Rule of Law ‘Unraveled’ if Dems Tank Kavanaugh, Florida AG Warns

Due process and the rule of law will be “unraveled” if Democrats manage to deploy last-minute sexual assault allegations to kill Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s (pictured above left) Supreme Court confirmation, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi warned Tuesday night on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”

“It’s the 11th hour. It’s ridiculous,” Bondi, a Sunshine State Republican, said of the smears against President Donald Trump’s (above right) second Supreme Court nominee. “Due process — the rule of law is being unraveled here if they get away with this.”

Concerning Kavanaugh’s rights, Bondi said, “It’s about the presumption of innocence. This is a good man, and thank goodness he has a strong wife. It’s a shame that his daughters even have to endure this.”

She added, “It’s really sunk to a new low for all of us to have to listen to this … and to serve in public office when it sinks to this low, to serve your country and give back, these vicious attacks — it’s despicable.”

Christine Blasey Ford, who initially wished to remain anonymous, publicly accused Kavanaugh on September 16 of sexually assaulting her some 36 years ago at a high school party in suburban Maryland.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which is considering Kavanaugh’s nomination, received Ford’s allegations in July. But she didn’t make them public until September 14 — after they surfaced anonymously.

Kavanaugh’s confirmation experienced another setback late Sunday when former Yale classmate Deborah Ramirez accused him in an article for The New Yorker of exposing himself to her at a party in college.

The Supreme Court nominee has unequivocally denied all of the sexual assault allegations against him.

“He’s had six FBI full background checks. Half of his life he’s had the FBI checking everything about him.”

Both Kavanaugh and Ford are set to testify before the judiciary panel Thursday, and the committee tentatively scheduled a confirmation vote for Friday. Feinstein said late Tuesday that she cannot guarantee that Ford will appear for the hearing.

Ford’s lawyers balked when Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) tapped Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Ford at Thursday’s hearing. The lawyers previously insisted that only the committee members be allowed to question Ford.

“Why not have someone who is familiar with the issues in these types of cases ask the questions that people have been trained over the years in handling these cases to anticipate?” Nicole DeBorde, a former sex crimes prosecutor, told Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

“That way, everyone will have the answers to whatever questions they may think of as it related to this issue during the hearing, as opposed to after,” DeBorde insisted. “By bringing in an expert who knows the kinds of questions that come up in these cases, we’ll know it at the hearing.”

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DeBorde argued that it “can’t be a mistake” to have a sex crimes prosecutor ask the types of questions that would be asked in court.

“Now I recognize that this is not a criminal trial, but it is an allegation of a serious nature,” DeBorde noted. “So, to me, it seems like a no-brainer. Have somebody with experience, as opposed to somebody who really knows about politics more than they know about these types of trials, ask the questions.”

Although Democrats have been trying to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation until after the FBI could conduct an investigation, American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp emphasized that Kavanaugh has already undergone six FBI background checks for the multiple jobs he’s held over the years in the White House and the federal judiciary.

“He’s had six FBI full background checks. Half of his life he’s had the FBI checking everything about him,” Schlapp told Ingraham. “When they do those background investigations, they check everybody in your past life. They want to make sure there’s nothing serious that will compromise your ability to do the job. That was all done.”

Schlapp also praised GOP senators for remaining largely unified amid all the confirmation drama, saying, “I actually think the Republicans realize if they bungle this, if they drop the ball when it comes to Kavanaugh, there will be a meltdown in November.”

“I think these Republican senators understand this is a time to stick together and keep your promise and get it done, or the Republicans will have a revolt,” Schlapp warned.