In a speech given earlier this year, Christine Blasey Ford’s attorney admitted that her client came forward to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct partly out of a motivation to ruin Kavanaugh’s reputation before he could have a chance to rule on abortion cases.
“He will always have an asterisk next to his name,” progressive attorney Debra Katz said in a speech. “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.”
“That is part of what motivated Christine,” Katz added.
Debra Katz made the remarks at the University of Baltimore’s 11th Feminist Legal Theory Conference titled “Applied Feminism and #MeToo.” She was quoted in the new book “Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign Against Brett Kavanaugh” by Ryan Lovelace, which releases on Tuesday, and video of the speech was obtained and published by the Daily Caller News Foundation earlier this week.
Unproven Accusations
Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of trying to rape her at a high school party nearly 30 years prior to the hearings. Her legal team produced no evidence that the incident happened, and Kavanaugh strongly denied it.
Other accusers also came forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct without a shred of evidence. Democrats were obviously hoping that President Donald Trump would pull Kavanaugh’s nomination or that Kavanaugh would withdraw from consideration, but the flimsy and obviously false allegations only served to anger Republicans and resulted in an outpouring of support.
Katz’s comments made it seem like she knew Kavanaugh would be confirmed but wanted to taint his service. “Elections have consequences,” she said.
Obvious Democrat Bias
Although Ford removed any political content from her Facebook page before coming forward to accuse Kavanaugh, friends admitted that she was a liberal and opposed Trump. Katz has attended anti-Trump rallies and said she will “resist” Trump’s presidency.
Even more telling than these outward signs is Katz’s lop-sided and hypocritical treatment of women who accuse Democrat politicians of sexual misconduct. Katz downplayed and questioned Paula Jones’ accusations of sexual harassment against former President Bill Clinton.
“Paula Jones’ suit is very, very, very weak,” Katz said on CNN’s “Talkback Live” in March 1998. “She’s alleged one incident that took place in a hotel room that, by her own testimony, lasted 10 to 12 minutes. She suffered no repercussions in the workplace.”
Even so, Ms. magazine gave Katz their “Wonder Woman Award” and she was named one of the 2019 Lawyers of the Year by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association.
It seems that politics is more of a motivator for Katz than really wanting to help women get justice.
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