Unfit

"It will be a good thing," the president said of the bureau's re-opened background check into Kavanaugh, according to a pool report. Trump authorized the inquiry Friday after a dramatic meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, at which Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) joined the panel's Democrats in demanding a one-week investigation of allegations by Christine Blasey Ford ahead of a full vote by the chamber to confirm Kavanaugh to the high court.

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"NBC News incorrectly reported (as usual) that I was limiting the FBI investigation of Judge Kavanaugh, and witnesses, only to certain people," he wrote online. "Actually, I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion. Please correct your reporting!"

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The president also said he expects the investigation to be completed ahead of schedule, and emphasized that law enforcement officials "have free rein" to pursue whichever leads they desire to uncover the truth.

"They can do whatever they have to do, whatever it is that they do. They'll be doing things we have never even thought of," Trump said. "And hopefully, at the conclusion, everything will be fine."

  

It makes no sense to say "they'll be doing things we never even though of." He's so hard wired to make every claim something outsized that he does it not only as hyperbole, an exaggerated boast, but when it makes no sense.  What can the FBI do in an investigation that we've never thought of?  I guess we'll find out when they do it.

I wonder if it's true that Trump hasn't limited the FBI's scope. If it is, then I have to also wonder if he himself leaked - or cause to be leaked - to NBC that report that he was limiting the scope to certain witnesses and not allowing them to question why Kavanaugh's description of his drinking so differs from that of his acquaintances. Then he could once again point to the media as untrustworthy.  (A main goal of tyrants everywhere throughout history.)  Or maybe he was tossing those things out in a rant and somebody decided that's what he was going to do and leaked it. Who the hell knows with this fool?

At a rally Saturday evening in West Virginia, Trump's invocations of Kavanaugh served more to demonize congressional Democrats than hype the prospect of a majority conservative court.

“The entire nation has witnessed the shameless conduct of the Democrat Party. They’re willing to throw away every standard of decency, justice, fairness and due process to get their way," Trump said.

The projection is awesome.

“A vote for Judge Kavanaugh is also a vote to reject the ruthless and outrageous tactics of the Democrat Party — mean obstructionists, mean resistors," Trump added, lamenting attacks on Kavanaugh's character.

“I will tell you, he has suffered — the meanness, the anger," Trump said.

Yes, Kavanaugh is the victim here.

The president has maintained his steadfast praise of Kavanaugh, telling reporters Saturday: "I don't think there's ever been any person who's been under scrutiny like he has."

Projection and hyperbole. The two defining characteristics of Trump's lies.

I think Julie Swetnick goes on TV today. That should stir the already boiling pot.

Swetnick submitted a written statement to the committee in which she said she witnessed Kavanaugh spike drinks at parties where girls were then sexually assaulted. In the statement, Swetnick asserts Kavanaugh was present when she was the victim of a “gang rape” by multiple boys at one party. She described Kavanaugh as “a mean drunk” whom she witnessed acting “verbally abusive toward girls, including pressing girls against him without their consent," and, “Grinding against girls and attempting to remove or shift girls’ clothing to expose private body parts.

Poor Kavanaugh. Hasn't he suffered enough already?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.