The Morning Briefing: Surprise Kavanaugh Accusations and Much, Much More

Good Monday morning.

Here is what’s on the president’s agenda today:

The president participates in the Global Call to Action on the world drug problem
President Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the president of the Republic of Korea
The president participates in a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free trade agreement
President Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt
The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the president of the French Republic
President Trump and the first lady participate in a diplomatic reception photo line

And… we have a new claim against Kavanaugh

Did you see this coming? I sure didn’t. Just kidding, I totally did. Why do you think the Dems kept pushing for more time and were so difficult to nail down on when their accuser would testify before the Judiciary Committee? To go rustle up some more victims and memories of course. Deborah Ramirez, who was a fellow student at Yale with SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, has officially come forward with some claims about Kavanaugh.

After six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, Ramirez said that she felt confident enough of her recollections to say that she remembers Kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away. Ramirez is now calling for the F.B.I. to investigate Kavanaugh’s role in the incident. “I would think an F.B.I. investigation would be warranted,” she said.

Kavanaugh responded: “This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my good name—and the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a lifetime building—against these last-minute allegations.”

This story was written by Ronan Farrow. Go read the whole thing, there are lots of details in there, less corroboration. But wait, I’m not done yet…

Creepy porn lawyer Avenatti has a client with “credible” allegations about Kavanaugh

This guy again:

“We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify,” Avenatti tweeted Sunday night. “The nomination must be withdrawn.”

Avenatti informed the Senate Judiciary Committee:

“We are aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the early 1980s, during which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and others would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.”

Avenatti claimed to have “multiple witnesses” that could corroborate “these facts.”

“Each of them must be called to testify publicly,” he said.

Avenatti had hinted earlier in the day that he had damning info on the Supreme Court nominee.

“What happens at Georgetown Prep does not stay at Georgetown Prep,” he tweeted.

And, of course, these new allegations mean we have to postpone the confirmation process while the FBI investigates these fresh, 35-year-old memories of sexual assault and harassment. Here’s Senator Feinstein, here’s Senator Gillibrand, here’s Senator Merkley all calling for a postponement. The Democrats are nothing if not single-minded.

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told Jake Tapper on the Sunday spin shows that she doesn’t think Brett Kavanaugh deserves the presumption of innocence because he’s a conservative. You can get a clear sense about what is going on with the SCOTUS nomination and really, what the left’s grand agenda is. Making allegations in the lefty’s Utopia is sufficient to condemn and punish a person if the “right” allegations are made against the right person. So in this case, the right person is Kavanaugh and the right allegation is a #metoo claim. An example of an unwelcome charge would be Keith Ellison’s situation, where his ex-girlfriend’s claims are pretty much ignored by the media and Democrats, even though they expect us to believe they really care about women. They just hate conservatives much more than they care about women.

These kinds of kangaroo courts are normal on university campuses and now they are going to be normal in politics and in real life.

Kavanaugh denies 2nd accuser’s sexual misconduct allegation as Avenatti claims ‘evidence’ of ‘targeting’ women for gang rape

Graham: ‘Not going to ruin’ Kavanaugh over Ford’s accusation

Rosenstein round-up

Lisa Page Took Rod Rosenstein’s Trump Tape Talk Seriously

AP: Trump polled staff on board Air Force One over whether to fire Rosenstein

Graham: There’s a ‘bureaucratic coup’ taking place against Trump

Historical picture of the day:

A steel worker rests on a girder at the 86th floor of the new Empire State Building during construction in New York City, Sept. 24, 1930. The tower of the Chrysler Building can be seen in background, left. (AP Photo)

Other morsels:

No more king & queen: University holds first gender-neutral homecoming, honors ‘royalty’ instead

‘When they go low, we kick ’em in the nuts’

Florida man gets 20 years in prison for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes

Tiger Woods wins Tour Championship by two shots for his first victory in five years

French fries in Europe expected to be an inch shorter this season

James Woods refuses to delete meme that he says got him locked out of Twitter

Bill Cosby will find out his sentence this week on 3 indecent assault charges

Man arrested at Buckingham Palace with stun gun

Vatican Caves To China’s Demand, Recognizes Bishops Appointed By Communist Government

Court Invalidates California’s Handgun Ad Ban On First Amendment Grounds

Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 Is Bombing