Blasey Ford's classmates send letter of support to Congress
Twenty-four women who attended the Holton-Arms School with Christine Blasey Ford have signed and sent a letter of support for her to Congress.
The letter says the women are writing to attest to the "honesty, integrity, and intelligence" of Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago, and to support Ford "bringing this matter forward."
The women write that her decision to share her experience now is "not a partisan act" but an "act of civic duty."
Ford is the author of a private letter sent to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California alleging that, at a party during their high school years, Kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom, tried to remove her clothes and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. Kavanaugh has said in a statement that he "unequivocally" denies the accusation.
After her allegations surfaced over the past week, Ford opted to come forward publicly in an article The Washington Post published Sunday.
The letter says that "as sexual assault violates a woman's most fundamental rights, it must be considered a failure of character at any age."
Samantha Semerad Guerry, a classmate of Ford's who signed the letter, said the idea to write it came from their Holton-Arms class of 1984 alumnae email chain. Ford graduated from Holton in 1984.
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