A
former FBI agent and lifelong friend of Brett Kavanaugh accuser
Christine Blasey Ford allegedly pressured a woman to change her
statement that she knew nothing about an alleged sexual assault by
Kavanaugh in 1982, reports the Wall
Street Journal.
photo:
theconservativetreehouse.com
Leland Keyser, who Ford
claims was at the infamous high school "groping" party,
told FBI investigators that mutual friend and retired FBI agent,
Monica McLean, warned her that Senate Republicans were going to use
her statement to rebut Ford's allegation against Kavanaugh, and that
she should at least "clarify" her story to say that she
didn't remember the party - not that it had never happened.
The Journal also
reports that after the FBI sent their initial report on the Kavanaugh
allegations to the White House, they
sent the White House and Senate an additional package of information
which included text messages from McLean to Keyser.
McLean's lawyer, David
Laufman, categorically denied that his client pressured Keyser,
saying in a statement: "Any notion or claim that Ms. McLean
pressured Leland Keyser to alter Ms. Keyser’s account of what she
recalled concerning the alleged incident between Dr. Ford and Brett
Kavanaugh is absolutely false."
Ms.
Keyser’s lawyer on Sept. 23 said in a letter to the Senate
Judiciary Committee that she
had no recollection of attending a party with Judge Kavanaugh,
whom she said she didn’t know. That
same day, however, she told the Washington Post that she believed Dr.
Ford.
On Sept. 29, two days after Dr. Ford and the judge testified before
the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ms. Keyser’s
attorney sent a letter to the panel saying his client wasn’t
refuting Dr. Ford’s account and that she believed it but couldn’t
corroborate it. -WSJ
Keyser's
admission to the FBI - which is subject to perjury laws - may
influnce the Senate's upcoming confirmation debates. Senator Bob
Corker (R-TN) said
that he found the most significant material in the FBI report to be
statements from people close to Ford who wanted to corroborate her
account and were "sympathetic in wishing they could, but they
could not."
In
his testimony last week, Judge Kavanaugh sought to use Ms. Keyser’s
initial statement to undercut his accuser. “Dr.
Ford’s allegation is not merely uncorroborated, it is refuted by
the very people she says were there, including by a long-time friend
of hers,”
he said. “Refuted.”
Two
days later, Ms. Keyser’s lawyer said in a letter to the Senate
Judiciary Committee: “Ms. Keyser does not refute Dr. Ford’s
account, and she has already told the press that she believes Dr.
Ford’s account.” Mr. Walsh added: “However, the
simple and unchangeable truth is that she is unable to corroborate it
because she has no recollection of the incident in question.” -WSJ
In last week's testimony
before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford claimed she never told
Keyser about the assault, saying "She didn’t know about the
event. She was downstairs during the event and I did not share it
with her," and adding that she didn't "expect" that
Keyser would remember the "very unremarkable party."
"Leland has
significant health challenges, and I’m happy that she’s focusing
on herself and getting the health treatment that she needs, and she
let me know that she needed her lawyer to take care of this for her,
and she texted me right afterward with an apology and good wishes,
and et cetera." said Ford.
About
that polygraph
On
Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley
(R-IA) fired off an intriguing letter to Christine Blasey Ford's
attorneys on Tuesday, requesting several pieces of evidence related
to her testimony - including all materials from the polygraph test
she took, after
her ex-boyfriend of six years refuted
statements she made under
oath last week.
Grassley
writes: "The full details of Dr. Ford's polygraph are
particularly important because the Senate Judiciary Committee has
received a sworn statement from a longtime boyfriend of Dr. Ford's,
stating that he
personally witnessed Dr. Ford coaching a friend on polygraph
examinations. When
asked under oath in the hearing whether she'd ever given any tips or
advice to someone who was planning on taking a polygraph, Dr.
Ford replied, "Never." This
statement raises specific concerns about the reliability of her
polygraph examination results."
McLean issued a Wednesday
statement rejecting the ex-boyfriend's claims that she was coached on
how to take a polygraph test.
A
closer look at McLean
Enjoying
the tastes are In back (l-r) Kelly Devine and Nuh Tekmen. In
front, Monica McLean, Karen Sposato,
Catherine Hester, Sen. Ernie Lopez, R-Lewes, and Jennifer Burton. BY
DENY HOWETH
An
intriguing analysis by "Sundance" of the Conservative
Treehouselays
out several curious items for consideration.
First, McLean signed a
letter from members of the Holton-Arms class of 1984 supporting
Ford's claim.
Next,
we look at McLean's career:
Monica
Lee McLean was admitted to the California Bar in 1992, the same year
Ms Ford’s boyfriend stated he began a six-year relationship with
her best friend.
The address for the current inactive California Law License is
now listed as *”Rehoboth Beach, DE”. [*Note* remember this,
it becomes more relevant later.] -Conservative
Treehouse
Sundance
notes that "Sometime between 2000 and 2003, Ms. Monica L McLean
transferred to the Southern District of New York (SDNY), FBI New York
Field Office; where she shows up on various reports, including media
reports, as a spokesperson for the FBI." and that "After
2003, Ms. Monica L McLean is working with the SDNY as a Public
Information Officer for the FBI New York Field Office, side-by-side
with SDNY Attorney General Preet Bharara:"
Here’s
where things get really interesting:
Ms.
Monica Lee McLean and Ms. Christine Blasey-Ford are life-long
friends; obviously they have known each other since their High School
days at Holton-Arms; and both lived together as “roommates” in
California after college. Their close friendship is cited by
Ms. Fords former boyfriend of six years.
Ms.
Monica McLean retired from the FBI in 2016; apparently right after
the presidential election. Her
current residence is listed at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware;
which aligns with public records and the serendipitous printed
article.
Now, where
did Ms. Blasey-Ford testify she was located at the time she wrote the
letter to Dianne Feinstein, accusing Judge Brett
Kavanaugh? [Transcript] MITCHELL:
The second is the letter that you wrote to Senator Feinstein, dated
the — July 30th of this year.
MITCHELL:
Did you write the letter yourself?
FORD:
I did.
MITCHELL:
And I — since it’s dated July 30th, did you write it on that
date?
FORD:
I believe so. I — it sounds right. I
was in Rehoboth, Delaware, at the time.
I could look into my calendar and try to figure that out. It seemed…
MITCHELL:
Was it written on or about that date?
FORD:
Yes, yes. I traveled, I think, the 26th of July to Rehoboth,
Delaware. So that makes sense, because I wrote it from there.
MITCHELL:
Is the letter accurate? FORD: I’ll take a minute to read it.
So
we have Dr. Blasey-Ford in Rehoboth Beach, DE, on 26th July 2018.
We’ve got her life-long BFF, Monica L McLean, who worked as
attorney and POI in the DOJ/FBI in Rehoboth Beach, DE…. Apparently
at same time she wrote letter to Senator Dianne
Feinstein. -Conservative
Treehouse
Thus,
it appears that Blasey Ford was with McLean for four days leading up
to the actual writing of the letter, from July 26th to July 30th.
Not
only did Ms. McLean possesses a particular set of skills to assist
Ms. Ford, but Ms. McLean would also have a network of DOJ and FBI
resources to assist in the endeavor. A former friendly FBI
agent to do the polygraph; a network of politically motivated allies?
Does
the appearance of FBI insider and Deputy FBI Director to Andrew
McCabe, Michael Bromwich, begin to make more sense?
Do
the loud and overwhelming requests by political allies for FBI
intervention, take on a different meaning or make more sense, now?
Standing
back and taking a look at the bigger, BIG PICTURE….. could it be
that Mrs. McLean and her team of ideological compatriots within the
DOJ and FBI, who have massive axes to grind against the current Trump
administration, are behind this entire endeavor? -Conservative
Treehouse
Were
Ford and McLean working together to take out Kavanaugh?
n
September we reported that an audio recording purportedly from
a July conference call suggests that Christine Blasey Ford's sexual
assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
wasn't simply a reluctant claim that Diane Feinstein sat on until the
11th hour.
The
recording features Ricki
Seidman -
a former Clinton and Obama White House official and Democratic
operative who advised Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings,
and who was revealed on Thursday as an adviser to Ford by Politico.
Christine
Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both
teenagers, is
being advised by Democratic operative Ricki Seidman.
Seidman,
a senior principal at TSD Communications, in the past worked as an
investigator for Sen. Ted Kennedy, and was involved with Anita Hill’s
decision to testify against Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas.
-Politico
"While
I think at the outset, looking at the numbers in the Senate, it’s
not extremely likely that the nominee can be defeated," says
Seidman. "I would absolutely withhold judgement as the process
goes on. I think that I would not reach any conclusion about the
outcome in advance."
What's
more, the recording makes clear that even
if Kavanaugh is confirmed, Democrats can use the doubt cast over him
during midterms.
"Over
the coming days and weeks, there will be a strategy that will emerge,
and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately
defeat the nominee... whether
or not it ultimately defeats the nominee, it will help people
understand why it's so important that they vote and the deeper
principles that are involved in it."
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