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[Judge Brett Kavanaugh] explicitly and repeatedly went out of his way to say he never had access to any [secret Democratic strategy] materials. These objectively false statements were offered under oath to convince the committee of something that was untrue. It was clearly intentional, with Kavanaugh going so far as to correct Sen. Kennedy when the senator described the document situation accurately.
That’s why—without even getting into other reasonable objections to his nomination—he should not be confirmed.
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In fact, by his own standard, he should clearly be impeached.
— Lisa Graves, who formerly served as chief counsel for nominations for Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, condemning and calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh for allegedly lying under oath during his confirmation hearing about stolen memos that she wrote in the early aughts.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.