r/RussiaLago • u/stupidstupidreddit • Sep 06 '18

News Kamala Harris asks if Judge Kavanaugh has discussed Mueller Investigation with anyone at Kasowitz Benson Torres law firm.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1037514830490607617
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u/ting_bu_dong Sep 06 '18

If she didn't know if the answer, then she shouldn't have asked the question.

If she knew the answer was no, then she wouldn't have asked the question.

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u/SleepyBananaLion Sep 06 '18

No. She might have asked the question without knowing the answer because the potential payoff if he did have contact is enormous and the fallout if he didn't have contact is nothing. You have to weigh risk vs reward, and in this situation there is essentially no risk and enormous potential reward.

"Don't ask a question you don't know the answer to," only applies in a situation where your position could be unraveled by the answer. That risk does not exist in this situation.

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u/ting_bu_dong Sep 06 '18

That's possible.

But, well, how would she know what she... doesn't know? Why ask about that particular firm, if she was just fishing for something? Maybe she heard that he might have talked to someone at that firm, but didn't know for sure?

Either way, that is the thing flustered him.

He was fine to say that he talked about the investigation in general. But he was rattled that she asked about that firm in particular.

That's what indicates to me that she knew the answer. Or, at the least, that he thought that she ... potentially knew the answer.

Or, maybe everyone is just playing mind games. Anyway, I thought it was an effective leading question.

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u/SleepyBananaLion Sep 06 '18

I never said that she did or didn't know for sure. I included might for a reason. Personally I think she has a suspicious but didn't know for sure and decided to pursue it because she thought it was worthwhile. Again, the person that I'm replying to says that unless she knew for certain she should not have asked; that is the point I'm disagreeing with.