Katz admitted: Christine Ford's lawyer Debra Katz says putting "an asterisk" next to Kavanaugh's name in case Kavanaugh attacked Roe v. Wade "is part of what motivated Christine." pic.twitter.com/zoFr2T8Aec
Katz admitted: Christine Ford's lawyer Debra Katz says putting "an asterisk" next to Kavanaugh's name in case Kavanaugh attacked Roe v. Wade "is part of what motivated Christine."
The attorney for a woman who made unsupported allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh admitted that she and her client Christine Blasey Ford were motivated by their support for abortion.
In one declaration, a friend of Ford, Keith Koegler, says that Ford told him of the alleged assault in early summer 2016, while they were talking about the sentencing of ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans said Tuesday that they had hired an outside attorney to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her, at the committee's hearing on Thursday.
"The goal is to de-politicize the process and get to the truth, instead of grandstanding and giving senators an opportunity to launch their presidential campaigns," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the committee's chairman, said in a statement. "I’m very appreciative that Rachel Mitchell has stepped forward to serve in this important and serious role."
Meanwhile, both President Donald Trump and leading Hill Republicans continued to take a sharper tone Tuesday on the accusations against Kavanaugh.
Separately, Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. , and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. , accepted an open letter Wednesday in support of Ford that was signed by 1,400 men and women "who grew up in the same world" as Ford and Kavanaugh in the suburbs of Maryland near Washington, D.C.
The signed documents — from Ford's husband, Russell, and three friends — were sent to the committee on Tuesday night and obtained by NBC News Wednesday morning, the day before Ford and Kavanaugh are scheduled to testify before the committee about the allegations. The story was first reported by USA Today.
Christine Blasey Ford's friend: Ford did not misidentify Kavanaugh. WASHINGTON — Christine Blasey Ford told Congress on Thursday that she believes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her when they were at a gathering of teenagers at a Maryland home in 1982. In her opening remarks, she detailed the alleged assault, ...
Kavanaugh accuser Ford testifies she 'believed he was going to rape' her. Christine Blasey Ford told Congress on Thursday that she believes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had tried to rape her when they were at a gathering of teenagers at a Maryland home when they were in high school in the early 1980s, according to prepared testimony ...
Russell Ford said in his declaration that his wife first told him of the alleged sexual assault around the time they got married, in June 2002, but that she didn't share all of the details until a couple's therapy session in 2012.
Grassley, in letter dated Sept. 23, had requested the results of the polygraph and "copies of any and all written, audio-visual, or electronic materials relating to the allegations raised by Dr. Ford against Judge Kavanaugh that Dr. Ford or her representative previously provided to any member of the United States Senate, any Member of the House of Representatives, or any reporter or other agent of a press outlet."
Ford and Kavanaugh's prepared testimony comes after attorneys for Ford gave the Senate Judiciary Committee sworn declarations from four individuals, including her husband, who say she told them in recent years that Kavanaugh attacked her when they were in high school.
When Ford told Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., of her claims, Feinstein put her in contact with Katz, an attorney and progressive activist who managed the rollout of the allegations.
He was found guilty of his crimes and sentenced for up to 175 years on state charges of sexual assault. He was also given a 60-year sentence on federal child pornography charges. Time magazine honored Ford as one of the year’s most influential people.
Katz’s attorneys performed their work for free, they said. More than $850,000 was raised by activists to support Ford, and an endowment is being set up to honor her for making the claims against Kavanaugh.
By contrast, the claims against Kavanaugh were uncorroborated, including one claim brought by Michael Avenatti’s client Julie Swetnick that alleged Kavanaugh was the covert leader of an underage gang rape cartel that roamed the streets of suburban Maryland searching out victims.
Sports Illustrated chose her to present an award to former gymnast Rachael Denhollander, who was the first of more than 250 women to publicly accuse USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault.
The attorney for a woman who made unsupported allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh admitted that she and her client Christine Blasey Ford were motivated by their support for abortion. The admission, first reported in Ryan Lovelace’s new book “ Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign Against Brett Kavanaugh ,” was confirmed with video footage.