They couldn’t because how can you? We literally have nothing to go by but her word. Not to mention that in 2018 you can't be skeptical about sexual assault charges. The allegation simply need to be made and then it’s gospel. That’s the world we live in now and this is laying the groundwork for every political nomination henceforth.
It’s kind of ironic the lawyer defending a case that is simply one person making an allegation of something that
happened 35 years ago but gets all wish washy when it’s a Dem. A lawyer being a scumbag go figure
Katz, in other
media appearances first highlighted by Townhall, suggested Jones didn’t have much of a case.
“Clearly a one-time incident that took place in 10 to 12 minutes, she was not forced to have sex, she left on her own volition, the courts increasingly are finding that that is not enough to create a sexually hostile work environment claim,” Katz said in April 1998, according to a transcript of CBS Evening News.
'If a woman came to me with a similar fact pattern, that is someone in the company above her propositioned her but only once and she suffered no tangible job detriment,'' Katz
told The New York Times in 1998, ''I would probably tell her that I'm sorry, it's unfair, but you don't have a case.''
Katz, speaking to the newspaper, added, ''If it's one time, it has to be severe, almost a sexual assault, not just a touching of somebody's breast or buttocks or even forceful kissing.”
In more recent years, Katz also downplayed the wave of sexual misconduct allegations against Franken, who denied some of the allegations but eventually resigned from the Senate over them.
"Context is relevant,” Katz
said of Franken, who was a comedian before his election to the Senate. “He did not do this as a member of the U.S. Senate. He did this in his capacity of someone who was still functioning as an entertainer.”
I wonder if context matters for her now since Kavanaugh was merely acting in the function of a high schooler.