Interestingly CNN finally covers this issue. This may be giving cover to some democrats to vote to confirm in a bid to save their seats. https://www.breitbart.com/big-gover...ial-in-first-mention-of-his-explosive-letter/ CNN, in its first-ever mention of the sworn letter potentially discrediting Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford, identifies the redacted author by name and offers a denial of the letter’s allegations from Ford’s long-time friend. On Tuesday, Fox News first obtained a sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee from a man who claimed to know Ford for roughly eight years in the 1990s, six of them as her romantic partner. CNN, like several other left-leaning news outlets, posted no reporting about the potentially narrative-shifting letter on Tuesday. The network’s very first mention of the letter came in a piece by Geneva Sands and Josh Campbell Wednesday afternoon leading with a Ford friend and ally’s denial of the letter’s contents. Further down, CNN identifies the ex-boyfriend, whose identity had been kept redacted by Judiciary Committee staff, by name and attacks his credibility. The letter, attested to under penalty of felony, calls into question key aspects of Ford’s narrative, including her supposed fear of flying, claustrophobia, and need to have multiple exits to the homes in which she lives. The letter claims that, in six years of dating, Ford never suffered from any of these things, nor did she ever mention Brett Kavanaugh or having been sexually assaulted. Potentially the most consequential assertion contained in the ex-boyfriend’s letter, however, was that Ford had coached a close friend, Monica McLean, on how to take polygraph tests for her government security clearance investigation, using her training in psychology. McLean eventually became an FBI agent, and is now retired from that position. The Republican majority’s Senate Judiciary Committee outside counsel during Ford’s testimony, Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, asked Ford a series of strikingly specific questions about her history with polygraphs, including whether she had ever “given tips or advice to somebody looking to take a polygraph test.” Ford responded with a denial for each of these questions. If the allegations in the letter are true, Ford may have perjured herself during the hearing set up on her behalf to let her air allegations that a 17-year-old Kavanaugh had forced himself on her and groped her over her clothes at a high school party somewhere around the summer of 1982. McLean, the ex-FBI agent Ford is alleged to have coached for her polygraph, “is furious that her reputation is now being called into question by a ‘lie’ that has thrust her into the national spotlight,” according to CNN. “I have never had anyone assist me with the preparation of any polygraph. Ever. Not my entry polygraph, not my 5-year reinvestigation polygraphs. Never. I am extremely angry he would make this up,” CNN quotes McLean. Neither CNN nor McLean, whom Ford’s ex describes as Ford’s “life-long best friend,” dispute that the letter’s author dated Ford for the period he claims. CNN relies on the letter’s own claims that their relationship ended with Ford’s infidelity and commission of credit card fraud to say the author “made clear their relationship did not end amicably.”
and here it is... follows like clock work. CNN is the propaganda arm of the Democrats. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...naugh-allegations_us_5bb613ace4b0876eda9be4af Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is still on the fence about whether or not to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid multiple accusations of sexual assault and misconduct. Manchin, a key swing vote, told Politico on Thursday morning that although Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s and Deborah Ramirez’s sexual assault allegations are “terrible,” he does empathize with Kavanaugh. “Basically, it was somebody who is the father of two young girls fighting back, saying, ‘That’s not the dad I am, that’s not the person I am,’” Manchin said of Kavanaugh’s controversial testimony last week. “That’s what I saw.” Manchin also pointed out that the accusations against the judge stem from when he was in high school and college. “I can understand also a person [Kavanaugh] who from 22 to 53, how he’s conducted his life, how he took care of his family, how he basically approached his job in a responsible manner,” he said. “I’m not hearing anything from the 30 years as an adult, in his professional life.” ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS VIA GETTY IMAGES U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is a key swing vote in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Kavanaugh has been accused by three women of sexual assault and misconduct. Ford, a Palo Alto University professor, was the first to publicly accuse Kavanaugh in September of sexual assault when the two were in high school. She said Kavanaugh and a friend, Mark Judge, cornered her in a bedroom and the Supreme Court nominee pinned her to the bed, groped her and tried to forcibly remove her clothing. When she attempted to scream for help, Ford says Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to silence her. Kavanaugh’s second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, says he exposed his penis and thrust it in her face during a party in college. Last week, a third woman, Julie Swetnick, accused Kavanaugh of being present when she was “gang raped” in high school. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Manchin reiterated that when deciding his vote he will be looking more closely at Kavanaugh’s adult years. “I am looking at the gentleman as an adult from 22 to 53, 31 years of professional service. I am looking at him as a father. As a person in a community, how he interacts with his community. I am trying to put the human side to it,” he said on Thursday. He added that the entire confirmation hearing process has been “horrible.” “It’s another circus,” Manchin told Al Jazeera. In addition to Manchin, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) have said they are still undecided on the Kavanaugh vote. If every Senate Democrat votes no, at least two Republicans would also need to vote no in order to stop the nomination. The FBI investigation Flake and other moderate senators called for last week concluded early Thursday morning. After reviewing the FBI investigation, the White House said it’s “fully confident” Kavanaugh will be confirmed. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a Thursday statement that the probe found “no hint of misconduct” from the judge. Senators will review the FBI’s findings, which are being withheld from the public, on Thursday. A final vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination could be as early as Saturday.