This take from CNN’s Manu Raju, in response to a tweet by President Trump, suggests that nobody on Capitol Hill took the false rape allegation against Supreme Court nominee by Judy Munro-Leighton seriously, and in fact they only two they took seriously were Christine Blasey Ford and Debbie Ramirez.
This is what Trump is referring to. Nobody on Capitol Hill – not even Dems – took this one seriously. https://t.co/15MOm7Mqii The allegations they did take seriously were Christine Blasey Ford and Debbie Ramirez, who have not been referred to DOJ for a potential criminal probe. https://t.co/WBeWTKu9gc
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 3, 2018
“Nobody” is a bold claim and the Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway dug up at least one “nobody” on the Hill who seemed to take every accusation seriously.
False — Dianne Feinstein even read Julie Swetnick's name into the record during the hearing. Not sure which "five" allegations CNN took so seriously as to blare uncritically in the chyron below — perhaps you can clarify. pic.twitter.com/Z6lY4e3uzl
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 5, 2018
Hey … that’s Raju’s network!
Hemingway also found that Rep. Ted Lieu was pretty quick to add new accusers to the list:
Is this guy on the Hill? https://t.co/RzNyj70bg9
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 5, 2018
Cuz if so … https://t.co/AmJGC7L4t7
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 5, 2018
Mollie has receipts
— Clarence Whorley (@ClarenceWhorley) November 5, 2018
I'd think @mkraju is a competent enough journalist that he would point out all the Democrats who took that accusation seriously but instead he pretends that they didn't while he knows better
— Dino? (@dinok1975) November 6, 2018
Senate Democrats and their media allies were engaged in a blitzkrieg strategy. The hope was that if any and all allegations (no matter how wild) were made public, a critical mass would be reached and POTUS and/or Senate Republicans would toss Kavanaugh to the wolves.
— id est (@idestINT) November 5, 2018
Didn’t Harris read the whole letter into the record?
— S R (@srob2247) November 5, 2018
It so happens that Becket Adams tackled the same subject in an opinion piece at the Washington Examiner Monday, confirming that yes, the media did cover the admittedly false accusation by Munro-Leighton, who has been referred to the Justice Department for criminal investigation.
Yes, newsrooms covered that Kavanaugh accuser who was just referred to the Justice Department https://t.co/j56J36mSWn
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 5, 2018
As it turns out, though, Munro-Leighton’s absurd accusation was covered by the press, albeit not as much as the allegations leveled by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Debora Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick.
CBS News mentioned the “Jane Doe, Oceanside, CA” allegation in the conclusion of a report published on Sept. 27. The San Diego Union Tribune published an entire story on the matter on Oct. 1. That story was cross-posted later at a San Diego Fox affiliate’s website. That same day, the Daily Mail went with one of its typical overly-long headlines, claiming, “Brett Kavanaugh denies ANOTHER sex assault claim.” The left-leaning news site Raw Story published a headline Oct. 1 titled, “‘Powerful senators won’t believe me’: New violent and explicit accusation surfaces against Brett Kavanaugh.” City News Service, a local California news source, published a report on the matter on Oct. 2. That story was also cross-posted later by a CBS News affiliate. Meanwhile, NBC News affiliate KNSD reported on Oct. 2 that Kavanaugh had denied the Oceanside rape claim. ABC News affiliate KGTV also reported he had denied it. The Washington Times published a story that same day titled, “Kamala Harris, in the Judiciary cloak room, with letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of rape.”
Also, let’s not forget the fact that Munro-Leighton got the idea to claim ownership of the letter because she heard about it on the news.
So we have Rep. Ted Lieu on the Hill tweeting about the allegations, and CNN and many other media outlets reporting on them.
They covered but did nothing but believe the person without vetting at all even after no evidence was provided by any party.
— NotoriousBob (@NotoriousBob5) November 5, 2018
#Vox should take some lessons in law & basic civics…not to mention journalism…the Kentucky Democrat activist woman who sent the false accusations to Kamala Harris & emailed SJC caused investigatory procedures to take place at SJC…like filing false police report claiming rape
— Michael (@Michael4Tune) November 6, 2018
Nope, Sen. Chuck Grassley isn’t playing around.
FINISH HIM: Chuck Grassley accuses Michael Avenatti of 'outright fraud' in SECOND criminal referral https://t.co/6wGBRiZl2k
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2018
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