Kavanaugh accuser lines up evidence ahead of hearing

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Trump calls Kavanaugh 'a gem’ while the Supreme Court nominee’s accuser gives senators letters her attorneys claim bolster her case.

By JOHN BRESNAHAN, BURGESS EVERETT, ELANA SCHOR and RACHAEL BADE 09/26/2018 10:20 AM EDT Updated 09/26/2018 12:09 PM EDT

With the Senate Judiciary Committee preparing for a blockbuster Thursday hearing over sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, both parties are rushing to build their cases – legally and politically.

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, who alleges that Kavanaugh drunkenly assaulted her in high school, submitted affidavits to the Judiciary Committee from her husband and three friends who said Ford told them of the incident, in some cases several years ago. Ford’s attorney will use the affidavits to support her testimony during Thursday’s session.

But the Judiciary Committee’s Republicans — who have hired an experienced female sex crimes prosecutor to lead the questioning of Ford and Kavanaugh — have requested a polygraph and therapist’s notes from Ford that were used to underpin her original story in the Washington Post about the 1982 incident. Those materials have yet to be provided to the panel as of Wednesday morning.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer best known for representing President Donald Trump antagonist Stormy Daniels, also on Wednesday released an affidavit from his previously-unnamed client, Julie Swetnick, alleging that she has witnessed Kavanaugh's involvement in multiple episodes of sexual misconduct. She also alleges that she saw Kavanaugh at parties where girls were sexually assaulted, including herself, but does not allege that Kavanaugh participated in the alleged assaults.

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