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Saturday 20 OctOber 2018

AP-NORC Poll: Just 1 in 4 thinks Kavanaugh told entire truth

By ALAN FRAM body language of Kavana- Americans are about even-
Associated Press ugh and his wife at the cru- ly divided over whether the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 1 cial Judiciary session. Judiciary panel treated Ka-
in 4 people thinks Brett Ka- He said Ford’s testimony vanaugh fairly. In contrast,
vanaugh was completely seemed “purely scripted,” 42 percent thought the
honest when he heatedly and he faulted her for not committee was unfair to
rebuffed charges of sexual recalling some details of Ford while 30 percent said
assault and heavy drinking what she says happened it was fair to her. Nearly
during his Supreme Court to her, which experts have two-thirds of college-ed-
confirmation hearing, and said is common for trauma ucated women said Ford
Republicans and Demo- victims. was treated unfairly, a po-
crats hold starkly divergent Fewer than 1 in 10 Demo- tentially damaging finding
views of whether his sworn crats, men and women, for House Republicans de-
testimony to senators was said they think Kavanaugh fending competitive subur-
credible, a poll released Fri- was fully candid during his ban districts in next month’s
day showed. appearance. Just over half elections.
The Associated Press-NORC In this Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, then Supreme Court nominee said he was mostly lying The poll also found that:
Center for Public Affairs Re- Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary while the rest said he was — The role played by Trump,
search survey also found Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. largely truthful but was hid- who nominated Kavana-
that the public was unim- Associated Press ing something. ugh in July and criticized
pressed by how major play- counteract the white-hot as a heavy drinker. “It’s just the way he pre- Ford and another accuser,
ers handled the extraordi- enthusiasm already shown A breakdown of how peo- sented himself, the way he was strongly or somewhat
nary battle, which culmi- by Democrats motivated ple answered that ques- answered questions. He approved by 32 percent,
nated Oct. 6 in a near par- by their antipathy toward tion shows how stances was so defensive,” said Bar- about the same rating giv-
ty-line confirmation of Ka- Trump. over the bitter confirmation bara Heath, a 60-year-old en to Senate Republicans.
vanaugh by an exhausted Thirty-nine percent said battle are deeply colored Democrat and former fac- Senate Democrats won
Senate. President Donald they believe Kavanaugh by people’s political alle- tory worker from Springfield, such approval from just 24
Trump, Senate Republicans was mostly honest but hid- giances and less so by gen- Ohio. “To me, he was cov- percent.
and Democrats and the ing something when he der. ering up a lot of things.” — Only 3 in 10 said the FBI
FBI each earned approval testified last month before Six in 10 Republicans, in- Overall, 43 percent disap- did a good job. Trump hur-
from a third or less of the the Senate Judiciary Com- cluding roughly even pro- prove of Kavanaugh’s con- riedly ordered the agency
poll’s respondents. mittee, the drama’s most portions of men and wom- firmation while 35 percent to perform a brief investi-
Overall, the survey provides unforgettable day. An- en, said they think Kava- approve. gation of the sexual-harass-
detail about how a deeply other 31 percent said he naugh was entirely truthful Forty percent of all men ment allegations against
polarized nation regards was largely lying, and 25 when he appeared before approve of Kavanaugh’s Kavanaugh and said it
the conduct and outcome percent said he was totally the Judiciary panel. They elevation to the high court, found no corroboration in a
of the searing Kavanaugh truthful. A combative Ka- included Ricky Richards, while only 30 percent of probe Democrats criticized
battle, just weeks before vanaugh denied California who took the survey and women do. Yet party iden- as insufficient.
Nov. 6 midterm elections college professor Christine agreed to explain his views tification washes much — Around 1 in 3 said that
in which GOP control of Blasey Ford’s testimony to in a subsequent interview. of that difference away: since Kavanaugh’s confir-
the House and perhaps the panel that he sexually Richards said he believed Around three-quarters of mation they have a lot of
the Senate are at stake. assaulted her at a 1980s Kavanaugh, citing repeat- Republican men and wom- confidence in the Supreme
Republicans hope partisan high school gathering ed FBI background checks en favor Kavanaugh’s con- Court. The rest have only
tensions heightened by the when they were teenag- that unearthed no wrong- firmation, a view shared by some or hardly any confi-
fight will drive conserva- ers, and he rebutted class- doing, testimony from sup- only about 1 in 10 Demo- dence in the nation’s high-
tive voters to the polls to mates’ descriptions of him portive witnesses and the crats of both genders. est court.q

Sessions says reforms of

Chicago police could boost crime

By DON BABWIN statements he made a Times editorial supporting
Associated Press week ago when the Trump the consent decree that
CHICAGO (AP) — Attor- administration informed a ran after the verdict. In ar-
ney General Jeff Sessions federal judge that it was guing against the consent
warned Friday that reforms seeking to scuttle a pro- decree, which includes
planned for the Chicago posed consent decree strict rules on the use of
police force could cause a between the city and the deadly force by officer —
surge in violent crime and state to of Illinois that calls Sessions pointed to the dra-
pointed to the recent mur- for the department to be matic rise in violent crime
der conviction of a police under close federal court in the city in 2016 and said
officer as evidence that supervision. it was caused by the city’s
such reforms aren’t neces- Sessions did not mention agreement with the Ameri-
sary because officers who by name either Jason Van can Civil Liberties Union of
break the law are already Dyke, the officer convicted Illinois to require officers to
“prosecuted and jailed.” of second-degree murder, document thoroughly their
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to the Chicago Crime
Commission at Union League Club of Chicago, Friday, Oct. 19, In a speech sponsored by or Laquan McDonald, the traffic stops. “The results of
2018, in Chicago. the Chicago Crime Com- black teen he shot 16 times. this agreement were cata-
Associated Press mission, Sessions reiterated But he spoke of a New York strophic,” he said.q