Christine Ford presents FOUR people's sworn testimony that she WAS sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh - including her husband and three friends
If it's coming from the Daily Mail you KNOW it's not going to be supportive of Kavanaugh.
Their sworn testimony is total bullshit. She told them about the attack, so then this event actually took place because that makes them witnesses???
I love it.
Her husband, who she had yet to meet in 1982, in effect is a fucking witness?
Ford's Theatre was part of our history.
Wonder if Ford Theatrics will be also?
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Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford has presented sworn statements from four individuals, including her husband, to back her claims that she was sexually assaulted by the Supreme Court nominee decades ago.
The affidavits sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Ford's lawyers include sworn declarations from her husband Russell and three friends who say she told them of the sex assault allegations well before Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
All four sworn statements state that Ford either named Kavanaugh as her assailant or described the attacker as a 'federal judge'.
Ford's husband Russell stated in his signed affidavit that his wife had named Kavanaugh as her alleged attacker during a couple's therapy session back in 2012.
His statement comes a day before Ford is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee – and a day after Kavanaugh appeared side by side with his wife, Ashley, to publicly deny the allegations in a televised interview.
'I remember her saying that her attacker's name was Brett Kavanaugh, that he was a successful lawyer who had grown up in Christine's home town, and that he was well-known in the Washington D.C. community,' Russell Ford said in his statement.
Ford said his wife was 'afraid' Trump would nominate Kavanaugh, who sits on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to the high court, and was 'very conflicted' about bringing her story forward.
Husband's evidence: Russell Ford has submitted sworn evidence to back his wife Christine Blasey Ford's account of being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh in high school
Russell stated that he first became aware that his wife had 'any experience with sexual assault' around the time the couple wed in 2002, but she provided no details at the time.
He said it was during a 2012 couples therapy session that she revealed she had been 'trapped in a room and physically restrained by one boy who was molesting her while another boy watched' in high school. He said Ford named the attacker as Kavanaugh.
(Think there's more to the 'couples therapy session' then meets the eye)
The subject came up again when Trump was considering his first Supreme Court nominee, who ended up being Justice Neil Gorsuch. Before the selection, Ford had told her husband that she was afraid the president might nominate Kavanaugh. The matter came up again when Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement and Trump had a second seat to fill.
The declarations, first reported by USA Today, also include signed documents from three friends that her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
'However, in the end, she believed her civic duty required her to speak out,' Russell Ford said. 'In our 16 years of marriage, I have always known Christine to be a truthful person of great integrity. I am proud of her for her bravery and courage,' her husband said.
The statement from Ford's husband follows a Monday Fox News interview where Kavanaugh was seated side-by-side with his wife, Ashley, who defended him.
'No. I know Brett I've known him for 17 years. And this is not at all character… It's really hard to believe. He's decent. He's kind. He's good. I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett,' Ashley Kavanaugh said in response to allegations against her husband.
The Judiciary panel is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday on the accusations, ahead of a vote Friday on Kavanaugh's nomination.
If his nomination clears the panel, it must win confirmation from the full Senate, which Republicans narrowly control 51-49.
A vote in the full Senate could happen as early as next Tuesday, senior Senate Republicans have said.
The accusation, along with one from a second accuser, have imperiled Kavanaugh's lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court as Republicans work to shore up his Senate confirmation ahead of the Nov. 6 congressional vote.
Those elections could shift the balance of power in Congress as Democrats seek to regain control from conservatives.
Accusation: Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley spoke out this week in an attempt to fight back against the sex assault claims which have engulfed his nomination
Ford, a university professor in California, has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982 when they were both high school students in Maryland.
Another woman, Deborah Ramirez, has accused him of sexual misconduct when she and Kavanaugh were students at Yale University.
Kavanaugh, a conservative federal appeals court judge, has denied the allegations and took his defense public this week in the Fox News interview.
His attorney, Beth Wilkinson, in televised interviews on Wednesday, said Ford's declarations cited recent interactions, not discussions at the time of the alleged incident, and that it was difficult to corroborate an accusation 36 years later.
'He admits that he drank and did some things that he looks back on and says are embarrassing and make you cringe... But that's not what this is about. This is about a very serious allegation, a very serious crime,' Wilkinson told 'CBS This Morning'.
Senators will hear both sides at Thursday's hearing, keenly aware of the impact it could have on voters, particularly women, against a backdrop of the #MeToo movement fighting sexual harassment and assault.
Republican President Donald Trump, who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, escalated his rhetoric against both of Kavanaugh's accusers on Tuesday and called the allegations 'a con game being played by the Democrats.'
Trump also spoke out directly against the two accusers, suggesting their claims were invented.
The White House earlier this week said it would welcome testimony from the second accuser, Ramirez. Asked about her possible testimony, Trump on Tuesday said she 'had nothing.'
Ramirez's lawyer, John Clune, said in television interviews on NBC and CBS on Wednesday that she has not been invited to speak to senators.
The Republican-controlled committee, led by 11 men, on Tuesday, said it had hired a female lawyer to question Ford. The decision prompted an outcry from Democrats, whose 10-panel members include four women, given that senators typically do the questioning themselves.
Senate Republicans chose Rachel Mitchell, a sex crimes prosecutor from Arizona, to conduct the questioning.
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