The Nominee's Nose Is Growing

While the FBI investigates allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, a second front has opened against him because of the number of lies he told during Senate hearings. Such lies would be considered perjury, a criminal offense because he was under oath at the time.

Habitual perjury by a Supreme Court justice is no small matter. Let's not forget Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury, but ultimately not removed from office.

To document Kavanaugh's many lies, a wide variety of fact-checking websites and journalists have dissected his statements in print. Hands down, the absolute best compilation is an impressive, extensive article in Current Affairs magazine (link here). I urge you to read the entire piece.

Presuming all Democratic Senators vote "no," at least two Republican Senators must do the same. Jeff Flake from Arizona seems like he's leaning in the "no" direction, given the number of press comments he's made in recent days about how lying would disqualify a high court nominee.

The other two most likely Senators are Susan Collin of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Time will tell if all this lying is turning them against the nominee, too. Stay tuned.