- Yale Law dean: Reports that professor groomed female clerks for
Kavanaugh 'of enormous concern'
- Brett Kavanaugh accuser offers to testify to Senate
- Kavanaugh accuser testimony conditions, doesn't want to be
in same room
- Ford: ‘Zero chance’ I would confuse Kavanaugh with other
student
- Calif. Children Tortured 'for Sadistic Purposes':
Prosecutor
"claims her grandkids “lived in torture” and accused
their father of worshiping Satan"
Yale Law dean: Reports that professor groomed female clerks for
Kavanaugh 'of enormous concern'
Yale Law School Dean
Heather Gerken wrote that she wanted to "address the press reports today
regarding allegations of faculty misconduct."
by Adam Edelman and Kasie Hunt Sep.20.2018
by Adam Edelman and Kasie Hunt Sep.20.2018
The dean of Yale Law
School on Thursday responded to reports that a prominent professor at the
school had advised students seeking judicial clerkships with Brett Kavanaugh on
their physical looks, saying the reported allegations of faculty misconduct are
"of enormous concern" and calling on anyone affected to come forward.
According to reports in
The Guardian, the Huffington Post and Above the Law, Amy Chua, a professor at
the law school, would advise students on their physical appearance if they
wanted to seek a clerkship for Kavanaugh. Specifically, Chua would help
potential applicants to have a "model-like" appearance.
In a letter Thursday to
the law school community, Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken wrote that she
wanted to "address the press reports today regarding allegations of
faculty misconduct" and that "the allegations being reported are of
enormous concern to me and to the School."....
"While we cannot
comment on individual complaints or investigations, the Law School and the
University thoroughly investigate all complaints regarding violations of
University rules and take no options off the table," Gerken wrote.
"I strongly
encourage any members of our community who have been affected by misconduct to
take advantage of Yale University's resources for reporting incidents and
receiving support," the letter continued. "The Law School has a
responsibility to provide a safe environment in which all of our students can
live and learn in a community of mutual respect, free of harassment of any
kind."
Yale has not specified
what the misconduct might be.
Kavanaugh, currently a
judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is President
Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court....
Brett Kavanaugh accuser offers to testify to Senate
A woman who accuses
Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her in 1982 has offered to
testify to the Senate if it can "ensure her safety".
Christine Blasey Ford's
lawyer says her client will not appear on Monday, as senators proposed, but
might do so next week on "terms that are fair".
Republicans had vowed to
press ahead with the confirmation amid uncertainty over whether the accuser
would testify.
Judge Kavanaugh has
issued a fresh rebuttal of the allegation....
What did Dr Ford's
lawyer say?
The California
psychology lecturer's legal team emailed the panel's staff on Thursday.
Debra Katz, the lawyer,
wrote that she wished to "discuss the conditions under which [Prof Ford]
would be prepared to testify next week".
"As you are aware,
she's been receiving death threats which have been reported to the FBI and she
and her family have been forced out of their home."
Kavanaugh accuser testimony conditions, doesn't want to be in same
room
Who would testify first? Would they be in the same room together? These are among the issues Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer has raised.
by Leigh Ann Caldwell, Kasie Hunt and Frank Thorp V Sep.20.2018
Who would testify first? Would they be in the same room together? These are among the issues Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer has raised.
by Leigh Ann Caldwell, Kasie Hunt and Frank Thorp V Sep.20.2018
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for
the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spoke with attorneys
for the Senate Judiciary Committee and laid out conditions for her appearance
before the panel, including not being in the hearing room with him and
assurances that she will be safe.
In nearly an hour-long
telephone call in which the Judiciary Committee staff did most of the
listening, Debra Katz, an attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, went through a
series of concerns and preferences should she agree to appear before the
committee next week.
It's the first time
Republicans on the committee have spoken directly with Ford's attorneys since
she went public with the allegation against Kavanaugh on Sunday and the
discussion seems to have thawed a stand-off between the two parties as to
whether she would testify.
Among the requests, the
one that appeared to be non-negotiable for Ford was a Monday appearance. The
earliest she could show would be Thursday, Republican and Democratic sources
told NBC News. Monday is the day that Senate Republicans had originally offered
for Ford to come testify and when Kavanaugh has said he is ready to testify.
Ford’s attorney also
relayed her concern about security and asked that the committee work with her
to ensure she would be safe if she agrees to testify.
Here are the other items
Ford requested:
Wants to testify second
and Kavanaugh to appear first;
Doesn't want Kavanaugh in the room at the same time with her;
Prefers not to be questioned by outside counsel, but rather by the senators on the committee;
Would like the committee to subpoena Mark Judge, the other student Ford alleges to be in the room at the time of the assault, to testify;
Says each senator should have equal time questioning (already committee practice);
No time limit on her opening statement; and
Will appear at a public hearing but she would like to limit the number of cameras to pool coverage.
Doesn't want Kavanaugh in the room at the same time with her;
Prefers not to be questioned by outside counsel, but rather by the senators on the committee;
Would like the committee to subpoena Mark Judge, the other student Ford alleges to be in the room at the time of the assault, to testify;
Says each senator should have equal time questioning (already committee practice);
No time limit on her opening statement; and
Will appear at a public hearing but she would like to limit the number of cameras to pool coverage.
After consulting with
committee members, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, is expected to present Ford with a counter offer as early as
Friday....
Ford: ‘Zero chance’ I would confuse Kavanaugh with other student
By Megan Keller - 09/20/18
The woman accusing
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault quickly dismissed a
theory that circulated online Thursday that she may have confused him with
another classmate.
"There is zero
chance that I would confuse them," Christine Blasey Ford said in a
statement reported by The Washington Post.
Ford issued the
statement after Ed Whelan, a former clerk for the late justice Antonin Scalia
who serves as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, put forward the
theory in a series of tweets that sparked instant backlash online.
Whelan, a supporter of
Kavanaugh, identified another former classmate of the judge in a series of
tweets, sharing floor plans, maps and other photographs to suggest that Ford
may have confused Kavanaugh with the other student.
"To be clear, I
have no idea what, if anything, did or did not happen in that bedroom at the
top of the stairs, and I therefore do not state, imply or insinuate that
[Kavanaugh's classmate] or anyone else committed the sexual assault that Ford
alleges," Whelan tweeted.
The Hill could not reach
Whelan for immediate comment.
Ford said in her
statement reported by The Post on Thursday said that she knew both Kavanaugh
and the classmate identified by Whelan, adding that she socialized with them
and visited the second classmate in the hospital once.
Ford has accused
Kavanaugh of attempting to sexually assault her at a party in the early 1980s
when they were in high school.
She has acknowledged
that she does not remember at what house or when exactly the alleged assault
occurred. Ford has also said she cannot recall how she got to the party or what
she did afterward.
Kavanaugh has flatly
denied the allegation against him, saying in a statement earlier this week,
"I have never done anything like what the accuser describes—to her or to
anyone."....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407718-ford-dismisses-mistaken-identity-theory-zero-chance-i-would-confuse-kavanaugh
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407718-ford-dismisses-mistaken-identity-theory-zero-chance-i-would-confuse-kavanaugh
Calif. Children Tortured 'for Sadistic Purposes': Prosecutor
Court documents claim the children were punched, strangled, and shot with weapons such as crossbows and BB guns as well as waterboarded
By NBC Bay Area Staff May 15, 2018
The grandmother of 10
children who were removed from what some are calling a “house of horrors” in
Fairfield, California, claims her grandkids “lived in torture” and accused
their father of worshiping Satan.
....Rogers’ daughter,
Ina Rogers and her husband Jonathan Allen have both denied charges of child
abuse.
"Awakening
Lucifer" book inside "Devil worship room." Wanda Rogers says
Jonathan practiced this in the home.
Authorities arrested the
children’s father, 28-year-old Allen, on Friday and charged him with nine
counts of felony torture and six counts of felony child abuse. He is currently
being held on $5.2 million bail and has pleaded not guilty.
On Tuesday, Ina Rogers
was charged with nine felony counts of child abuse. New court documents show
the children were punched, strangled, and shot with weapons such as crossbows
and BB guns as well as waterboarded. The documents also claim that Ina Rogers
not only knew about the abuse but assisted in the torture as well.
The children were
removed from their Fairfield residence after officers, responding on March 31
to a report that one of the children was missing, discovered "horrible
living conditions" in the house. The officers found “unsafe and unsanitary
living conditions, including garbage and spoiled food on the floor, animal and
human feces and a large amount of debris making areas of the house unpassable,”
said Lt. Greg Hurlbut with Fairfield Police.....
Some of the children, in
interviews with police, described years of persistent abuse that sometimes
resulted in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being
shot with a pellet gun, police said Monday.
Officials said that,
based on interviews with at least eight of the children, they believe that
"significant torture took place" in the home at least as far back as
2014....
Wanda Rogers called her
son-in-law “an abuser” and accused him of devil worship. She provided pictures
of what appears to be a table with a knife and a Satanist book which she
claimed is his “devil room.”
“Jonathan worships the
devil. He had a devil room, a devil room that he called a meditation room,”
Wanda Rogers said. “He was using my grandkids for sacrifice.”
Police have said that
some of the abuse that took place appeared to be of a “sadistic nature” but
have not elaborated.
“My grandkids they talk
so much they tell so much, they have so much to tell,” Rogers said, detailing
abuse by her son-in-law which involved duct tape and even water torture....
She added that her
son-in-law said that “the demons were making him do it.” “He said ‘when the
voices stop, I’ll stop hitting you,”’
In a jailhouse interview
with KCRA news station in Sacramento on Tuesday, Jonathan Allen denied all the
allegations against him....
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