I have seen a lot of crazy things in my 12 years in politics. Family squabbles, convoluted fabrications, ridiculous ads, breaking and entering, marital affairs, the occasional love child, and even, tragically, suicide. I am no stranger to partisan politics; I routinely make a living off of it. But after eight hours of TV watching…
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz says Senate Judiciary Committee should postpone voting on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until the FBI can investigate the three allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Dershowitz, an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and frequent cable news talking head, shared his views in an op-ed for Fox News on Thursday following…
Senator Jeff Flake surprised Americans when he said that he thought Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh needed further investigation before being voted on. But Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault and who lied under oath, might still be confirmed. If he is, he is likely to repeal Roe vs. Wade, decimate any hopes of…
For much of the past, the high-profile allegations of sexual abuse or rape happened between men and their female subordinates. Think of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the maid who accused him of rape, or Bill Clinton and Juanita Broderick or Paula Jones, Arkansas state employees when he was governor (or Monica Lewinsky, the intern to his…
Does truth even matter? That was the main question on a day of hearings featuring Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers. No senator asked the question about the relevance of truth; instead, they asked about flatulence jokes and…
One of Christine Blasey Ford’s lead attorneys, Michael Bromwich, is representing her pro bono, the Washington Examiner reported. Bromwich, who is Jewish, served as a Justice Department inspector general during the Clinton administration. He joined Ford’s legal team, which includes civil rights lawyer Debra Katz, over the weekend, according to his colleagues and a spokesperson….
When an activist attending the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh approached Sen. Lindsey Graham with her own story of sexual assault during a recess, he reportedly waved her off. “Senator Graham, I was raped 13 years ago,” Robyn Swerling told Graham, according to CNN. “I’m so sorry,” Graham…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) used his time during the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of Christine Blasey Ford to harshly criticize the lack of an FBI investigation of her sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “It’s up to the President of the United States, and his failure to ask for an FBI investigation,…
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