Kavanaugh Updates (UPDATED)

Close to home on the Kavanaugh debacle:

BREAKING: Montgomery MD  PD Chief Tom Manger confirms will investigate sexual allegations against Brett Kavanaugh if a complaint is filed. ⁦@CNN⁩  ⁦@ChrisCuomo⁩ pic.twitter.com/JDo30ZVPJn

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) September 22, 2018

If she can endure it, we sincerely hope Dr. Blasey Ford takes the opportunity to visit Montgomery County police if and when she comes to Washington to testify.

In a follow up to the desperate Kavanaugh doppelgänger theory put forth by right- wing propagandist and Kavanaugh intimate Ed Whelan, it appears Whelan knew Dr. Blasey Ford was Kavanaugh's accuser before her name became public:

On Sunday, Ford noticed that — even before her name became public — Whelan appeared to be seeking information about her. 

That morning, Ford alerted an associate via email that Whelan had looked at her LinkedIn page, according to the email, which was reviewed by The Post. LinkedIn allows some subscribers to see who views their pages. Ford sent the email about 90 minutes after The Post shared her name with a White House spokesman and hours before her identity was revealed in a story posted on its website. (our emphasis)

Now, how would he know that, we ask rhetorically. Maybe for the same reason Republicans had 60 former female classmates from 36 years ago ready with a signed statement of support shortly after Dr. Blasey Ford came forward.  Are you smelling the same rat we are?

Actually, many rats:

It turns out that the Keystone Cops detective work by conservative legal activist Ed Whelan — which set Washington abuzz with the promise of exonerating Brett Kavanaugh, only to be met by mockery and then partially retracted — was not his handiwork alone. 

CRC Public Relations, the prominent Alexandria, Virginia-based P.R. firm, guided Whelan through his roller-coaster week of Twitter pronouncements that ended in embarrassment and a potential setback for Kavanaugh’s hopes of landing on the high court, according to three sources familiar with their dealings. (our emphasis)

That brilliant plan having blown up spectacularly, they're still at it:

On Friday, hours after Whelan called his decision to name and post photographs of Kavanaugh’s high school classmate “an appalling and inexcusable mistake of judgment,” CRC helped organize a news conference featuring an array of women who dismissed Ford’s allegations. 

Best known for its work with the Swift Boat Veterans in 2004, CRC bills itself as a full-service communications firm “specializing in media relations, social media and issues management,” according to its website. It has long been the go-to communications firm for conservative organizations in Washington and across the country. Its current clients include the Federalist Society and the Judicial Crisis Network, the chief outside groups working to help confirm Kavanaugh.  (our emphasis)

There are rats in North Dakota, too. This one is running against Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp:

North Dakota GOP Senate nominee [Rep.] Kevin Cramer said on Friday that the accusation against Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh was "even more absurd" than Anita Hill's accusation against Clarence Thomas because Kavanaugh and his accuser were drunk teenagers when the alleged incident occurred. 

Cramer added that Ford's allegations were less legitimate than Hill's in part because the assault she describes "never went anywhere."  (our emphasis)

Let's work to see that Cramer's career never goes anywhere as well.

UPDATE: Looks like there's a previously unknown rat who was working for the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who left a previous job due to (wait for it) sexual harassment allegations.  Make no mistake.  These are all awful, rotted out people.