Female Lawyer Accuses Justice Clarence Thomas Of Groping Her In 1999

[Miles Archer]

Source: Huffington Post

Years after his Senate confirmation hearings were roiled by accusations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill, another woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her.

Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co., told the National Law Journal that the justice grabbed her without her consent in 1999, when she met him at a Truman Foundation dinner.

Veteran Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle writes that Smith described the encounter ― which allegedly took place when she was a 23-year-old Truman scholar ― on Facebook earlier this month. She has since deactivated her Facebook page.

Smith told the NLJ that Thomas “cupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him” and later “squeezed” her behind during a June 1999 dinner for Truman scholars at the home of Louis Blair, then head of the Truman Foundation.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clarence-thomas-accused-groping-moira-smith_us_581230f8e4b0390e69cea53e?68vvx6r

[BainsBane]

1. No shock there

Anita Hill told us all about him.

[milestogo]

2. Not a disqualifier for being Supreme Court Justice

[MyOwnPeace]

19. "sarsasm"

I'm glad you included the "sarcasm" thingie - otherwise I'd be thinking it was a "Trumpster" responding!

It would make sense - to them!

[niyad]

3. as much as I would love to see anita hill in that vacant seat, it would not be decent to

ask her to have to work with that asshole.

[mdbl]

4. I think she's up to the task

She just looks at him with disdain.

[virtualobserver]

5. perhaps Anita Hill could replace him on the court if he retires in shame.

[niyad]

6. now that is a lovely thought

[saltpoint]

10. Ok by me. As far as I'm concerned,

Ms. Hill can start tomorrow morning.

Clear out your desk, Clarence! Hit the road.

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Come on!!!!

Look at his record - he HAS no shame!

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. Not wishing harm on anyone but if it so happened that Thomas vacated his spot for whatever reason

Wouldn't it be an amazing turn of the screw, so to speak, if she were appointed to replace him?

edit: virtualobserver you beat me to it!

[forest444]

15. She might not have to. With any luck Scalia's shadow will go the way of Scalia soon enough.

Thomas isn't looking well at all, really.

[msanthrope]

7. How soon until Ginny Thomas calls her at 6 am, demanding

an apology.

[beachbum bob]

9. be awesome to witness the impeachment and removal of Clarence Thomas

[trusty elf]

23. He'd probably snooze through his own impeachment trial.

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[Xipe Totec]

11. This may explain why the story is coming out just now:

BREAKING: Clarence Thomas Does The UNTHINKABLE, Turns Against Republican Party (DETAILS)

Prominently conservative US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke out strongly this week against the Senate Republicans who continue to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee to replace the deceased Antonin Scalia.

Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill Scalia’s seat months ago, but leading Senate Republicans almost immediately jumped on the notion that, according to some completely precedent lacking but convenient notion, Obama should not be the one to fill Scalia’s seat since the election, and thus the next beginning of the next presidency, is so soon.

The Republicans responsible for the obstructionism likely initially based their policy on a hope that a Republican would win the White House.

Such a hope is fine and dandy, but Obama’s tenure isn’t over yet, no matter how much Republicans would like it to be. He is still the president, and it is still the president’s responsibility to fill vacant seats on the Supreme Court.


http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/10/27/breaking-clarence-thomas-does-the-unthinkable-turns-against-republican-party-details/

Looks like the repugs were holding a Trump card against Clarance just in case he stepped out of line.

Not that I would defend his actions or dismiss the charges as false, only that I would question the timing.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Wait

So he actually said that on the audio I heard? With his mouthpiece 6ft under? I mean...... He is finally disconnected from the hive mind? Oh my...

[AlbertCat]

12. Is this female lawyer....

...... "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty?"

Like the last time, I think not.

[Hulk]

13. Too little too late

The worthless political hack is already seated. She should have been sitting next to Anita Hill at the hearings.

[blueseas]

14. I believed Anita Hill

I believe this lawyer.

[Farmgirl1961]

17. I totally believe this lawyer

Her Aunt (who is also an attorney) is a very good friend of ours and told us about this story breaking a couple of weeks ago.

[Paladin]

18. Same here. (nt)

[TonyPDX]

16. It's great that women empowered to come forward. Trump served a purpose.

[Lil Missy]

22. And another for the "No Shit Sherlock" File n/t

[NastyRiffraff]

24. I'm only surprised it took this long

Of course, in 1991 when Anita Hill testified, there probably were women watching who knew about Thomas from bitter personal experience, but were afraid to come forward. It doesn't seem like that long ago, but the climate at the time was definitely unfriendly to women accusing powerful (and not so powerful) men.

One thing (among others) that gives these women and the 12 (so far) women accusing Donald Trump is that none of them have accused rape. It's groping, grabbing, along with inappropriate comments. If they wanted to lie, why not make the accusations as bad as possible?

[JudyM]

25. It's a disgrace that he was seated. A complete disgrace.

Flying to a business meeting one day when this was in the news back then I overheard a few businessmen on the flight bonding knowingly over their assumption that of course she had made the whole thing up. I was struck by their lack of any factual basis, just pure sexist bias.

[ebbie15644]

26. Not a Thomas fan

I think though that it's ridiculous that she's saying this now. She would have totally been believed if she said this at the time it happened especially because of what happened to Anita Hill