Tag: lying under oath

‘He Should Clearly Be Impeached’: Victim in Stolen Memos Case Tied to Brett Kavanaugh Says the Nominee Perjured Himself

The following article by Cody Fendwick was posted on the AlterNet website September 7, 2018:

“But he lied. Under oath. And he did so repeatedly.”

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In a tightly argued and powerful article for Slate, a Democrat who was one of the victims of a document theft related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the White House argued Friday that the judge should be impeached.

Kavanaugh, Lisa Graves argued, repeatedly lied to Congress under oath about his involvement with the stolen materials.

She noted that just receiving the documents, which she says were taken by GOP Senate aide Manuel Miranda ,isn’t an impeachable offense. Graves said that Miranda stole the “confidential memos, letters, and talking points,” some of which she personally wrote, which were part of the Democrats’ private communications about blocking President George W. Bush’s controversial judicial nominees. Some of this material was passed on to Kavanaugh, though he says he wasn’t aware that the documents were stolen.

View the complete article here.

Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.

The following article by Michael S. Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Scott Shane was posted on the New York Times website November 2, 2017:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump stated in early 2017 that no campaign advisers had contact with Russians. However, new court documents show that a foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, had contacts that he told them about in 2016. By A.J. CHAVAR and MARK MAZZETTI on Publish Date November 2, 2017. Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »

WASHINGTON — Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told the Senate the same thing.

Court documents unsealed this week cast doubt on both statements and raised the possibility that Mr. Sessions could be called back to Congress for further questioning. Continue reading “Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.”