WASHINGTON – Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., will introduce an impeachment resolution against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh following a new report of sexual misconduct.
“I believe Christine Blasey Ford. I believe Deborah Ramirez. It is our responsibility to collectively affirm the dignity and humanity of survivors,” she said in a statement to Boston public radio station WBUR.
Pressley was referring to the two women who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during his contentious nomination process last October.
“Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” Pressley also said in her statement to WBUR. “We must demand justice for survivors and hold Kavanaugh accountable for his actions.”
Politico reported that the resolution will ask the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the possibility of impeachment.
Democratic leadership, though, seems to have little appetite for a fight over impeachment, and the resolution is unlikely to go anywhere.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the number-two Senate Democrat, told Politico on Monday that "We’ve got to get beyond this ‘impeachment is the answer to every problem.’ It’s not realistic."
"If that’s how we are identified in Congress, as the impeachment Congress, we run the risk that people will feel we’re ignoring the issues that mean a lot to them as families," he continued.
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An essay published in the New York Times on Sept. 14 adapted from a forthcoming book about Kavanaugh included reporting about a newly surfaced misconduct allegation, as well as potential corroborating evidence for another allegation, sparked calls among Democrats for the justice's impeachment and investigation.
The New York Times later added a note to the article about one of the incidents in which reportedly Kavanaugh's "friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student," stating that "The book reports that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she does not recall the incident."
Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
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Any attempt at impeaching Kavanaugh is unlikely by successful in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called impeachment a "laughable suggestion." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham vowed that Kavanaugh will not be impeached "over these scurrilous accusations."
Only once has a Supreme Court justice been impeached. Samuel Chase, a Federalist justice appointed by President George Washington, was impeached by a Democratic-Republican House in 1804 for "arbitrary, oppressive, and unjust" decisions on the court.
The Senate declined to remove him from office.
The FBI never investigated the Ramirez allegations.Sworn testimony with no corroboration even though the FBI spent weeks investigating and Kavanaugh had been vetted seven previous times by the FBI.
It was definitely rammed through.The FBI never investigated the Ramirez allegations.
And sworn testimony is evidence, you stupid birther.
Like some of the most vile "leaders" in history.........it demonstrates just how much destruction sociopathic "elected" leader can do.It was definitely rammed through.
The Trumpiverse is temporary ... unless he declares the election results to be null and void fake news and a Democrat plot and "the results are suspended for National Security reasons".
I wonder how much of the USA's muscle will follow that and how much will resist it? Either way, it s possible the the Great Republic is down to it's last few months.
Hitler ... Mussolini ... both duly elected by scared populations who were particularly vulnerable to racist and populist ideas.Like some of the most vile "leaders" in history.........it demonstrates just how much destruction sociopathic "elected" leader can do.
That seems the very atmosphere that exists in the US........It is very fearful..( think more guns than people). The active racism that has emerged / unleashed. The" petri dish " is ripe for massive governing style change. When one lives in a situation.......it is harder to see it objectively too.Those prone to be followers .......fall right into line as this change unfolds. The changes that have happened since the last election.....are really quite profound ......in that so many reversals of progressive / contemporary actions have taken place (and done with bias against the previous CIC._Totally prejudicial.........which in turn fosters racism........Hitler ... Mussolini ... both duly elected by scared populations who were particularly vulnerable to racist and populist ideas.
Poor pink hat hoid the liar, i bet you eat sox, ya child trafficking nazi beatch lipped retard .Trumps measures will be just like Hitlers and Mussolini's - they will last as long as he lasts and no longer
Um. . . no. Hitler was appointed after an inconclusive election. "Duly elected" is a bit of an historical myth.Hitler ... Mussolini ... both duly elected by scared populations who were particularly vulnerable to racist and populist ideas.
The FBI never investigated the Ramirez allegations.
And sworn testimony is evidence, you stupid birther.
The FBI interviewed 10 people (an 11th did not agree to be interviewed). In its conclusion, the report says: "The Supplemental Background Investigation confirms what the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded after its investigation: there is no corroboration of the allegations made by Dr. Ford or Ms. Ramirez."
Ramirez Allegations
Deborah Ramirez
Two alleged eyewitnesses named by Deborah Ramirez (a third alleged eyewitness refused to submit to an interview)
Deborah Ramirez’s close friend from college
Conclusion
The Supplemental Background Investigation confirms what the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded after its investigation: there is no corroboration of the allegations made by Dr. Ford or Ms. Ramirez.
That "burning down the Reichstag" thing was just so much gefälschte nachrichten.Um. . . no. Hitler was appointed after an inconclusive election. "Duly elected" is a bit of an historical myth.
Trumps measures will be just like Hitlers and Mussolini's - they will last as long as he lasts and no longer
True, that.You're kidding right? Trump like Hitler & Mussolini? Where did you learn your history? Unbelievable!