Canton Dawg Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-kavanaugh-declines-600000-raised-gofundme-campaign-204550626.html Citing judicial ethics concerns, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined more than $600,000 that was donated to aid his family during the firestorm over sexual misconduct allegations that plagued his confirmation. The judge’s decision was announced on Tuesday in a message posted on the online fundraising page that gathered the funds. John Hawkins, a veteran conservative blogger who runs a Kavanaugh-inspired “men’s website” called Brass Pills, organized the fundraising campaign. On Tuesday, Hawkins posted what he referred to as an “official statement” from Kavanaugh’s representatives distancing the justice from the effort: “Justice Kavanaugh did not authorize the use of his name to raise funds in connection with the GoFundMe campaign. He was not able to do so for judicial ethics reasons. Judicial ethics rules caution judges against permitting the use of the prestige of judicial office for fund-raising purposes. Justice Kavanaugh will not accept any proceeds from the campaign, nor will he direct that any proceeds from the campaign be provided to any third party. Although he appreciates the sentiment, Justice Kavanaugh requests that you discontinue the use of his name for any fund-raising purpose.” Hawkins had raised $611,645 in small donations from approximately 13,250 donors, many of them anonymous, for “Brett Kavanaugh’s family to use for security or however they see fit.” The GoFundMe appeared online on Sept. 24, the day after the New Yorker published Deborah Ramirez’s allegations that Kavanaugh exposed himself and put his penis in her face at a college gathering. That story emerged a week after the Washington Post published Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation that Kavanaugh had tried to force himself on her at a high school party. According to Hawkins, the fundraiser was inspired by a conversation he had with a friend about GoFundMe pages that were set up for Ford during Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation hearings. “This is a funny story which might be a bit too risqué for you to print … I was talking to a woman and … she was like, ‘Christine Blasey Ford has these GoFundMes up; I wish someone would do a GoFundMe for Brett Kavanaugh so that when this is over, he could sue that bitch,’” Hawkins recounted in a phone conversation on Tuesday. Hawkins said he assumed Kavanaugh would not sue, but he figured the judge might need money for a lawyer or security. “So I figured, hey, let’s do a GoFundMe — and that’s actually how it got started, as crazy as that sounds,” said Hawkins. Hawkins quickly raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the midst of the controversy that enveloped the last days of Kavanaugh’s confirmation fight. He closed the page to new donations on the day of Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Oct. 6. Hawkins said that at its peak during the confirmation hearings, the fundraiser was “going nuclear” and bringing in more than $10,000 an hour. “I think that conservatives were so shocked and horrified by the way that they felt — like, this is a good guy, he’s been through all these background checks and he was just being destroyed by what we view as unproven allegations,” Hawkins said. “Once we saw that … people felt like they had to do something.” Hawkins said that he received the statement distancing the judge from the fundraiser about ten days ago from Travis Lenkner, a former clerk of Kavanaugh’s. Since then, Hawkins said, he took time to arrange an alternative destination for the funds. In an update posted along with the statement, Hawkins said he “did some research on charities supported by the Judge and settled on the Archdiocese of Washington which runs the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO).” GoFundMe will allow donors a week to ask for refunds if they are not happy with the fundraiser’s new destination. “Brett Kavanaugh rather famously coached girls’ basketball there and if the Kavanaugh family were allowed to support a charity, I feel confident the Archdiocese of Washington would be near the top of the list,” Hawkins wrote. Supreme Court justices are actually not bound by the codified ethics rules that apply to other federal judges, the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. However, it appears that Kavanaugh’s statement is drawn largely from those rules, which provide that other than in a few narrowly drawn scenarios, “a judge should not personally participate in fund-raising activities, solicit funds for any organization, or use or permit the use of the prestige of judicial office for that purpose.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Classy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Classy in the same way returning someone's wallet is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 8 hours ago, MLD Woody said: Classy in the same way returning someone's wallet is... Of course not everybody would return the wallet. But no it's not an actual Act of heroism. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Obama would have already spent the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, DieHardBrownsFan said: Obama would have already spent the money. on pot, heroine, terrorists at gitmo, and illegals to cross our border.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, calfoxwc said: on pot, heroine, terrorists at gitmo, and illegals to cross our border.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBrownsFan Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 BOOM!! Kavanaugh accuser ADMITS she MADE IT ALL UP!! https://therightscoop.com/boom-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-she-made-it-all-up/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 I wish Ford would, too, the whole "destroy him with fake scandal because he isn't a leftist like us" garbage must never happen again. What a dem disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBrownsFan Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 14 hours ago, calfoxwc said: I wish Ford would, too, the whole "destroy him with fake scandal because he isn't a leftist like us" garbage must never happen again. What a dem disgrace. This isn't the first disgraceful rodeo by the dems who will literally do anything to keep constitutional believing judges from the Supreme Court. It started with the dems "lion of the senate" Ted Kennedy (the guy with high integrity who left a woman in his car to drown ) using over the top disgraceful language to discredit Robert Bork, then Anita Hill was used at the last minute to try and stop Clarence Thomas and this latest disgrace with Kavanaugh. No this bunch will never stop. With them the ends justify the means. The left has always used the courts to go around the voters to get their agenda. Fighting for what you believe is good but it should fighting the good fight not going to the gutter to try and win. Obama was right when he said elections have consequences and our constitution gives the president the right to choose supreme court justices and the senates role is to advice and consent not to seek and destroy candidates because of their judicial philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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