Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser has now broken her silence by providing details of the alleged event to the Washington Post.
BREAKING: Kavanaugh accuser breaks silence about sexual misconduct allegations: Christine Ford, now a professor in California, says Kavanaugh "groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers," at a party in high school in the 80s – Washington Post
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 16, 2018
Speaking publicly for the first time, Christine Blasey Ford says one summer in the 1980s, Kavanaugh and a friend — both “stumbling drunk,” she alleges — corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County, Maryland https://t.co/4hfIOmnv9s
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 16, 2018
Here are some of the details that Christine Blasey Ford alleges happened over three decades ago:
Speaking publicly for the first time, Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s, Kavanaugh and a friend — both “stumbling drunk,” Ford alleges — corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.
While his friend watched, she said, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.
Here we go. Anita Hill redux. https://t.co/y4KH0ARrRP
— Brit Hume (@brithume) September 16, 2018
This substantially raises the stakes of the assault allegation against Kavanaugh. Victim speaks on the record, in significant detail, and told others of the assault generally in 2002 and specifically in 2012. She has now passed a polygraph. https://t.co/bsxNE8iodL
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) September 16, 2018
We will await a response by team Kavanaugh and Senate Republicans as to how this will impact the confirmation process going forward.
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UPDATE:
Here is the response from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Judiciary Cmte GOP on Kavanaugh: “It is disturbing that these uncorroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago, during high school, would surface on the eve of a committee vote after Democrats sat on them since July.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
Judiciary Cmte GOP on Kavanaugh allegations: “If Ranking Member Feinstein and other Committee Democrats took this claim seriously, they should have brought it to the full Committee’s attention much earlier. Instead, they said nothing of those discussions.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
Judiciary Cmte GOPers on Kavanaugh allegations: “It raises a lot of questions about Democrats’ tactics and motives to bring this to the rest of the committee’s attention only now rather than during these many steps along the way.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
Judiciary Cmte GOPers on Kavanaugh allegations: “Senator Feinstein should publicly release the letter she received back in July so that everyone can know what she’s known for weeks.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
Judiciary Cmte GOPers: Judge Kavanaugh’s background has been thoroughly vetted by the FBI on six different occasions throughout his decades of public service, and no such allegation ever surfaced.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
Judiciary Cmte GOPers: Kavanaugh and others alleged to have been involved have unequivocally denied these claims from their high school days. The Cmte..received letter after letter from those who’ve known judge Kavanaugh personally..speaking to his impeccable character
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 16, 2018
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