There are a few problems. For starters, one can't simply "file" perjury charges: that's the U.S. government's job in cases where someone may have intentionally lied under oath in a federal hearing. The U.S. attorney general typically does not follow up on random complaints lodged with its fax machine during off hours and over weekends by issuing a warrant for the subject's immediate arrest and detention.
Then, there's the matter of Merrick Garland. He's a court of appeals judge, which means he won't be hearing an immediate plea to censure Kavanaugh for what The Democratic Coalition calls "ethical violations." Those would need to be filed with the body that holds Kavanaugh's law license, not a United States District Court, and certainly not a court that only takes cases up on appeal from an earlier judicial decision.
So, basically, The Democratic Coalition filed their groundbreaking perjury claim ... with Twitter. Which ... okay.
There are bigger issues, of course, most notably that even Vox Media, no friend of the judge, could find no evidence that Kavanaugh committed anything akin to perjury when he denied personally handling Judge William Pryor's nomination during his time in the Bush White House back during a previous set of confirmation hearings, even though a series of emails seem to show he had some insider knowledge of Pryor's ordeal.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/KristinMinkDC/status/1038396317830193153[/TWITTER]
Democratic SuperPAC Files 'Perjury Charges' Against Brett Kavanaugh. There's Just One BIG Problem.
Then, there's the matter of Merrick Garland. He's a court of appeals judge, which means he won't be hearing an immediate plea to censure Kavanaugh for what The Democratic Coalition calls "ethical violations." Those would need to be filed with the body that holds Kavanaugh's law license, not a United States District Court, and certainly not a court that only takes cases up on appeal from an earlier judicial decision.
So, basically, The Democratic Coalition filed their groundbreaking perjury claim ... with Twitter. Which ... okay.
There are bigger issues, of course, most notably that even Vox Media, no friend of the judge, could find no evidence that Kavanaugh committed anything akin to perjury when he denied personally handling Judge William Pryor's nomination during his time in the Bush White House back during a previous set of confirmation hearings, even though a series of emails seem to show he had some insider knowledge of Pryor's ordeal.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/KristinMinkDC/status/1038396317830193153[/TWITTER]
Democratic SuperPAC Files 'Perjury Charges' Against Brett Kavanaugh. There's Just One BIG Problem.