President Trump has conceded to the demands of the Senate.
The senate (via Mitch McConnell), as an outcome of Senators Flake, Collins and Murkowski not supporting the nomination, was no longer going to vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh without an FBI investigation.
President Trump calls for a limited investigation in scope and duration.
Within minutes of President Trump acquiescing to the well-constructed demands, DNC operatives speaking on behalf of their controlled client, Christine Ford, attorney Debra Katz and Michael Bromwich insist there will be “no limits”, and this is only “one step in their process”.
WHITE HOUSE: “I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaughs file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.” (link)
BRETT KAVANAUGH (Nominee): “Throughout this process, Ive been interviewed by the FBI, Ive done a number of background calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me. Ive done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate.” (link)
DEMOCRATS: “A thorough investigation is critical to developing all the relevant facts. Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford welcomes this step in the process, and appreciates the efforts of Senators Flake, Manchin, Murkowski and Collins – and all other senators who have supported an FBI investigation – to ensure it is completed before the senate votes on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination. No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation.” (Link)
The Democrats are smart. They have now positioned the investigation such that any perceived interference by the White House will be weaponized. The public narrative will be to demand “independence” for the FBI; this allows them to manipulate the investigative parameters from within. Their operatives are already in place.
If President Trump, or any executive branch official acting on his behalf, attempts to set limits on the FBI investigation of a supreme court nominee, the President will have established the legal grounds for his impeachment. I know these people. I know their playbook. As Mr. Bromwich and Ms. Katz stated this is “a step in their process“.
Ms. Ford will avoid being available for an interview for as long as possible. She will then provide a name of a critical witness…. who will also avoid being available for an interview for a long as possible…. who will eventually also give a name of a corroborating witness, perhaps with recordings,… who will avoid being available for an interview for as long as possible…. And so it will go, and so it will go.
Within each step, each day in the process, the insider narrative engineers will be leaking “explosive developments” to the media; who will engage their readers with constructs of wide-eyed interest. Everyone will be enthralled; thousands of leads will be developed; the nation will be absorbed… Democrats will control every nuance.
This is just the way it is. Just like the electorate believes in “muh Russia”.
I will continue to outline the predictable democrat plays as tripwires in advance of them being triggered; hopefully, this will allow us to discuss honestly what is happening.
That said, I disagree completely with this decision by President Trump to defer to the Senate. Even with a tenuous outcome likely, in my brutally honest opinion Mitch McConnell should have been forced to hold a cloture vote on Monday, and a full vote on Tuesday.
This is a personal opinion, likely not supported by many – and generally unpopular, but President Trump should have told Mitch McConnell to let Senators Flake, Murkowski and Collins face the ultimate choice. Force them to vote either “for” or “against” the will of the people.
This is a constitutional republic working as designed.
By playing the Machiavellian political games of the swamp, President Trump might, repeat might, gain Kavanaugh; however, the underlying system of corrupt and bastardized political processes remains untouched and unfazed. This approach benefits the swamp.
Perhaps President Trump will eventually win the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh; however, the system will then just move on to the next Machiavellian deployment. In the bigger picture, and again this is likely unpopular, I would prefer to confront the swamp directly – force the vote; if it fails we move to the next nominee and the mid-term election.
Now they are playing with a different animal they dont get to make demands, the investigation and another weeks delay might be the very most they can get.
Apparently Sen Flake was trapped in an elevator for over 1/2 hour today by anti-Kavenaugh activists.
They threatened him.
He caved.
He should have had them arrested instead of caving.
What a complete wuss!
Curt The Last Refuge?? Damn Curt–these guys are to the right of ATILLA THE HUN
Can you supply a short back story on who they are–Thanks
Also I’ve always wondered about YOUR opinion of Sen. Joe McCarthy
Nan ANTI KAV ACTIVISTS—or the ghost of John McCain
Flake despises DT almost as much as his fellow Arizonian Senator does.
@Richard Wheeler:
Was Joe Biden wrong? And if so, why did Democrats support what he said?
@retire05: I don’t know the full details of Biden.s statement but. In this case I think giving the FBI one week to investigate the “credible” allegations against Kav is the right thing to do.—in this belief I am in agreement with not only The Prof but with the POTUS who has sole authority to order the investigation and has done so
I also believe, as many others, that in the long run this is best for .Kav.
@Richard Wheeler: Turns out they weren’t actual sexual assault victims, rather George Soros operatives.
And it wasn’t a full 1/2 hour, more like 4 minutes that FELT like a 1/2 hour.
But when Flake has done is ruin the nomination of the man Justice Kennedy picked to replace himself.
A swing-voting moderate to replace another swing-voting moderate.
(Remember he sat on the same court as Merrick Garland and agreed with Garland’s side 97% of the time!!!)
Well, Kennedy won’t make the replacement pick.
Pres Trump will.
And it’ll be a conservative, not a moderate.
And Dem dirty tricks are all played out.
Even their own media is calling them out on them.
The “Walkaway” movement is growing, too.
disgusted Dems are saying this farce of a party is NOT MY PARTY.
There was a huge exodus from the Dem party back after the Clarence Thomas hearing.
There’s a new exodus now.
Talk about a Pyrrhic victory!
@Richard Wheeler:
But wait, I thought you were such a politico.
Biden was explaining that there was NO value in the FBI’s investigation into Anita Hill. NONE. It was a “he said, she said” report” and nothing more. So if Joe Biden, one of the gods of your party, said, as the chair of that committee, that there was NO value to an FBI report, do you disagree with him? And if you don’t, what has changed?
How can you, in all good conscience, and according to our laws of “innocent until proven guilty” agree with what the Democrats are doing to a good man when the accuser has no proof, no substantiation, no memory of even the most basic details, no one supports her claims, no one has come forward to say she is right and even her best friend said she did not know Brett Kavanagh, yet Dr. Ford claims her best friend was there.
@kitt: I wonder which FBI we will get to do the investigation? The Comey/McCabe/Strzok FBI or an impartial FBI looking for facts and nothing BUT the facts? That’s the roll of the dice.
Also, will the FBI request the therapist’s notes? Will the FBI look into this discrepancy with the building permit dates? Corroborating Ford’s testimony is just as important any other evidence in proving Kavanaugh’s worthiness.
Will the FBI investigate the leak of Ford’s letter as a way to determine if the Democrat side of the committee was working to determine if Kavanaugh was a worthy jurist or if they were coordinating and scheming to simply delay and destroy an innocent man?
@Nan G:
Well, that’s the character of those who vehemently oppose Trump simply because he isn’t what they wanted. I don’t suppose it dawned on Flake how much those people appreciated his ongoing opposition to Trump, did it?
I wonder, does anyone actually believe that after another week of finding nothing but a few more unsubstantiated accusations, anyone on the left will be satisfied and allow the vote to go forward? I notice that even though there was a follow-up FBI investigation into Anita Hill’s accusations and found nothing to substantiate them the left STILL condemns Justice Thomas as a sex offender; are we to believe that the discovery of nothing to substantiate any of the accusations (accusations which go against ALL logic and common sense) against Kavanaugh, the Democrats will simply admit the accusations were wrong and accept Kavanaugh’s rightful confirmation? If so, what in history makes you think that?
Hmmm… liberals not only know how the dead want to vote, but they know who they despise. Such insight.
President Trump has called for this FBI investigation. He was not required to do so. Relax and let them do their work.
The nomination was voted out of Committee–McConnell could have called for an up or down confirmation vote as early as Monday–he still can—Repubs control The Senate 51-49. Call the vote.
@Nan G: What a difference between him and Kavanaugh. The latter directly confronted some of the people complicit in the threats that have been leveled against his family. Something one would expect a good father and husband to do (except a lefty who would probably consider it the mother’s job). Flake on the other hand caved to the thugs. He probably doesn’t realize how much he looks like a coward/yellow belly. Worse yet, he legitimized their behavior and showed them that bullying works. This will only embolden these wackos. Numerous left wing pundits and groups took to social media yesterday encouraging more of the same. One of the “they can’t be all bad” Antifa groups has called for armed violence should Kavanaugh be confirmed. These are the same tactics the Communists used in every country they’ve taken over. They are also the tactics used by the NAZI’s in Germany and the fascists in Italy. The demokrats and their mouthpieces in the MSM are complicit in all of it.
At this point Flake’s only redemption is to vote for confirmation.
@Deplorable me: This is a delaying tactic to get more bogus accusers out there and maybe even “flip” one of the current witnesses who claim there was no party through a Soros funded buy out or intimidation.
@Deplorable me: The left hates anyone, anyone they cant blackmail. All the spying and investigations into Trump they got nuthin so he must be destroyed. Same with Kav they went back to HS where he and his friends were normal kids and they try to paint that with 1 false accusation as a bunch of serial rapists and whores who only prospered because of wealthy parents. Despite his record that means nothing. Yes the adults of that time should have taken their responsibilities more seriously, not allowed the children to portray themselves in the yearbooks as if there were characters in hollywood scripts. With all the school activities Kav was involved in and being an only child he couldnt have had the time to be what they are projecting him to be. He was in a Private Jesuit HS had dinner with his parents, Sen Kennedy (R-LA) is correct the Minority has turned this into an Intergalatic Freakshow.