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They did come out prior to him being nominated.

• ardy42 8y ago
  >> I think that's a factor when they came out. If they came out 2 months ago, I don't think he'd have gotten as far as he did. > They did come out prior to him being nominated. IIRC, the allegations only came out publicly after the confirmation hearings were over. Sen. Feinstein knew about them earlier, but kept them private, so that doesn't really count. So I think the GP's point stands. If the allegations had came out before he'd been nominated, he'd have never been selected and someone else would have been confirmed.
• belorn 8y ago
  Given the recent trend in the last 4 years to have elections where the dominating media stories are about candidates being accused of criminal offenses, here is a small suggestion. Lets have a FCC rule that forbid media outlets that use the radio spectrum (TV, radio, Internet) from publishing articles with accusations of criminal offenses targeted at politician candidates, on the grounds that it would interfere with the political process. That would resolve the main complaint, still allow for stories that came out prior to any nomination, and we can keep the legal process and the political process isolated and separate.