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https://apnews.com/883321a1030c4854bf502e08c187d334/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Kavanaugh%2527s-claim-of-exonerationBy CALVIN WOODWARD and CHLOE KIM
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AP FACT CHECK: Kavanaughs claim of exoneration
WASHINGTON (AP) Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misrepresented the record Thursday when he stated that three witnesses have refuted Christine Blasey Fords allegation that he sexually assaulted her at a party more than 30 years ago.
The three swore they had no recollection of the party providing no support for Fords accusations laid out to the Senate Judiciary Committee. But their statements do not disprove the allegations, either.
KAVANAUGH: Dr. Fords allegations are not merely uncorroborated, its refuted by the very people she says were there.
THE FACTS: The statements in question do not corroborate Fords allegations, but they also do not exonerate Kavanaugh. They leave open the possibility that people at the small gathering forgot about it or were not in position to witness the assault.
Even Mark Judge, who Ford says was in the bedroom when Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, has not denied that such an episode took place. His sworn statement to the committee says I have no memory of this alleged incident, ?do not recall the party and never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes.
In another statement, Patrick J. Smyth, identified by Ford as being among those downstairs at the party, says I have no knowledge of the party in question; nor do I have any knowledge of the allegations of improper conduct she has leveled against Brett Kavanaugh.
And the lawyer for Fords friend, Leland Ingham Keyser, said in a statement that Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, without, Dr. Ford.
Even Mark Judge, who Ford says was in the bedroom when Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, has not denied that such an episode took place. His sworn statement to the committee says I have no memory of this alleged incident, ?do not recall the party and never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes.
In another statement, Patrick J. Smyth, identified by Ford as being among those downstairs at the party, says I have no knowledge of the party in question; nor do I have any knowledge of the allegations of improper conduct she has leveled against Brett Kavanaugh.
And the lawyer for Fords friend, Leland Ingham Keyser, said in a statement that Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, without, Dr. Ford.
Kavanaugh accurately summarized those statements when he told senators: All of the people identified by Dr. Ford as being present at the party have said they do not remember any such party ever happening. Importantly her friend Ms. Keyser has not only denied knowledge of the party. Ms. Keyser said under penalty of felony she does not know me, does not ever recall being at a party with me ever.
Despite saying she hadnt met Kavanaugh and doesnt remember the party, Keyser told The Washington Post that she believes Ford.
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AP FACT CHECK: Kavanaugh's claim of exoneration (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2018
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. If the party never happened and he was not there, as K-man claims, then
how could there be three witnesses?
dchill
(38,474 posts)2. Questions of logic have no bearing in the case of a...
privileged white conservative who was "born to be on the Supreme Court."