Current Events > CNN: Avenatti weakened case against Kavanaugh

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/06/politics/democrats-avenatti-swetnick-accusation/index.html

Christine Blasey Ford had just revealed her identity and was prepared to testify in public, detailing her allegations that Kavanaugh had tried to sexual assault her more than three decades ago. On top of that, a New Yorker article had just revealed that a second woman, Deborah Ramirez, was accusing Kavanaugh of exposing his genitals to her while they were college students.

Then came Michael Avenatti.
The combative lawyer, who represents Stormy Daniels and has been a ubiquitous presence on cable television, revealed a stunning new allegation: A woman, Julie Swetnick, said she had witnessed the Supreme Court nominee attending more than 10 house parties between 1981 and 1983 where Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, were present. At some of those parties, she alleged, Kavanaugh was "fondling and grabbing girls without their consent" and, along with others, spiking drinks to force girls to lose their inhibitions.

But the eye-popping nature of those claims suddenly gave Republicans an opportunity to shift the narrative away from Ford's allegations and make a broader case that the growing accusations of sexual misconduct amounted to an orchestrated Democratic smear campaign, something Sen. Susan Collins, the swing GOP vote, cited herself when announcing she'd be the decisive vote to support Kavanaugh's confirmation.

A host of Democratic senators and senior aides told CNN that the allegations from Avenatti's client gave the GOP an opening to conflate -- and dismiss -- all the allegations in one broad brush.

"Well you know at some point there were a lot of folks coming forward making all sorts of accusations," said Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, when asked about the allegations raised by Avenatti and his client. "It turns it into a circus atmosphere and certainly that's not where we should be."

Asked if Avenatti was helpful, Peters said: "I think we should have focused on the serious allegations that certainly appeared very credible to me that would be our best course of action."

Reached for comment Saturday, Avenatti pushed back, criticizing anonymous Democrats as "cowards" and saying the assessment shows the "failed leadership" in the Democratic Party.
"It is outrageous that these so-called Democrats would attack a sexual assault victim from coming forward," Avenatti told CNN. "I guess their position is that she should have shut her mouth and remained silent? It is disgusting that these cowards blame my client and the other accusers from coming forward.""

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Hopefully CNN keeps attacking Avenatti

Things seem to work out well for whoever they go after
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there was no case. If anything, all those other accusations convinced many people on the fence that he must be guilty of something

Milkman5 posted...

there was no case. If anything, all those other accusations convinced many people on the fence that he must be guilty of something

According to CNN, the opposite of this is what some Dems began believing:

A host of Democratic senators and senior aides told CNN that the allegations from Avenatti's client gave the GOP an opening to conflate -- and dismiss -- all the allegations in one broad brush.

"Well you know at some point there were a lot of folks coming forward making all sorts of accusations," said Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, when asked about the allegations raised by Avenatti and his client. "It turns it into a circus atmosphere and certainly that's not where we should be."

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Already scapegoating, I see.
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"We didn't lose because we tried to push a narrative using uncorroborated accusations, we lost because of this clown."
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ThePrinceFish posted...

We didn't lose because we tried to push a narrative using uncorroborated accusations,

*Facepalm* this is such a dumb point
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He's the Trump of the left, of course he's going to fling mud at the establishment and seek all the attention
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scar the 1 posted...

He's the Trump of the left, of course he's going to fling mud at the establishment and seek all the attention

Is he?
Will he run in 2020?
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Will he run in 2020?

He might but I can't see him getting the nomination since Dems usually have higher standards for their nominees lol
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darkphoenix181 posted...

scar the 1 posted...

He's the Trump of the left, of course he's going to fling mud at the establishment and seek all the attention

Is he?
Will he run in 2020?

I'm fairly certain he intends to, yeah
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