s comments come as the FBI is investigating two of the three allegations of sexual misconduct leveled at Kavanaugh.
Besides Ford, Deborah Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were Yale classmates. Kavanaugh has denied Ramirez's claim that he exposed himself to her at a party in the early 1980s.
Another woman, Julie Swetnick, accused Kavanaugh of excessive drinking and inappropriate treatment of women in the early 1980s, among other accusations. Kavanaugh has called her accusations a "joke."
The FBI is not investigating these allegations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Where has the Senate Ethics Committee been?
Sadly, ethics is something that has largely vanished from DC politics a long time ago. Dr Ford was sold down the river by Senator Feinstein way before she ever entered that hearing to testify. Sen Feinstein saw Dr Ford not as the victim she is, but a way to score political points and leverage against the GOP she hates so much, thus making Dr Ford no more than a tool to that end. Sad and totally pathetic.
When all is said and done, Feinstein got all she could have dreamed out of an unsupported allegation.
Very true.
OMG. Really?
We do not put these people in office just to investigate each other non stop.
They no longer work for us, only themselves.
The Senate lacks real rules
“They have betrayed her,” Cotton, R-Ark, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” about Ford. ” “She has been victimized"...
Yeah, invited to a party then pushed into a dark room by two people you thought were friends and sexually assaulted.
Now, years later she's being victimized again by people she doesn't even know calling her a liar. But that's all these creeps have as a defense, attack the accuser, then attack the accusers supporters for believing her and claim they're either liars who invented her claims or bad people for making her identity public.
strange how you would seem to make fun of something that is national problem with men in this country.
sadly your comment shows how easy it seems to be for you to make light of something that may have happened to a woman you know.
so basically you want to throw out a silly comment and hope that people dont see it as a silly comment.
i wish i could sue you for just not saying what you should say vs waiting for someone to see your silly comment and call you out on it.
i mean to be honest the last thought after i read that was................what if this type of assault happened to his mom.
Would it be so funny then?
and yes it would be nice for women to make a police report. but lets not bullshit each other. Just like you have made choices in your life some of these women WHO ARE ASSAULTED have to make the best choices they can after a man or woman takes the action of physically attempting to sexually abuse them.
and many people do live by the saying "time heals things",
so think about shit you have done and thought well it wont matter next week or next month or next year.
and bam someone asks you about that situation (of any kind) and wondered why you wouldnt have said anything.
do you get it now. so FINE you dont agree with this ford lady...because she waited so long, and yes time does seem to have pasted, but one thing that never changes over time, is the truth.
now your a mature adult...i am sure you can think of examples where this last statement makes sense.
again maybe leave the silly bullshit comment alone and just say what you mean by just typing THAT shit instead.
FBI is currently investigating. What more do you want?
Not after the number of lies you have been caught pushing on NT.
Proof Please
The White House received a redacted copy. The redacted copy was immediately brought to Brett Kavanaugh's attention. Less than one hour later, Dr. Ford, her neighbors, her boss and her co-workers were being hounded by the press. There is only one way for her name to be discovered so quickly. Either Trump has The Amazing Kreskin tied up in the basement, or Brett Kavanaugh knew immediately who wrote it.
Will someone please flush this fool and spank up the next candidate.
Yes please. He will forever be tarnished and I am sick of hearing about him.
Bingo. He knew which sexual assault was being described and exactly who the victim was.
Obviously based on the description in the redacted letter he saw. He knew which one got away.
Ford likely wasn't the only one whom Kavanaugh attempted to rape but as we've seen conservatives make it very hostile for sexual assault victims to come forward. Based on the other allegations it seems his behavior didn't change until years later given that some assaults occurred when he was in law school and at least one other allegation dates from 1997 or 1998.
Cotton Says Feinstein Will Be Investigated Over Leaked Letter By Kavanaugh Accuser
But who will investigate the investigators?
Cotton is a coward and proving himself to be a political hack.
If Cotton was truly interested in justice he would demand the DOJ immediately arrest and prosecute Ford for lying under oath, obstructing official government business and creating maelstroms of government and public confusion.
Does Cotton have the 'guts' to do this? Or does Cotton know that a 'no hold barred' investigation into Ford's allegation will the Sword of Damocles over the GOP? Does Cotton have the guts? He obviously does not have the sense of justice or patriotism.
Why would he have to do that? It's obvious that the democrats are responsible for the leak, Feinstein denied it, which is a bold faced lie. Let's play hard ball too!
Hell with the damn leak. GOP asserts that Ford lied under oath to the congress. If this is the case then Ford must be arrested and prosecuted. Quit dancing around this issue.
If the GOP will not act, then the GOP must admit Ford was not lying. And, the liar was Kavanaugh. Choose one. Choose wisely.
Whether Feinstein herself or one of her staffers leaked the info, Feinstein herself is ultimately responsible for what she and her staffers do. It is what we in the military referred to a chain of command responsibility.
Your'e damn RIGHT!
I seriously doubt there will be many progressive liberals acknowledging or agreeing with that here.
Nope, they have a different standard for themselves
Example Matt Damon who mocked Kavanaugh on SNL...What did he say in 2017? :
The Wizard of Oz has been besieged by orders that He seemingly cannot fill on a timely basis. He at present has an unfilled order for one hundred brains, hence the current state of the Senate as a whole.
This is the first time in US history that we've had a heartless cowardly lyin' brainless scarecrow as President, and the fake "Wizardy" of the GOP behind the curtain won't be enough to actually turn him into a competent human let alone a great President.
I see that the flying monkeys are still loyal to the left and the WICKED WITCH OFF CHAPAQUA.
Awww c'mon, tell us how you really feel!!!
The Republicans like to pretend that the fact that Blasey-Ford's name "leaked" to the media is actually a point that argues that Kavanaugh should be confirmed.
Such "logic" is ridiculous.
It is Kavanaugh's behavior and temperament that should dictate whether or not he is confirmed, not whether or not a name was leaked.
The "leaking" may or may not merit an investigation, but it is immaterial to putting Kavanaugh on the SC.
Perhaps not, but it sure does not say much at all for the integrity of the office of the person most reasonable and thinking people know the leak originated from.