I cannot say that the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her in high school is telling or recalling the absolute truth. The past is mirky. There are reasons why she might want to take Kavanaugh down by lying. Of course, her tortured relationship with coming forward suggests she is either still damaged by what happened and now the media shitshot will make things worse, or again, maybe she doesn't want her story scruntinized.
At this point, the real story is that Chuck Grassley had a list of 65 women who attested that Brett Kavanaugh did not try to rape them in high school. He had that list ready to go. That means he knew about the allegations, too, and tried to bury them. Why Feinstein sat on this story is complicated. I imagine she thought she was trying to protect the requested anonymity of the alleged victim.
But all of this reeks of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings from so many years ago. Anita Hill, however, came forward and made specifc allegations under oath. That's the difference. The similarity is that there was ANOTHER woman who alleged workplace harassment by Thomas and she did not testify. And for almost 30 years now, Thomas has been handing down troglodyte legal opinions, because the allegations of abusive behavior were either excused or not believed.
There are other judges that I'm sure the Federalist Society would be willing to put on the Supreme Court, who would overturn Roe v Wade and destroy the regulatory state. But the GOP is going to force an accused sexual assailant and possible perjurer onto the Court because they can.
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