Fox’s Judge Andrew Napolitano says he is “surprised” by attorney Debra Katz’s recent admission that Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual-assault allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was politically motivated, and suggested that Katz’s remarks could warrant an investigation by the Department of Justice.
Napolitano chimes in
Fox News’ judicial analyst gave his take on the situation on “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday.
“This statement that is attributed to her lawyer … appears to be a violation of the attorney/client privilege,” he said. “Why would she be saying this now and do we care what the motivation was for [Ford’s] allegations… ”
No doubt many still do care about why Blasey Ford led the attack on the now-Supreme Court justice. To help explain his take on the situation, Napolitan was of the opinion that Ford was a “credible witness” despite her inability to remember — let alone prove — many aspects of her allegation against Kavanaugh.
“She was a credible witness,” he continued. “He was a very credible witness. Neither of them changed anybody’s mind apparently, and he was confirmed. So did she make these allegations up because they really happened … or did she make these allegations [up] because she believed he was going to get on the court and she wanted to undermine his credibility in some future vote?”
Watch Napolitano below:
Napolitano on new questions surrounding Kavanaugh accuser’s motivation
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The Revelation
Video of Katz, one of Ford’s attorneys during the Kavanaugh hearing, talking about Ford’s testimony before Congress, was obtained and published by The Daily Caller News Foundation this week.
“In the aftermath of these hearings,” Katz can be heard saying in the video, “I believe that Christine’s testimony brought about more good than the harm misogynist Republicans caused by allowing Kavanaugh on the court.”
From there, she went on to discuss Ford’s motivation for coming forward with her allegations.
“[Kavanaugh] will always have an asterisk next to his name,” Katz continued. “When he takes a scalpel to Roe v. Wade, we will know who he is, we know his character, and we know what motivates him, and that is important; it is important that we know, and that is part of what motivated Christine.”
Investigation coming?
According to Napolitano, this in itself could be grounds for an investigation, which many — even without the video — have already been calling for.
“That information cannot be used against the client … What’s the worst-case scenario here — did she make this whole story up?” Napolitano asked. “That would be perjury and probably conspiracy. Others might have been involved. Does the Justice Department want to investigate this? Or is this just a lawyer saying ‘you know, we lost this, he is on the court. We don’t like him.'”
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