Seth Abramson: MAJOR BREAKING NEWS.

[triron]

Link to tweet

Why didn't Rachel or Lawrence talk about this? I am dumbfounded.

[dchill]

1. I believe Avenatti is being subtly minimized by the media.

[triron]

3. But this has profound implications. The media is being stupid?

[dchill]

4. Just stating what I'm feeling.

I think the media are reluctant to "grant" credibility to a rising center of attention. His frequently correct predictions and obvious ego are causing a kind of cognitive dissonance. Not to mention there are plenty of egos standing about.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. True. But he hadn't steered anyone wrong yet and

Should be given the benefit of a doubt. He adamantly defended her credibility. If he really is seeking higher office - he'd be a fool to hitch his wagon to a liar.

[dchill]

9. I agree with your assessment.

[arthritisR_US]

16. Subtly ?

[malaise]

18. Yep

Agree

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Probably because the report about Trump's huge tax fraud is a much bigger

and more important story. Rachel did point out that the magnitude of this story blows everything else away for now.

[dchill]

7. It would have been the end of any other presidency...

or career. It's big, but big enough? Big enough to overcome the obviously successful assault on truth itself? I don't know.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. "successful assault in truth itself". Brilliant phrase!

[dchill]

11. It's obvious to me that truth is having a hard time...

getting a word in edgewise. Unless reasonable people vote, truth will be swimming with the fishes.

[OhNo-Really]

15. It smells like a NYT KAVeman distraction to me. Maggie probably has a stack

of distractibles already written.

So, surprise. Fred and Don were and are cons and cheats. Saddle no horse.

Old news.

Back to the real threat to mankind, Kav SCJUSTICE.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Oh, please. This story was 18 months in the making,

and took three reporters and multiple assistants working full-time collecting and interpreting thousands of pages of financial documents. And Maggie Haberman had nothing to do with it. The NYT often does some very excellent reporting, notwithstanding Haberman, and this is one of their best.

The fact that Trump is a fraud is known, but the vast extent and the details of his and his whole family's fraud and criminality was not. This is a major story. And many of us are capable of following more than one news event at a time.

[Hoyt]

5. Probably because even MSNBC journalist who interviewed Ms Swetnick yesterday

expressed concerns about her credibility.

Maybe this is new. Things should be reassessed in that case.

[triron]

6. Even that interview was screwy it seemed to me.

[Azathoth]

12. I really wish Swetnick had taken her story to a credible investigative news outlet

And not Avenatti. His involvement gives the GOP all the ammo they need to dismiss her out of hand.

[DesertRat]

13. k&r and retweeted. nt

[iluvtennis]

14. I think Rachel had a full plate tonight with the Trump tax fraud and tax evasion story. No time.

[quadtetra]

17. Swetnick's claims were weak.

Other than saying that she recalls seeing Kavanaugh at these parties where terrible things happened, she couldn't say that she personally witnessed Kavanaugh doing anything bad himself. It was just weak.

This new affidavit is different because the witness is claiming she personally saw Kavanaugh spike punch.

If Avanetti only just became aware of this new witness, or this witness only now was willing to come forward, then he couldn't have released this until now and I hold him blameless.

But if he could have released this earlier, he made a big mistake in waiting!

[triron]

20. not weak

[lagomorph777]

21. This is gonna sting at MSNBC.

[DeminPennswoods]

22. NBC stated they reached out to 2 of Sweatnik's

named witnesses, but neither returned NBC's call. It's entirely possible this woman is one of them. It's also possible that Avenatti has been trying to convince this witness to go on the record for some number of days and she has just now done so.