A former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR that she does not know if an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took place as she first suggested on social media.
"That it happened or not, I have no idea," Cristina King Miranda told NPR's Nina Totenberg. "I can't say that it did or didn't."
Suggested?
"In my [Facebook] post, I was empowered and I was sure it probably did [happen]," Miranda told NPR. "I had no idea that I would now have to go to the specifics and defend it before 50 cable channels and have my face spread all over MSNBC news and Twitter."
It's okay to state that you definitely know an accusation is true when you actually have no idea because it makes you "empowered"? That is what the Supreme Court's defamation cases call "reckless disregard of the truth," which falls in the same range of culpability as outright lying.
Even so, at this point I think it would be a good idea for some investigative agency to go around and ask all these former preppies if they heard about the incident at the time. Maybe someone knows something, and, if it happened, who actually did it.
[ King’s now-deleted Facebook page was littered with anti-Trump postings. Update: she also deleted her Twitter entirely. MSNBC is running [it] unverified, after the author deleted her hosts and is refusing interviews: "I stand by my support for Christine..To all media, I will not be doing anymore interviews...” ]
Probably the saddest thing about,
"The incident DID happen," transmutating into
"That it happened or not, I have no idea" [her ACTUAL words]
is that Cristina King revealed this:
"Hi all, deleted this because it served its purpose..."
++++ ++++
This is strikingly similar in evil extent to when Harry Reid slandered Republican
Presidential canditate Romney on the Senate Floor with failing to pay his
taxes for 10 years. Years later, the Democrat admitted the Machiavellian
farce whilst boasting on video:
"They can call it whatever they want. Romney didn't win did he?" Reid said
~ washingtonexaminer.com/harry-reid-is-proud-he-lied-about-mitt-romneys-taxes/
~ thepoliticalinsider.com/new-kavanaugh-accuser-comes-forward/
~theblaze.com/news/2018/09/20/kavanaugh-accusers-classmate-deletes-social-media-accounts-walks-back-claims-that-it-did-happen
It seems Ed Whelan has an idea about "who actually did it." I would be eager to hear your thoughts on his theory -- and also whether you think Judge Kavanaugh may have played a part in developing Whelan's thinking on this matter.
Evidently Whelan has deleted his original post. I don't know what he actually said (and do not trust what people say about what he said), and he has retracted it himself, so I see no point in going into it.
I think it is VERY relevant if Judge Kavanaugh may have had some role in Whelan's thinking and/or posting. Do you disagree that this fact --- whether Judge Kavanaugh interacted with Whelan on the matter of another possible assailant --- is one that should be explored by the Judiciary Committee?
The Democrats on the Senate Judicary Committee will have lots of thoughts and questions about it. As Maggie Haberman of the NYT noted earlier today, Whelan was clearing working off of opposition research. It raises troubling questions:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/21/a-new-twist-in-the-kavanaugh-saga-raises-some-very-unpleasant-questions/?__twitter_impression=true&noredirect=on
Seriously, Doug? Do you have any basis whatsoever for such an accusation, or is it just complete speculation?
The WaPo article has nothing that would even qualify as semi-solid.
I have seen lots of others speculating the the details in Whelan’s tweets suggest some assistance. I hope that assistance did not come from the Judge, and I just want to know more about this “Plan B” idea about what really happened.
To each his own. For me, the fact that lots of others have engaged in groundless speculation is not sufficient reason for me to do so.
I do not think it groundless, Kent, to speculate that Whelan had some help in assembling old yearbook pictures and maps and floor plans concerning persons and places involved in an event 36 years ago. I am just eager to know who helped, and I am not the only one wondering of Judge Kavanaugh (or people very close to him) were among the helpers. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/ed-whelan-brett-kavanaugh-twitter-theory-christine-ford-supreme-court.html
As I said before, I sincerely hope Judge Kavanaugh did not play a role in Whelan's work. But I do not think it misguided to ask if he might have.
I didn't say it was groundless "to speculate that Whelan had some help." I said it was groundless to speculate that Kavanaugh helped him. The article you cite provides no significant basis to believe that.
Throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks like any good attorney. Do you provide your own or rent a monkey?
Are you referring, Tarls, to what Ed Whelan did?
As for who was "rented," Politico reported that "CRC Public Relations, a powerhouse conservative firm, guided Ed Whelan" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/21/ed-whelan-kavanaugh-tweets-pr-firm-836405
1) That Ed Whelan did it is both irrelevant and no excuse for you doing it.
2) You asked specifically if Kavanaugh helped. Kavanaugh is not a PR firm.
3) Two men came forth today claiming they, not Kavanaugh, were involved in the incident.