Grassley claims an ex-boyfriend of Dr. Ford's disputes her testimony, so he now needs more evidence

[highplainsdem]

including her therapist's notes, which she'd be understandably reluctant to turn over to him given how that committee leaks, and all the records pertaining to her polygraph.

This was bubbling up on RW media outlets like the Daily Caller last night, getting lots of attention while the NYT bomshell about the Trump family was ignored.

Grassley sent a letter to Dr. Ford's attorneys citing a letter written by a man (whose name was redacted from the leaked letter, which Fox and other RW outlets were given) who claimed to have been Christine Blasey's boyfriend for several years in the 1990s. He disputed her claims to be claustrophobic and afraid of flying.

He claimed to have no ill will toward her, but said he'd ended their relationship after discovering she cheated on him, and also said she'd misused their credit card after he took her name off it.

Most notably, he claims to have seen her offering information on taking polygraphs to a long-time friend of hers then interviewing with the FBI (and later working for the FBI).

This explains what I thought were rather odd questions from Rachel Mitchell asking Dr. Ford if she'd ever helped anyone prepare for a polygraph.

RW media is screaming that Dr. Ford perjured herself.

What her ex-boyfriend, if he really is, said in his letter to Grassley was that Dr. Ford had explained to her friend, who was also her roommate at this time, how polygraphs worked, so her friend was "less nervous about the exam."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/christine-blasey-ford-ex-boyfriend-says-she-helped-friend-prep-for-potential-polygraph-grassley-sounds-alarm

The does not, IMO, equate with coaching someone to help them with a polygraph. It's also the sort of thing anyone at all familiar with polygraphs -- even having read about them -- would be likely to relate to a friend, then promptly forget about.


What I find MOST interesting about this letter Grassley has suddenly revealed is that the questions Mitchell asked suggest that Grassley was in touch with this unnamed man BEFORE Dr. Ford's testimony.

[monmouth4]

1. I don't think they have the needed votes to seat him. n/t

[LuckyCharms]

2. I claim that Grassley routinely sucks on "Wet One" brand

personal wipes to get his hydration, and I need more evidence to change my mind.

[Cousin Dupree]

10. Thanks for the laugh, Lucky Charms!

[greymattermom]

3. so extend the FBI inquiry

for another few weeks to find all the evidence.

[highplainsdem]

7. That would be the rational thing to do if the GOP wanted the truth, but they aren't rational and

they don't want the truth.

I'd like to know a LOT more about this man claiming to be Dr. Ford's ex-boyfriend. Personally, I don't believe he's innocent of any ill will toward her if he makes a claim that she cheated on him, so he ended their relationship.

[pangaia]

21. I'd like to know more about who is paying Grassley or who has him by the balls.

Oh, wait.
No need.
That;s just him.. A sick, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, physically old collection of bone skin and water. who has never cared about other human beings... nothing new. HE'S A REPUBLICAN !!!

Don't criticize. I am 74. :&gt ))

[Iliyah]

4. Wait a

minute, isn't the FBI suppose to do this???????????

[highplainsdem]

6. Yes, and it's interesting that Grassley withheld this, knowing the media would check this guy out.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Bingo.

Why did he hold onto this the entire time?

Maybe it's a witness that they know they could coach to help bring manufactured facts that would contradict Ford's statements?

[PearliePoo2]

5. Keep it up ReThugs. Most women hate you. And there's more and more of us every day.

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Man, this story sounds made up.

Sure doesn't pass the smell test. Grassley get this out of St Petersburg?

Typical RW propaganda.

[Samspadesnark]

23. Well, from what I understand, St. Petersburg helped fund his last senate race

through the NRA. So, there's that. Interesting, how the right-wing media, and now the republican senators, are using basically the same points as RT (Russian Television – the same country that decriminalized violence against women), no? To paraphrase the 'who wore it best?' campaign, I'd like to ask: 'who said it first?' Maybe we should investigate and question the repugs on their Russian ties just as meticulously as they seem to be questioning Dr. Ford.

Moreover, the sexual harassment issues swirling around Kavanaugh, though serious and though I believe them, are the least troubling part about him. I believe the repug senate objective is to play, 'look, squirrel!' with the 'she said, she said, she said, he said' part of the investigation, hoping everyone will forget about the huge issues behind the curtain: his finances, who is spending millions of dollars promoting him and why, his multiple lies under oath (including possibly lying about commiting the felony of leaking grand jury testimony during the Starr investigation, lying about his listening to Dr. Ford's testimony before he testified, lying about his legacy status at Yale, lying about the terms in his yearbook and even his high school nickname, and lying on his application papers), his complete lack of judicial conduct and demeanor, his lifelong partisanship, and his general lack of ethics – all the things that are more easily provable, more germane to his fitness for the position, and on which it is much harder to disagree.

If Dr. Ford did work at the FBI, then how they approach her testimony will depend on how her tenure went at that agency. I hope she served with distinction, and that there are no questions about her record there. I would really hate to see this confirmation sail through based on an inconclusive FBI investigation narrowed to this one issue, and on the general question of whether or not Kavanaugh tried to rape Dr. Ford (yes, I believe he did, but given our cultural problems with sexual aggression that is a hard hill to die on).

[dlk]

9. Easy Solution - All the the Ex-Boyfriends of Ford and Swetnick Take Polygraphs

The GOP could pay for them. We can also bet Brett Kavanaugh will never take a polygraph.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. That should take at least another two weeks.

[homegirl]

18. How about

until November 7th?

[Baitball Blogger]

22. Works for me.

[Ohioboy]

13. This sounds like total BS

But, if they want to take less restrictions off the investigation, I say look into it.

[joshdawg]

14. The only thing grassley needs is

to take himself out of the human race and crawl back under that rock that birthed him.

[elmac]

15. These criminals, paid by tax payers and the koch brothers, have all the time in the world

to get their cards in order so they can carry out their lies, criminal activities, they sure don't ever work on legislation or do what thy are supposed to do.

[knightmaar]

16. He's probably mixing her up with a different ex-girlfriend

You know how men can get testerical when their hormones are up high.

Was it his time of month?

[homegirl]

17. Does anyone

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think Grassley will ask for a delay of the vote until Nov. 7th?

[DeminPennswoods]

19. This tells me,

the Rs know they are f****d.

[gratuitous]

20. Release the committee confidential documents, Chuckles

Also demand that the White House release the thousands of Kavanaugh-related documents they're hiding under the rubric of executive privilege. That is, if you're really interested in a full airing of the entirety of Judge Kavanaugh's career and a fair evaluation of his temperament.