Wonder if Brett Kavanaugh follows Minnesota politics. Because this definitely seems like something that would interest him:
BREAKING: Attorney hired by Minnesota Democrats says the abuse claim levied against Rep. Keith Ellison is "unsubstantiated" because the accuser refuses to provide video she says she has of the incident. https://t.co/OERkkE1KIF
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) October 1, 2018
Attorney hired by Minnesota Dems to investigate abuse allegations against Keith Ellison says they could not be substantiated because accuser declined to provide video and offered shifting rationale for not sharing it https://t.co/id6zI4C1Sv
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 1, 2018
More from the AP (emphasis ours):
An ex-girlfriend’s allegation that Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison once physically abused her could not be substantiated because she refused to provide video she said she had of the incident, an attorney hired to investigate the claims concluded in a draft report obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
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A draft report obtained by the AP notes Monahan’s shifting rationale for refusing to produce the video footage, including that it was lost, was on a USB drive in storage and that it would be too embarrassing and traumatic to release it.
[Susan Ellingstad, a lawyer hired by Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to investigate the allegation] also wrote in her report that Monahan would not allow her to view the footage privately.
“An allegation standing alone is not necessarily sufficient to conclude that conduct occurred, particularly where the accusing party declines to produce supporting evidence that she herself asserts exists,” Ellingstad wrote. “She has thus repeatedly placed the existence of the video front and center to her allegations, but then has refused to disclose it.
Do … do you mean to say that allegations aren’t worth sh*t without evidence to back them up?
Unsubstantiated, you say? https://t.co/aHNYRszg9f
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) October 1, 2018
Wait since when do accusations of sexual assault need to be substantiated with evidence? https://t.co/xIity9Zmet
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) October 1, 2018
Ah so they care about evidence now. https://t.co/DMpSrWFMfW
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) October 1, 2018
When did that happen? We must’ve missed it.
Huh, a shifting story, memory lapses, and fear of publicly. Yet in this case it means the accused still gets the benefit of the doubt. Well that's different….
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) October 1, 2018
We’re having trouble keeping up with the rules about this stuff.
Oh cool, what does that make the Kavanaugh accusations then? https://t.co/bhomBaJ1PQ
— Colin Duffy (@TheRightDuff) October 1, 2018
Apparently this doesn’t count and is illegitimate since the Dems hired her… Ellison is a serial rapist and abuser https://t.co/msDtEt08vG
— Mujahed (@kebejay) October 1, 2018
So, the Democrats have created an environment where true victims don’t want to come forward. But they really do care about all women. No, really. https://t.co/FO6AlMDiJn
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) October 1, 2018
“All women” may not actually include all women.
This is quite a claim these days@KarenMonahan01#MeToo #StopKavanaugh #BelieveWomen #BelieveSurvivors https://t.co/mPjcgYpulr
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 1, 2018
Believe women. https://t.co/lTo0iDhSCl
— Alexis In NH (@AlexisinNH) October 1, 2018
#BelieveAllWomen? https://t.co/fZUa1maPVs
— Randy Clemens™ * (108-54) +8 AL East Champs (@bostonrandy) October 1, 2018
I guess @TheDemocrats, @DNCWomen and the @DNC will now call to vote for the judge to be confirmed #BelieveWomen https://t.co/BEBly1nJEB
— Liars Never Win (@liars_never_win) October 1, 2018
Weird, media not believing all women. https://t.co/GsyZeREgY0
— My Friends Call Me Boof (@JammieWF) October 1, 2018
#BelieveAllWomen certainly didn't last long. https://t.co/mT7NRnj9Gs
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) October 1, 2018
That whole believe women thing went right out the window in a hurry for the DNC & Media
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 1, 2018
Blink and you missed it.
(•_•)
<) )╯ BELIEVE
/(•_•)
( (> SOME
/(•_•)
<) )> SURVIVORS
/— Sara Johnson Laughlin (@sarafeed) October 1, 2018
How do we know which “survivors” to believe?
Time for an FBI investigation
— Dewayne (@dew5150) October 1, 2018
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 1, 2018
Keith Ellison should have to suspend his race indefinitely until the FBI can prove conclusively that he’s innocent of the crimes of which he’s been accused. It’s only fair.
It's no big deal, everyone. Keith Ellison is just running for Minnesota Attorney General.
— BT (@back_ttys) October 1, 2018
"This isn't a trial, this is a job interview!" – said not a single journalist. https://t.co/HeTti1SmRm
— BT (@back_ttys) October 1, 2018
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