The Left Criminalizes Politics by Weaponizing Investigations By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY October 6, 2018 4:30 AM Sen. Cory Booker (left) and Sen. Kamala Harris listen to testimony from Christine Blasey Ford during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, September 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Pool via Reuters) Democrats turn impartial fact-finding into taxpayer-funded opposition research. The Left ruins everything. That’s because the Left stands ready to eradicate any norm at any time if there is political advantage in it. The latest to be cast aside are the precepts that we never tolerate unbridled, abusive investigations, nor do we abide full-blown criminal investigations without solid evidence that a crime has been committed — and even then, we demand adherence to time-honored limits. cannot remember basic details or keep straight the details she claims to remember; whose named witnesses do not back her account; who declines to address whether her accusation has been influenced by the controversial psychotherapeutic process of “recovered memory”; who refuses to disclose highly relevant therapy notes and polygraph information; and who is a Democrat advised by a prominent Democratic strategistand represented for free by Democratic activist lawyers, who were recommended to her by a senior Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat even as that Democratic senator concealed the sexual-assault claim from her Republican counterparts. 'Fox News Fires Reporter For Calling Kavanaugh Accusers ‘Lying Skanks’' In reality, this is the antithesis of good government. It is an ugly process in which the new Democratic party — the party that prefers Bill Ayers to Joe Lieberman, “social justice” to patriotism, and “change” to the Constitution — menaces decent people and their attachments to American traditions until they retreat from the public square. The world has changed. People who care nothing about norms can no longer be dismissed as a fringe. For generations, left-wing activists have instructed students and other groups that norms are the building blocks of a rigged system that deprives them of power and denies their “selfless” desires. ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/kavanaugh-fbi-probe-limit-888667 FBI's Wray confirms White House limited Kavanaugh probe FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate on Wednesday that the White House put limits on the re-opened investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but the law enforcement chief insisted that the process used was a typical one. "Our supplemental update to the previous background investigation was limited in scope and that ... is consistent with the standard process for such investigations going back a long ways," Wray said under questioning by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on global security threats. "I've spoken with our background investigation specialists and they have assured me this was handled in a way consistent with their experience and the standard process," the FBI director said, later adding that the inquiry was "very specific in scope—limited in scope." Wray confirmed that background investigations are handled differently from other FBI probes and that the scope of inquiries into judicial nominees is dictated by the White House. However, he declined to discuss any specifics about what the White House decided should or should not be examined during the brief follow-up investigation conducted following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.
Sheldon Whitehouse wants an investigation now that lefty Merrick Garland is there to to make sure it comes out pretty much okay. The same clowns that were in favor of having Comey do "a full investigation" of Hillary. They smack her around enough to pretend that a real investigation was being done but it was basically a process of getting it over with. Whitehouse also knows that even if Garland finds important problems that the damage has been done and cannot be undone so there is not risk to doing so. Whitehouse is a pompous ass and a blowhard. He is just trying to give Garland a chance to earn some points to help him in a future supreme court appointment. Except the progressive wing is not going to be having an old white guy serve as a replacement for Ruthie. They will appoint a black woman to take his place on the appeals court and then appoint her to the supreme court when the time comes. You lose again, Merrick.
No biggie, I just know the rape apologists will come out of the woodwork asking "what obstruction?". This gives them the history.