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On September 24 2018 22:56 Plansix wrote:
Because he found a group of classmates who how had never spoken to the victim that were discussing the event by email months before Ford came forward with her story. The incident was discussed by people who attended the party.

On September 24 2018 22:59 xDaunt wrote:

Where is that discussed?

On September 24 2018 23:18 Plansix wrote:

NPR covered it this morning. The article in the New Yorker references is, though it isn’t expressly clear that former classmates were discussing Kavanaughs behavior at school before any allegations came out.

STEPHANOPOLOS: “This jumped out at me. You said at first she wasn’t sure if this was Kavanaugh last week, and you write after six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorneys she did become confident that it was him.”

FARROW: “And I would say that’s extremely typical with these stories when you are dealing with drama and alcohol. The more caution that I have dealt with in cases like this frequently say, I want to take time and search myself and make sure that I can affirmatively stand by these claims in the face of what she knew would be a crucible of partisan pushback which is what she is receiving now.”

STEPHANOPOLOS: “Why did she come forward?”

FARROW: “She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did not flag this. This came to the attention of people on the hill independently, and it has co cornered her into an awkward position. She said, point-blank, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s life, but she feels this is a serious claim. She considers her own memories credible and she felt it was important to tell her own story before others did for her.”

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is resigning, according to Axios, which cited a source familiar with the matter.

"He's expecting to be fired," a source close to Rosenstein told Axios, the website reported Monday. He plans to step down, Axios reported.

Rosenstein's expected resignation will immediately raise questions about the fate of the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, who is probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump.

On September 25 2018 00:02 Plansix wrote:
I’m sure the career DOJ vet that Sessions picks as a new deputy will have zero love for the White House staff attacking the DOJ.

On September 25 2018 00:38 Plansix wrote:
Pretty sure he is going to make Trump, I mean Sessions, fire him. Your conspiracy theories about the FISA warrant and whatever don’t have much barring on reality.

On September 25 2018 00:42 Plansix wrote:
Really, because Carrie Johnson from NPR just said she cannot confirm he resigned and he is meeting with the White House this morning.

On September 25 2018 00:51 xDaunt wrote:

Whether he resigns now or resigns later is really bedsides the point. The FISA application declassification order put an expiration date on Rosenstein. The NYT article from Friday makes also it impossible for him to remain in his current capacity much longer.

On September 25 2018 01:09 Plansix wrote:

You do know Trump walked that order back?

On September 25 2018 01:14 xDaunt wrote:

Nope. This has been widely misreported. Trump has not rescinded the order at all. He said that he would let the DOJ/NSA go through their review process and that he'd consider their redactions instead of simply releasing everything.

On September 25 2018 01:21 Plansix wrote:

The DOJ and NSA has already agreed upon releasing a redacted copy of the fire before Trumps order. His order effectively required them to release an unredacted copy. He then walked it back, agreeing to go with their input, effective restoring the status quo from before his order.

On September 25 2018 01:21 Plansix wrote:

The DOJ and NSA has already agreed upon releasing a redacted copy of the fire before Trumps order. His order effectively required them to release an unredacted copy. He then walked it back, agreeing to go with their input, effective restoring the status quo from before his order.

https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/1044255410075709441

This accurately sums up the reporting today.

On September 25 2018 02:22 xDaunt wrote:

The source of the stories reporting Trump walking back the order was Trump's tweets on Friday regarding the same. But those tweets merely say that Trump is going to indulge inspector general reviewing everything on an expedited basis. This stuff is coming out.

On September 25 2018 02:26 Plansix wrote:

Stuff was already coming out. And Rod is still on the job, didn’t resign, not fired yet. Thursday maybe.

On September 25 2018 02:36 xDaunt wrote:

Do you really think that Rosenstein is going to survive until the midterms?