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MEMORANDUM

TO: Senate Republicans

FROM: Office of the Chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

DATE: November 2, 2018

RE: Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation of Numerous Allegations Against Justice

Brett Kavanaugh During the Senate Confirmation Proceedings

Introduction

In the weeks leading up to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation vote on October 

6, 2018, investigators from the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (“Committee”) 

diligently pursued all relevant allegations made against the nominee. This memorandum

summarizes the Committee’s work and provides a status update on the Committee’s ongoing

efforts to review and address additional matters that arose during the course of the investigation, 

including potential violations of Senate rules, potential witness tampering, and potential false 

statements made to the Committee in violation of federal law.

Background

On July 9, 2018, the President announced the nomination of then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh 

to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Kavanaugh 

had served with distinction for more than 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit, the nation’s most important federal circuit court. The Senate received 

the nomination the next day. Shortly after the nomination, the White House Counsel’s Office 

provided a routine copy of the FBI background-investigation report on the nominee. The report 

marked the sixth occasion the FBI conducted a full-field background investigation of Justice

Kavanaugh for a public service position, going back to his first FBI report in 1993. As is routine, 

the FBI report included statements from individuals who knew the nominee, as well as an 

examination of his finances and credit history, tax payments, criminal and employment histories, 

medical history, substance abuse history, and foreign contacts. These six FBI reports over a 25-

year period, containing interviews with nearly 150 individuals who knew Justice Kavanaugh 

personally (including many individuals who have known Justice Kavanaugh his entire life), did 

not reveal any alcohol abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior.

Over the course of the next two months, the Committee continued to gather relevant 

information about the nominee to best assist its members in evaluating Justice Kavanaugh’s 

qualifications and fitness to serve on the Supreme Court. The Committee sent Justice Kavanaugh 

the most comprehensive Senate Judiciary Questionnaire (SJQ) submitted to any Supreme Court

nominee in history, and it received and reviewed Justice Kavanaugh’s response of nearly 18,000 

pages. The Committee reviewed all of Justice Kavanaugh’s published writings, his 307 judicial 

opinions and the hundreds more opinions he joined, all available footage and transcripts from his 

public appearances, all books that used him as a resource, and more than 500,000 pages of 

documents related to his past legal service in the Executive Branch. While the Committee 

reviewed these materials, Justice Kavanaugh participated in one-on-one meetings with 65 senators. 

Justice Kavanaugh also testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 32 hours
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from September 4-6, 2018. He subsequently responded to nearly 1,300 post-hearing written 

questions for the record (QFRs) submitted by members of the Committee—more questions than 

have been asked of all prior Supreme Court nominees combined.

Despite the Committee’s best efforts to ensure a timely and thorough review, an eleventhhour news report released the day before a scheduled Committee vote on Justice Kavanaugh’s 

nomination disrupted the Senate’s exhaustive confirmation process. On September 12, 2018, the 

media reported that Ranking Member Feinstein possessed a letter from an unidentified woman 

detailing an incident involving her and Justice Kavanaugh when they were in high school. As 

details of that allegation unfolded, the Committee’s Majority Nominations Unit paired with the

Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Unit to investigate the allegations. These joint efforts, 

with up to 40 attorneys, law clerks, and other professionals from the Chairman’s staff, continued 

over the following month as the Committee received several additional allegations of sexual 

misconduct.

Summary of the Investigation

The Committee’s investigative efforts consistently modeled the standard process and 

procedure employed by its Oversight and Investigation Unit. Committee investigators gathered 

information from various sources, including: (a) individuals who contacted the Committee directly 

by phone, email, or through the whistleblower tip line; (b) interviews of individuals with 

knowledge relevant to the allegations; (c) information referrals from individual Senate member 

offices; (d) media reports; (e) the Department of Justice; (f) Dr. Christine Blasey Ford; and (g) 

Justice Kavanaugh. If the Committee determined through its initial review of information and 

investigative research that a particular individual had relevant information, Committee 

investigators attempted to verify the identity of the individual using open-source research tools

and other methods. Committee investigators then contacted the individual or the individual’s 

counsel if the Committee knew the individual was represented by an attorney. As a general 

practice, interviews of this nature are staffed by teams of two or three investigators, which include 

attorneys and federal law enforcement detailees with years of experience conducting government 

investigations. 

A court reporter transcribed each interview with Justice Kavanaugh. For all other 

interviews, investigators took live notes via computer and in written form to document the

conversation in the greatest detail possible under significant time restraints. If a witness was 

willing to provide a written statement to the Committee, investigators discussed the process and 

procedure for doing so and the possibility of, and risks attendant to, the statement or any portion 

thereof becoming public. The Committee’s Majority staff investigative practices are designed to 

ensure a certain level of confidentiality for those who request it. During this investigative process, 

depending on the level of confidentiality requested, witnesses were explicitly cautioned that 

confidentiality could not be guaranteed in every case because information would be shared with 

Senate offices that may not have the same confidentiality policy. Some witnesses wrote statements 

independently before being interviewed by Committee investigators. Importantly, witness 

statements to the Committee are subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a statute that criminalizes making 
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materially false statements to Congress, and 18 U.S.C. § 1505, a statute that criminalizes 

obstructing a congressional investigation.

All interviews were conducted in an objective and fair manner aimed at producing a final 

determination of fact with respect to the allegations levied against Justice Kavanaugh. In order to 

accomplish that, investigators conducted extensive interviews with individuals who knew Justice

Kavanaugh in high school and college; investigators also conducted extensive interviews with 

individuals who knew the accusers in order to better weigh the credibility of their allegations. In 

sum, the Committee spoke to 45 individuals and collected 25 written statements.

A large portion of individuals providing testimony in support of Justice Kavanaugh asked 

that their names be redacted out of fear that their statements might result in personal or professional 

retribution or personal physical harm – or even risk the safety and well-being of their families and 

friends. The Committee respected all requests for anonymity. Accordingly, some aspects of this 

memorandum are redacted. 

In addition to conducting interviews, Committee investigators continuously monitored 

social media and news reports. They also reviewed all documentary evidence submitted by Justice

Kavanaugh, his accusers, and other witnesses. Finally, the Committee conducted a supplemental 

daylong hearing and asked the White House to direct the FBI to reopen its investigation of Justice

Kavanaugh to explore potential credible allegations pending against the nominee. The Committee 

received that supplemental FBI background investigation report on October 4. All senators and a 

limited number of appropriately cleared Committee staff had the opportunity to review it in a 

secure facility on October 5 and 6.

After an extensive investigation that included the thorough review of all potentially 

credible evidence submitted and interviews of more than 40 individuals with information relating 

to the allegations, including classmates and friends of all those involved, Committee investigators 

found no witness who could provide any verifiable evidence to support any of the allegations 

brought against Justice Kavanaugh. In other words, following the separate and extensive 

investigations by both the Committee and the FBI, there was no evidence to substantiate any of 

the claims of sexual assault made against Justice Kavanaugh. The details of the Committee’s

investigation, broken down by claim, are provided below.

The Ford Allegations

In a letter to Senator Feinstein dated July 30, 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleged that 

Justice Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s, while they were both high-school 

students, at a gathering in a home near the Columbia Country Club in Maryland. However, Senator 

Feinstein kept the Committee in the dark about the letter until September 12, 2018, when she 

briefed Committee Democrats, but not Republicans, on the contents of the letter. The Intercept

reported on the existence of the letter on September 12, 2018, and provided limited details

regarding its content.

1 The following day, the New York Times stated that “[t]wo officials familiar 

 

1 Ryan Grim, Dianne Feinstein Withholding Brett Kavanaugh Document from Fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats, The 

Intercept (Sept. 12, 2018), Available at https://theintercept.com/2018/09/12/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-dianne-feinstein/. 
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with the matter say the incident involved possible sexual misconduct.”2 Additional details 

emerged in a September 14 New Yorker article which reported that the letter alleged that Justice 

Kavanaugh held a woman down and forced himself on her.3 Two days later, on September 16, Dr. 

Ford identified herself in a Washington Post article that she was the letter’s author.4 

Immediately upon learning of Dr. Ford’s identity for the first time through the Washington 

Post on September 16, Chairman Grassley instructed his staff to investigate her allegations. 

Committee staff contacted Dr. Ford’s attorney to schedule an interview of Dr. Ford, but her lawyers 

refused the request. When Debra Katz, Dr. Ford’s counsel, said in a September 17 CNN segment 

that Dr. Ford would be willing to testify before the Committee,5

 the Committee immediately 

scheduled a hearing on the allegations for Monday, September 24. The Committee also contacted 

Justice Kavanaugh who agreed to immediately take part in a sworn telephonic interview which 

took place on September 17. On that call, he unequivocally denied all allegations made by Dr. 

Ford.6

Over the next several days, the Committee made numerous attempts to schedule an 

interview with Dr. Ford via her attorneys. The Committee twice offered to travel to California or 

to send Committee investigators to a location comfortable for Dr. Ford to conduct an interview. 

The Committee also gave Dr. Ford the option of testifying in either a private or public setting. Dr. 

Ford’s attorneys denied all requests for an interview, at any location, which interfered with the 

Committee’s ability to gather relevant facts. During this process, her attorneys also did not comply 

with several response deadlines set by the Committee. These delays hindered the Committee’s 

ability to make logistical arrangements for the hearing, arrangements which sometimes take 

several days, including for example organizing the necessary level of security for all parties 

involved. 

When her attorneys finally responded, they insisted on a Thursday, September 27 hearing 

date. Dr. Ford’s attorneys refused to agree to earlier dates. The Committee was informed that Dr. 

Ford had a fear of flying caused by Justice Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault on her more than 

35 years before. Dr. Ford’s attorneys also made several demands regarding the number of 

witnesses, the order of witnesses, the number of cameras, the specific reporters and media outlets 

granted access, Justice Kavanaugh’s location during Dr. Ford’s testimony, and the Committee’s 

manner of questioning Dr. Ford. The Committee does not typically entertain such demands from 

witnesses. However, at the Chairman’s direction to ensure a safe, dignified, and comfortable 

 

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 Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson, Dianne Feinstein Refers a Kavanaugh Matter to Federal Investigators, New York 

Times (Sept. 13, 2018), Available at https://www nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-dianne-feinstein html. 

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 Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer, A Sexual-Misconduct Allegation against the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Stirs 

Tension among Democrats in Congress, New Yorker (Sept. 14, 2018), Available at https://www.newyorker.com/news/newsdesk/a-sexual-misconduct-allegation-against-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-stirs-tension-among-democrats-incongress. 

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 Emma Brown, California Professor, Writer of Confidential Brett Kavanaugh Letter, Speaks out about Her Allegation of Sexual 

Assault, Washington Post (Sept. 16, 2018), Available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professorwriter-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-

11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.bd8123291ef9. 

5 Lawyer: Kavanaugh Accuser Willing to Testify, CNN (Sept. 17, 2018), Available at 

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/17/kavanaugh-accuser-christine-ford-attorney-debra-katz-newday-sot.cnn. 

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 Transcript of September 17, 2018 interview with Justice Kavanaugh. Available at 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.17.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pdf. 
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forum for Dr. Ford, the Committee accommodated the majority of Dr. Ford’s requests and agreed 

to move the hearing date to September 27. The Committee also moved the hearing to a smaller 

room, limited the number of cameras, invited the news outlets requested by Ms. Ford, and arranged 

for Justice Kavanaugh to wait outside of the hearing room throughout her testimony. 

In preparation for the hearing, the Committee collected 24 pages of evidence from Dr. 

Ford. The materials included Dr. Ford’s resume, her initial text messages with the Washington 

Post, her letter to Senator Feinstein, her communications with the Senate Judiciary Committee 

staff, declarations from her husband and three friends stating that she mentioned to them an 

incident of sexual assault, a brief polygraph summary examination report, and the handwritten note 

created by Dr. Ford for the polygraph examination. Despite the Committee’s requests, Dr. Ford 

refused to produce the polygraphs or any audio or videotapes from the polygraph examination, 

along with the therapy notes that she shared with the press. From Justice Kavanaugh, the 

Committee received five pages of calendar entries from the summer of 1982, when Justice 

Kavanaugh was 17 years old and Dr. Ford accused him of sexual assault.

On September 27, the Committee heard roughly eight hours of testimony related to Dr. 

Ford’s allegations. Nominations Investigative Counsel Rachel Mitchell, an experienced sex 

crimes prosecutor hired on the Majority staff, questioned Dr. Ford about her account of the 

incident, including the number of people who attended the gathering, the number of people in the 

bedroom when she was allegedly assaulted, whether one of the individuals she claimed attended 

the party was a “bystander,” and whether she could hear her alleged assailants talking while she 

hid in the bathroom after the alleged assault.7 Ms. Mitchell also asked Dr. Ford about her fear of 

flying and about whether she had ever helped anyone prepare for a polygraph examination.8

 Dr. 

Ford acknowledged that she flew to the hearing and traveled by plane for work and leisure.9

Indeed, Dr. Ford listed on her CV that one of her hobbies includes international surf travel. She 

denied ever giving anyone advice for taking a polygraph exam.10 Committee investigators later 

obtained a signed statement from Dr. Ford’s ex-boyfriend, , casting doubt on Dr. 

Ford’s credibility. told the Committee that during the course of a six-year dating 

relationship, Dr. Ford had never mentioned the alleged assault, a fear of flying, or a phobia of 

 

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 Before coming to the Senate, Mitchell served as the Deputy County Attorney in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. In that 

capacity, she was the Office’s chief sex-crimes prosecutor. Earlier in her career, Mitchell worked as the Division Chief of the 

Special Victims Division, an office that handles sex crimes, family violence, and other issues. Mitchell also spent twelve years as 

a leader in the county bureau responsible for the prosecution of sex-related felonies, including child molestation, adult sexual 

assault, cold cases, child prostitution, and computer-related sexual offenses. In addition to her day-to-day work as a prospector, 

Mitchell regularly lectures Arizona Peace Officers, District Attorneys, educators, and medical professionals on topics such as 

forensic interviewing, courtroom practice, and assessing sex-crime evidence. Her work has earned many professional accolades. 

In 2003, then Governor Janet Napolitano recognized Mitchell as the Outstanding Arizona Sexual Assault Prosecutor of the Year. 

In 2006, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office named Mitchell Prosecutor of the Year. See also, unofficial transcript available 

at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearingtranscript/?noredirect=on&utm term=.d927c5ec0e65. 

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 Unofficial transcript available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearingtranscript/?noredirect=on&utm term=.d927c5ec0e65. 

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Id. 

10 Id. 
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small spaces.11 He also said that, contrary to Dr. Ford’s testimony, she had helped prepare her 

roommate, former FBI agent Monica McLean, for a polygraph examination. A classmate of Dr. 

Ford’s at the University of North Carolina also provided a statement to the Committee that cast 

doubt on her phobia of small spaces. Although the Washington Post reported that Dr. Ford 

provided the press with her therapy notes, Dr. Ford said that she did not recall ever giving the notes 

to a reporter.12

Justice Kavanaugh testified that Dr. Ford’s allegations against him were false. He denied 

sexually assaulting any person, and he cited his 1982 calendar as evidence to prove that he did not 

attend any gathering matching the one described by Dr. Ford.13

In addition to conducting the hearing, the Committee contacted seventeen individuals with 

information relevant to Dr. Ford’s allegations. Investigators began with the three individuals Dr. 

Ford identified as attending the 1982 gathering: Mark Judge, Patrick J. (P.J.) Smyth, and Leland 

Keyser. On September 18, P.J. Smyth and Mark Judge submitted statements denying that they 

attended any such gathering. Mr. Judge also attested that he has no memory of the alleged incident 

and never saw Justice Kavanaugh act in the manner Dr. Ford alleged. On September 22, Leland 

Keyser, a close friend of Dr. Ford, submitted a statement saying that she did not know Justice 

Kavanaugh and had no memory of the alleged gathering. In a September 28 e-mail to Committee 

staff, Ms. Keyser’s attorney reiterated that Ms. Keyser does not know Justice Kavanaugh, has no 

recollection of being at a gathering with him, and cannot corroborate Dr. Ford’s account because 

she “has no recollection of the incident in question.” Other individuals contacted by Committee 

investigators included and , two men who separately and independently had 

contacted the Committee claiming that they believed they had an encounter with Dr. Ford around 

the time of the alleged incident. Although each individual described details that in some respects 

seemed to fit Dr. Ford’s allegations against Justice Kavanaugh, both men described consensual 

encounters. The Committee also contacted fourteen former classmates of Justice Kavanaugh and 

Dr. Ford. None of them had any knowledge of the conduct alleged against Justice Kavanaugh by 

Dr. Ford or of the gathering at which she claimed to have been assaulted. The Committee also 

reviewed a letter submitted by 65 women who have known Justice Kavanaugh since high school 

stating that he has a reputation for treating women with decency and respect. 

During the hearing, Judiciary Committee Democrats challenged the meaning Justice 

Kavanaugh ascribed to his high school yearbook entries. Following the hearing, four former 

 

11 Id. In contrast to her ex-boyfriend’s statement, and in response to questioning from Senator Feinstein, Dr. Ford stated, “Well, I 

think that the sequelae of sexual assault varies by person, so for me personally, anxiety, phobia and PTSD-like symptoms are the 

types of things that I’ve been coping with. So, more specifically, claustrophobia, panic and that type of thing.” 

12 Emma Brown “California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual 

assault” Washington Post (September 16, 2018), Available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/californiaprofessor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-

b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b story.html?utm term=.c0dc5e535c30; “Kavanaugh hearing: Transcript” Washington Post 

(September 27, 2018) Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearingtranscript/?utm term=.99f2bc6ee44d. 

13 The calendar was produced in response to a September 23, 2018, letter from Chairman Grassley that requested documents 

related to Dr. Ford’s allegations and Justice Kavanaugh’s testimony. September 23, 2018, Letter from Chairman Charles E. 

Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, to Beth Wilkinson and Alexandra Walsh, Attorneys for Justice Brett M. 

Kavanaugh. Available at: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-09-

23%20Grassley%20to%20Kavanaugh's%20Attorney%20-%20Evidence%20Request.pdf. 
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classmates of Justice Kavanaugh—DeLancey Davis, Bernard McCarthy, Jr., Paul Murray, and 

Matthew Quinn—wrote to the Committee to express support for Justice Kavanaugh’s explanation 

of the term “Devil’s Triangle.” Two other friends of Justice Kavanaugh, Greg Aceto and Bill Van 

Pelt, IV, also provided a statement to the Committee indicating that they understood that the 

Devil’s Triangle drinking game originated at Georgetown Prep. 

 said that students purposely pushed the envelope on captions and 

yearbook entries. Another Georgetown Prep classmate and friend of Justice Kavanaugh, Donald 

Urgo, submitted a statement confirming that Justice Kavanaugh’s testimony about the terms 

“boofed,” “Devil’s Triangle,” and “Renate Alumnius” was “entirely correct and consistent with 

[his] independent understanding.” 

Justice Kavanaugh’s high-school and college drinking habits also received significant 

attention during the hearing. As a result, several individuals who knew Justice Kavanaugh in high 

school and college contacted the Committee and the media to say they had never seen Justice 

Kavanaugh black out or lose control when drinking. These included Michael Fegan, Chris Dudley, 

Donald Urgo, and . The Committee also interviewed other classmates at Yale who 

stated that Justice Kavanaugh drank heavily. However, none of them could independently confirm 

any alleged sexual misconduct committed by Justice Kavanaugh. 

Committee Interviews Related to the Ford Allegations 

The Committee spoke to the following individuals in connection to Dr. Ford’s allegations: 

 Justice Kavanaugh (Sept. 17, Sept. 25, Sept. 27): During the committee hearing on

September 27, Justice Kavanaugh “categorically and unequivocally” denied the allegations

against him.

 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford (Sept. 27): At the hearing, Dr. Ford reiterated the allegations

in her letter.

 (Oct. 2): stated that he dated Dr. Ford for six years. He said that 

she never mentioned being the victim of sexual assault or misconduct. He also stated that 

Dr. Ford did not mention any fear of close quarters or flying, and that the two traveled 

together, including on a small propeller plane. also said that he witnessed Dr. 

Ford, drawing from her background in psychology, help prepare her roommate, Ms. 

Monica McLean, for a potential polygraph examination when Ms. McLean was 

interviewing for jobs with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He stated that Dr. Ford 

helped Ms. McLean become familiar and less nervous about the exam. 

 Donald Urgo (Sept. 26, Sept. 27): Urgo, a lifelong friend of Justice Kavanaugh’s, said

that he does not recall ever meeting Dr. Ford at a high school party. He said that the

allegations against Justice Kavanaugh are completely contradictory to his character; he

never saw him engage in any sexual misconduct of any kind nor did he hear of any

allegations until the news stories. He also never saw Justice Kavanaugh pass out or black

out.
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 (Oct. 4): 

. He described Justice Kavanaugh as being “great, hardworking—a 

leader” and said that he is not the type of person who would commit the acts that Dr. Ford 

alleged. He said he has no specific recollection of Justice Kavanuagh and Dr. Ford 

socializing together. 

 (Sept. 26): 

. He knew Justice Kavanaugh but has not kept in touch with 

him since high school. said that he and others pushed “the envelope on captions 

and yearbook entries with the objective of seeing what we could get by the Jesuits.” He 

described Justice Kavanaugh as being quiet, very nice and someone with a good reputation 

who was known for being involved in sports. 

 (Sept. 24, Sept. 25): stated that after graduating from high school in 

Hampton, Virginia in 1982, he made several trips to D.C. that summer. During one of the 

trips, he attended a house party where he kissed and made out with a woman he met who 

he believes could have been Dr. Ford. said that based on old photographs of Justice 

Kavanaugh he has seen on the news, he believes the two of them share a similar appearance. 

 (Sept. 26): stated that when he was a 19 year-old college student, he 

visited D.C. over spring break and kissed a girl he believes was Dr. Ford. He said that the 

kiss happened in the bedroom of a house which was about a 15-to20 minute walk from the 

Van Ness Metro, that Dr. Ford was wearing a swimsuit under her clothing, and that the 

kissing ended when a friend jumped on them as a joke. said that the woman initiated 

the kissing and that he did not force himself on her.

 (Sept. 25): said that she attended UNC with Dr. Ford who along with 

her friend , used to purchase drugs from 

 and regularly attended parties with members of his fraternity. 

said that she was present at apartment one night in April 1987 when Dr. 

Ford and arrived to consume drugs. said that the Dr. Ford she 

knew had an active and robust social life in college. 

 (Sept. 25): said that , knows Justice 

Kavanaugh because she previously dated , one of Justice Kavanaugh’s best 

friends. said that would not have associated with Justice Kavanaugh 

if there was any indication of inappropriate behavior on his part. 

 (Sept. 25): said that she knew Justice Kavanugh during his 

college years 

. said she had been in every kind of situation 
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and party with Justice Kavanaugh and his friends during that time, and that she could never 

see him doing something like what Dr. Ford alleged. She described Justice Kavanaugh as 

“a fair, honest, good man.” She said, “To even have his name in the same sentence [relating 

to the allegations] is just beyond my comprehension.” 

 (Oct. 3): graduated from Georgetown Prep with 

Justice Kavanaugh in 1983 and has remained close friends with him since they met in 1979. 

confirmed that Devil’s Triangle was a drinking game he and his friends came 

up with in high school. 

 Jim McCarthy (Oct. 4): During the nomination process, McCarthy acted as a

representative for a group of Georgetown Prep graduates including Donald Urgo. He said

that many of the men in the group take exception to the way their yearbook entries have

been distorted in the press.

 Matt Wolf (Oct. 4): Wolf works for Arnold & Porter, the law firm that represents the

Columbia Country Club. Wolf said the club has no records of daily activities for the 1980s

or early 1990s. Wolf confirmed that the Blasey family were members of the club in the

early 1980s.

 William Rand (Oct. 4, Oct. 5): Rand went to the University of North Carolina with Dr.

Ford from 1984 to 1986. In his interview, he attested that Dr. Ford had a very robust and

active social life which contradicts Dr. Ford’s narrative that she had a difficult time making

friends due to the alleged sexual assault. He also stated that Dr. Ford did not seem to be

afraid to be in rooms or apartments with only one entrance, which contradicts her claim to

the Committee that she had to build a second front door to her house due to the trauma of

the alleged assault.

 (Sept. 28): works for an investment firm and said 

that one of their clients who is a close family friend ( ) has a photograph of 

Dr. Ford with George Soros that was taken several years ago. She said she would forward 

the photo to the Committee but it was never received. [NOTE: Reports of the existence of 

this photo surfaced in the media and have been proven not to be accurate.] 

 (Oct. 5):

confirmed that the Safeway located in Potomac, Maryland (where Dr. Ford

claims to have run into Mark Judge several weeks after the alleged sexual assault) was

constructed with two separate entrances/exits.
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 (Oct. 3, Oct. 5): said that her family is familiar with the 

Blasey family as both were members of the Columbia Country Club. 

 She told the Committee she was 

in contact with several individuals who knew Dr. Ford from high school and who have 

information regarding her drinking and partying, but none are willing to come forward and 

identify themselves. 

said, “I wish I could say all of the things I know, but 

I don’t want to put myself out there.” 

*Committee investigators contacted two members of Ford’s immediate family for input

into the investigation. Both individuals refused to provide statements or participate in an 

interview. 

Evidence Reviewed Related to Dr. Ford’s Allegations 

 Washington Post article of September 16, 201814

 Dr. Ford’s Résumé (Sept. 25): The document outlines Dr. Ford’s professional

achievements, and it states that her hobbies include “Surf travel (Hawai’i, Costa Rica,

South Pacific Islands, French Polynesia).”15

.

 Dr. Ford’s Texts to the Washington Post (dated July 6, 10): Dr. Ford sent a WhatsApp

text to the Washington Post tip line stating that a “Potential Supreme Court nominee with

assistance from his friend assaulted me in mid 1980s in Maryland.” She also said she had

“therapy records talking about it.” Over an hour after that message, she texted “Brett

Kavanaugh with Mark Judge and a bystander named PJ.”16

 Dr. Ford’s Letter to Senator Feinstein (dated July 30): In this letter, Dr. Ford recounted

being sexually assaulted by Justice Kavanaugh in the early 1980s, when they were both in

high school. Dr. Ford stated that a drunk, teenage Justice Kavanaugh pushed her into a

bedroom, covered her mouth, and tried to undress her. She alleged that she managed to

escape after Mark Judge jumped on Justice Kavanaugh and they toppled from the bed.17

 Dr. Ford’s Letter to Chairman Grassley (dated Sept. 22): Dr. Ford explained that her

sense of civic duty motivated her to report the assault to her Congresswoman. She

14 Exhibit 1, Washington Post article of September 16, 2018. 

15 Exhibit 2, Dr. Ford’s Résumé (Sept. 25). 

16 Exhibit 3, Dr. Ford’s Texts to the Washington Post (dated July 6, 10). 

17 Exhibit 4, Dr. Ford’s Letter to Senator Feinstein (dated July 30).
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expressed a desire to speak to the Committee as it decides whether to confirm Justice 

Kavanaugh.18

 Declaration of Russell Ford (dated Sept. 25): Ford said that his wife first mentioned

being the victim of sexual assault during couple’s therapy in 2012. He remembered that

his wife named Brett Kavanaugh as her attacker and that she was concerned he would be

nominated to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court.19

 Declaration of Keith Koegler (dated Sept. 24): According to Koegler, Dr. Ford told

Koegler in 2016 that she had been assaulted in high school by a man who later became a

federal Justice in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ford told Koegler the name of the person was

Brett Kavanaugh in June 2018.20

 Declaration of Adela Gildo-Mazzon (dated Sept. 24): Gildo-Mazzon stated that Dr. Ford

told her in 2013 that she “had been almost raped by someone who [became] a federal

Justice” when she was much younger.21

 Declaration of Rebecca White (dated Sept. 25): White said that Dr. Ford told her in 2017

that she had been sexually assaulted by an older teen who later became a federal Justice.22

 Polygraph Examination Report (dated Aug. 10): The report stated that Dr. Ford

prepared her written statement with attorney Katz without the examiner present. The

examiner received the written statement when he returned. He then interviewed Dr. Ford

“in an effort to formulate the relevant questions.” The examination consisted of two

questions: (1) Is any part of your statement false?” and (2) “Did you make up any part of

your statement?” Dr. Ford answered no to both questions. The examiner concluded that

the test results did not indicate deception.23

 Handwritten Note by Dr. Ford for Polygraph Examination (dated Aug. 7): This note

served as the basis for the polygraph examination. Dr. Ford wrote that she attended a party

with “4 boys and a couple of girls” in the 1980s. At the party, she was pushed into a room

and Justice Kavanaugh laid on top of her and tried to remove her clothes while groping

her. She also wrote that he covered her mouth to stop her from yelling for help. Dr. Ford

said she managed to escape after Mark Judge jumped on top of Justice Kavanaugh.24

18 Exhibit 5, Dr. Ford’s Letter to Chairman Grassley (dated Sept. 22). 

19 Exhibit 6, Declaration of Russell Ford (dated Sept. 25). 

20 Exhibit 7, Declaration of Keith Koegler (dated Sept. 24). 

21 Exhibit 8, Declaration of Adela Gildo-Mazzon (dated Sept. 24). 

22 Exhibit 9, Declaration of Rebecca White (dated Sept. 25). 

23 Exhibit 10, Polygraph Examination Report (dated Aug. 10). 

24 Exhibit 11, Handwritten Note by Dr. Ford for Polygraph Examination (dated Aug. 7). 

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 Statement from P.J. Smyth (dated Sept. 18): Smyth said he has no recollection of the

party or of Justice Kavanaugh engaging in any improper conduct with Dr. Ford. He

described Justice Kavanaugh as “a person of great integrity” and “a great friend.” He said

he never witnessed any improper conduct by Justice Kavanaugh towards women.30

 Statements from Leland Keyser (dated Sept. 22, Sept. 28): On September 22, Keyser,

through counsel, informed the Committee that she does not know Justice Kavanaugh and

that she “has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present,

with, or without, Dr. Ford.” On September 28, Keyser, again through counsel, reiterated

that she does not know Justice Kavanaugh, has no recollection of being at a gathering with

him, and cannot corroborate Dr. Ford’s account because she “has no recollection of the

incident in question.”31

 Letter from Michael Fegan (dated Oct. 1): Fegan was Justice Kavanaugh’s classmate at

Georgetown Prep. He stated that he attended many social gatherings with Justice

Kavanaugh and never saw Justice Kavanauagh out of control due to drinking. He said that

he never heard of any gathering matching Dr. Ford’s description or of any assault against

Dr. Ford.32

 Statement of Paul Rendon (dated Oct. 1): Rendon attended and graduated from

Georgetown Prep with Justice Kavanaugh. Rendon stated that the football players at the

school, including Justice Kavanaugh, bragged about how much they drank and of their

“sexual conquests.”

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 Statement of William Rand (dated Oct. 5): Rand went to the University of North

Carolina with Dr. Ford from 1984 to 1986. In his statement, he attested that Dr. Ford had

a very robust and active social life which contradicts Dr. Ford’s narrative that she had a

limited social life due to the alleged sexual assault. He also stated that Dr. Ford did not

seem to be afraid to be in rooms or apartments with only one entrance, which contradicts

her claim to the Committee that she had to build a second front door to her house due to

the trauma of the alleged assault.34

 Statement of Joseph Hennessey (dated Oct. 3): Hennessey, an individual who attended

Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C., submitted a statement to the FBI

describing Justice Kavanaugh in high school as “regularly stupid drunk, aggressive, and

confrontational towards me because I did not attend Prep.”35

30 Exhibit 17, Statement from P.J. Smyth (dated Sept. 18).

31 Exhibit 18, Statements from Leland Keyser (dated Sept. 22, Sept. 28) (Ms. Keyser, through counsel, also stated that as she told 

the press, she believed Dr. Ford). 

32 Exhibit 19, Letter from Michael Fegan (dated Oct. 1). 

33 Exhibit 20, Statement of Paul Rendon (dated Oct. 1). 

34 Exhibit 21, Statement of William Rand (dated Oct. 5). 

35 Exhibit 22, Statement of Joseph Hennessey (dated Oct. 3). 
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 Letter from Women who knew Justice Kavanaugh in High School (dated Sept. 14):

Sixty-five women wrote to the Committee to say that Justice Kavanaugh treated women

with decency and respect in high school. They commented on his character and integrity

and stated that he behaved honorably around them.36

 Statement from four Georgetown Prep Classmates (dated Oct 4): DeLancey Davis,

Bernard McCarthy Jr., Paul Murray and Matthew Quinn were classmates from Georgetown

Prep and submitted a statement clarifying that the phrase “Devil’s Triangle” was a drinking

game played in high school and did not refer to any sexual activity.37

 Statement from friends of Justice Kavanaugh (dated Oct 4): Greg Aceto and Brian Van

Pelt, IV were friends of Justice Kavanaugh in the 1980s and 1990s and claim that the phrase

“Devil’s Triangle” was a drinking game.38

Committee Conclusions 

Committee investigators found no verifiable evidence that supported Dr. Ford’s 

allegations against Justice Kavanaugh. The witnesses that Dr. Ford identified as individuals who 

could corroborate her allegations failed to do so, and in fact, contradicted her.

The Ramirez Allegations 

In a September 23, 2018, story published in the New Yorker, Deborah Ramirez, who 

attended Yale at the same time as Justice Kavanaugh, alleged that he “exposed himself at a drunken 

dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she 

pushed him away.”39 Almost immediately after its publication, the New York Times posted a story 

that said its staff had interviewed several dozen people but could find no one to corroborate 

Ramirez’s account or anyone with firsthand knowledge of the alleged event.40 The Times also 

reported that Ramirez, in effort to refresh her recollection, “contacted former Yale classmates 

asking if they recalled the episode and told some of them that she could not be certain Mr. 

Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself.”41

Hours after the New Yorker published the story, the Committee contacted Ramirez’s 

attorney. According to the article, Ramirez had investigated her claims and the Committee asked 

for any evidence—including statements from witnesses—that she had gathered to support her 

36 Exhibit 23, Letter from Women who knew Justice Kavanaugh in High School (dated Sept. 14). 

37 Exhibit 24, Statement from four Georgetown Prep Classmates (dated Oct 4). 

38 Exhibit 25, Statement from friends of Justice Kavanaugh (dated Oct 4). 

39 Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer, Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s 

College Years, The New Yorker (Sept. 23, 2018), Available at https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democratsinvestigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborahramirez. 

40 Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos, Christine Blasey Ford Reaches Deal to Testify at Kavanaugh Hearing, New York 

Times (Sept. 23, 2018), Available at https://www nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-fordtestify.html?module=inline. 

41 Id.
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allegations. Through her attorney, she refused each of the Committee’s seven requests for such 

material.42 The Committee also asked her to either speak to Committee investigators or to provide 

a written statement directly to the Committee, to which she also refused. Ultimately, her attorneys 

agreed only to contact the FBI to demand that she be included in the supplemental background 

investigation. The FBI reportedly interviewed Ramirez on Sunday, September 30, 2018.

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Despite the refusal of Ramirez’s legal team to assist the Committee in its investigation, 

Committee investigators attempted to investigate her claims to the greatest extent possible, and 

interviewed seven witnesses regarding the allegation. They included Justice Kavanaugh’s former 

roommate at Yale, James Roche, several of his college classmates, and classmates and friends 

associated with Ramirez. Committee investigators also reviewed documents submitted by several 

former Yale classmates. The Committee also reviewed public statements from three other Yale 

classmates but found them immaterial because the speakers had no knowledge of the event. 

Finally, Committee investigators interviewed Justice Kavanaugh in a transcribed phone call on 

September 25. He unequivocally denied that the alleged incident ever took place. 

Committee Interviews Related to the Ramirez Allegations 

The Committee communicated with the following individuals in connection to Ramirez’s 

allegation: 

 Justice Kavanaugh (Sept. 25): When asked by a Committee investigator about the alleged

incident described by Ramirez, Justice Kavanaugh stated, “That did not happen.”

 (Oct. 1): graduated from Yale in 1988, a year after Justice Kavanaugh 

and Deborah Ramirez. said a different classmate named was a member 

of the same fraternity (DKE) as Justice Kavanaugh and allegedly had a reputation for 

exposing himself publicly. Indeed, provided a yearbook photo that shows 

exposing himself. said that he had personally witnessed expose himself at a 

party. said that was in the same residential college as Ramirez (Pierson) and 

he feels that if a student other than engaged in similar lewd behavior, it would have 

been widely known and discussed around campus. 

 (Oct. 2): graduated from Yale with Justice Kavanaugh and Ramirez. 

, said that she would prefer that someone other than 

Justice Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. She said that she knew Justice 

Kavanaugh while he was in law school at Yale, and she cannot recall a single time where 

he would drink to excess. She said she has been friends with Justice Kavanaugh for the 

past 30 years. 

42 The Committee made one request on September 23, three requests on September 24 (at 1:46 PM, 3:11PM, and 7:11PM), and 

three requests on September 25 (at 10:05 AM, 7:45PM, and 8:05PM). 

43 Ariane de Vogue, FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser, CNN (September 30, 2018), Available at 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/deborah-ramirez-fbi-kavanaugh/index.html. 
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 Dan Murphy (Oct. 4): The White House released a statement by Mr. Murphy on October

1, where the former Yale roommate of Justice Kavanaugh said that the behavior alleged by

Ramirez would be completely out of character for Justice Kavanaugh. When contacted by

the Committee, Mr. Murphy referred investigators to his previously released statement.

 Jennifer Klaus (Oct. 4): Klaus was a friend of Debbie Ramirez at Yale and also lived

with her after college. She stated to Committee investigators that while in college, Justice

Kavanaugh partied extensively and often drank to excess. She believes that Ramirez is

trustworthy. Klaus stated that she has no recollection of Ramirez ever mentioning the

sexual assault by Justice Kavanaugh and also said if the assault took place it would have

been the talk of the school.

 Kerry Berchem (Oct. 3): Berchem shared a series of text messages with the Committee

which she exchanged with fellow Yale graduate and friend of Ramirez, Karen Yarasavage.

The text exchange occurred from July to September 2018. Berchem said that she does not

know Justice Kavanaugh. Despite her Oct. 3 call with Committee investigators, Berchem

continued to send emails to the Committee falsely claiming that no one has bothered to call

her.

 Karen Yarasavage (Oct. 4, Oct. 5): Committee investigators asked her questions via her

attorney. Yarasavage stated that she had heard that Ramirez reached out to her classmates

to try and refresh her recollection. However, Yarasavage could not remember whether she

heard that from mutual friends or from news reports and was unsure who Ramirez

contacted.

 Dana James (Sept. 28): James said she has known Ramirez for 17 years and considers her

a close and trustworthy friend. She said that Ramirez told her and other friends that she

wants the FBI to investigate her allegation and encouraged them to contact Senator Cory

Gardner to request an investigation.

Evidence Reviewed Related to the Ramirez Allegations

 New Yorker article (Sept. 23)44

 New York Times article (Sept. 25)45

 Public Statement of James Roche (dated Sept. 24): Roche, Justice Kavanaugh’s

roommate at Yale during their freshman year, characterized Justice Kavanaugh as a

“notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of the time” who “became aggressive and

belligerent when he was very drunk.” Roche admitted that he did not witness the incident

44 Exhibit 26, New Yorker article (Sept. 23).

45 Exhibit 27, New York Times article (Sept. 25). 
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of misconduct alleged by Ramirez, but he asserted that he “cannot imagine her making this 

up.”46

 Public Statement of Dan Murphy (dated Oct. 1): Murphy, one of Justice Kavanaugh’s

roommates at Yale, said “I never saw Brett black out or not be able to remember the prior

evening’s events, nor did I ever see Brett act aggressive, hostile, or in a sexually aggressive

manner to women.”47

 Letter from (dated Sept. 18): , a Yale classmate of Justice Kavanaugh

and Ramirez, argued that allegations of Kavanaugh being a heavy drinker in college was

within range of what was normal at the time. further stated that those Yale classmates

who accused Justice Kavanaugh of drinking heavily were engaged in the same behavior.

 Public Statement of Chris Dudley (dated October 1): Dudley, a friend of Justice

Kavanaugh at Yale, stated in a release by the White House, “I never saw Brett blackout.

Not one time. And in all the years I have known him, I have never seen him to be

disrespectful or inappropriate with women.”48

 Text messages between Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage: A string of text

messages were provided to the media and Congressional investigators by Kerry Berchem,

suggesting that Kavanaugh and his team may have contacted classmates about Ramirez’s

claims.49

 Photograph of Delta Kappa Epsilon: A photograph of the DKE fraternity in the 1988

Yale Banner yearbook shows (who was identified by a Yale graduate with 

whom the Committee spoke) with his pants down and his genitals exposed. was 

the classmate identified by as the individual known to drop his pants and expose 

himself at parties.50

Conclusions 

Committee investigators found no verifiable evidence to support Ramirez’s allegations. 

The Swetnick Allegations 

On September 23, 2018, Michael Avenatti tweeted that he was representing a woman with 

“credible information” regarding Justice Kavanaugh.51 Avenatti revealed his client’s name as Julie 

46 Exhibit 28, Public Statement of James Roche (Sept. 24). 

47 Exhibit 29, Public Statement of Dan Murphy (Oct. 1). 

48 Exhibit 30, Public Statement of Chris Dudley (October 1). 

49 Exhibit 31, Text messages between Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage. 

50 Exhibit 32, Photograph of Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

51 Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti), Twitter (Sept. 23, 2018, 19:33), 

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044006928416825344. 
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Swetnick on September 26.52 He simultaneously posted her declaration, in which she alleged that 

a teenage Justice Kavanaugh orchestrated gang rapes of inebriated women.53

The Committee staff contacted Avenatti ten minutes after he posted his September 23 

tweet. Avenatti responded with a list of questions for Justice Kavanaugh related to the allegations 

by Swetnick. Although Avenatti alluded to having evidence to support his client’s claims, he 

refused to produce anything for several days, notwithstanding the Committee’s repeated requests. 

Ultimately, Avenatti provided the Committee with only a sworn declaration from Swetnick. He 

posted a redacted declaration from an alleged supporting witness on his Twitter account on 

October 2 and 3, but he refused to identify the author.54

Committee investigators attempted to schedule an interview with Swetnick, but Avenatti 

refused. Swetnick, however, did participate in a televised interview with Kate Snow of MSNBC.55

In that interview, Swetnick made several statements that differed from her declaration. For 

example, although she maintained that she saw Justice Kavanaugh drink heavily and act 

aggressively toward women, she did not say that she actually saw him spike the punch or wait in 

a line to take part in gang rapes at the parties, as she asserted to the Committee via her declaration. 

Despite the fact her signed statement claimed it was based “on personal information,” when 

challenged by CNN about the inconsistencies, Avenatti later conceded: “One of her friends 

informed her of what she just put in the declaration or what was attested to in the declaration.”56

 

Committee investigators interviewed Justice Kavanaugh regarding the allegations on two 

occasions—first, after Avenatti posted his September 23 tweet, and second, after Avenatti revealed 

Swetnick’s identity. Justice Kavanaugh categorically denied the allegations during both calls, and 

stated that he does not even know Swetnick. The Committee also conducted interviews with 11 

individuals who knew Justice Kavanaugh or Julie Swetnick during the timeframe of the alleged 

gang rapes. The Committee also obtained a letter from 64 men and women who knew Justice 

Kavanaugh well in high school. None of the signers knew Swetnick, and none witnessed any 

behavior that even approached the conduct described in Swetnick’s declaration.

As Mr. Avenatti refused to provide additional information or witnesses, or make Ms. 

Swetnick available for an interview, Committee investigators attempted to investigate her claims. 

Committee investigators searched for information about Swetnick to assess her credibility. 

Committee investigators examined public sources for information on Swetnick’s background and

52 Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti), Twitter (Sept. 26, 2018, 10:44), 

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044960940884709378. 

53 Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti), Twitter (Sept. 26, 2018, 10:42), 

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044960428730843136. 

54 Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti), Twitter (Sept. 2, 2018, 1:46 pm), Available at 

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1047226356831059970; Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti), Twitter (Oct. 3, 2018, 

4:26 am), Available at https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1047447758993547265. 

55 Julie Swetnick Speaks out about Alleged Behavior by Justice Kavanaugh, MSNBC (Oct. 2, 2018), Available at 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/julie-swetnick-speaks-about-alleged-behavior-by-Justice-kavanaugh1334265923929?v=raila&. 

56 Daniel Chairin, “Michael Avenatti: One of Julie Swetnick’s friends told her Kavanaugh was spiking punch,” Washington 

Examiner (October 1, 2018) Available at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-avenatti-one-of-julie-swetnicksfriends-told-her-kavanaugh-was-spiking-the-punch. 


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has never witnessed Justice Kavanaugh drink to excess, nor has he ever seen him behave 

inappropriately toward female patrons. 

Evidence Reviewed Related to Swetnick’s Allegations

• Declaration of Julie Swetnick (dated Sept. 25): Swetnick alleged that she attended house

parties with Justice Kavanaugh and Mark Judge during 1981 to 1983. She stated that 

the two men spiked the punch at high school parties with alcohol or drugs in order to 

take advantage of women. She also asserted that Judge and Justice Kavanaugh lined up to 

take part in the gang rape of inebriated women.58

• Declaration of Mark Judge (dated Sept. 28): Judge categorically denied Swetnick’s

allegations and stated that he does not know her. He said that he did not spike punch to get

anyone drunk, nor did he witness Justice Kavanaugh engaging in that conduct. He also

said that he never engaged in the gang rape of any woman.59

• Declaration of Anonymous Witness (dated Oct. 2): Michael Avenatti sent the

Committee a redacted declaration from an unidentified witness who claimed to know Mark

Judge and Justice Kavanaugh. The witness asserted that he or she attended house parties

with Judge and Justice Kavanaugh and observed Justice Kavanaugh spike punch, drink

excessively, and become sexually aggressive with women.60

• Letter from Michael Fegan (dated Oct. 1): Fegan was Justice Kavanaugh’s classmate at

Georgetown Prep. He stated that he and Justice Kavanaugh did not know any girls from

Swetnick’s high school, and that the parties they attended never had punch drinks, hard

liquor, or drugs. He said that he would have reported any sexual misconduct to police.61

• Letter from High School Friends of Justice Kavanaugh (dated Sept. 26): Sixty-four

men and women who knew Justice Kavanaugh in high school wrote to the Committee to

say that none of them ever recalled meeting Swetnick. They asserted that they never

witnessed Justice Kavanaugh engage in any of the conduct alleged by Swetnick, and they

described him as “a man of honor, integrity, and compassion.”62

• Text messages between Dennis Ketterer and (dated Sept.

27): A Facebook Messenger conversation provided to Committee investigators by

Ketterer showed a conversation he had with a friend where he was notified of the existence

of Twitter messages that mentioned an individual who knew Julie Swetnick and had a

negative opinion of her. One of those messages was from an individual Committee 

58 Exhibit 33, Declaration of Julie Swetnick (dated Sept. 25). 

59 Exhibit 34, Declaration of Mark Judge (dated Sept. 28). 

60 Exhibit 35, Declaration of Anonymous Witness (dated Oct. 2). 

61 Exhibit 36, Letter from Michael Fegan (dated Oct. 1). 

62 Exhibit 37, Letter from High School Friends of Justice Kavanaugh (dated Sept. 26). 
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investigators later interviewed, and that message mentioned that Swetnick was known to 

have suffered from mental problems.63

 MSNBC Interview (Oct. 2): Swetnick took part in a televised interview on MSNBC.

During the interview, she walked back several of the claims in her declaration. Instead of

saying she saw Justice Kavanaugh spike the punch, she said she saw him “near” the punch

bowl at the house parties. She also refused to go so far as to accuse of him taking part in

gang rape. She instead said that she saw him huddle with other boys outside closed rooms,

but she admitted that she did not know what occurred inside.64

 NBC News article (Oct. 25): Mr. Avenatti submitted an anonymous declaration on

October 2, 2018, purporting to corroborate allegations raised by Julie Swetnick. However,

according to this news report, the declarant denied making the key allegations, saying that

Avenatti “twisted [her] words.”65 The article thus suggests that Mr. Avenatti likely

committed a fraud with a second sworn declaration.

 Declaration of Dennis Ketterer (dated Oct. 2) Ketterer stated that he and Swetnick met

at a bar in 1993 and maintained a physical relationship. He said that Swetnick never

mentioned being the victim of sexual assault or rape and that she never mentioned Brett

Kavanaugh “in any capacity.” According to Ketterer, Swetnick’s father warned him that

Swetnick had “psychological and other problems.” Ketterer also noted that Swetnick said

she enjoyed having group sex with more than one man at a time and that her first experience

was in high school.66

 Declaration of Richard Vinneccy (dated Oct. 4) Vinneccy stated that he was involved in

a romantic relationship with Swetnick for seven years. While they were dating, she never

mentioned being raped or attending any parties where she witnessed sordid sexual

activities. Vinneccy characterized Swetnick as financially unstable and said she “always

wanted to be the center of attention and exaggerated everything in her life.” Vinneccy

asserted that Swetnick stalked him for almost two months after their breakup and that she

threatened to kill him and his unborn child, accuse him of rape, or have him deported. He

informed the Committee that although he sought a restraining order against Swetnick, he

ultimately decided not to pursue it when he learned he would have to confront Swetnick in

court.67

Committee Conclusions 

The Committee found no verifiable evidence to support Swetnick’s allegations. Indeed, 

the evidence appears to support the position that Julie Swetnick and Mr. Avenatti criminally 

63 Exhibit 38, Text messages between Dennis Ketterer and (Sept. 26). 

64 Exhibit 39, MSNBC Interview (Oct. 2). 

65 Exhibit 40, Kate Snow and Anna Schecter, New Questions Raised About Avenatti Claims Regarding Kavanaugh, NBC News 

(Oct. 25, 2018), Available at https://www nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-questions-raised-about-avenatti-claimsregarding-kavanaugh-n924596. 

66 Exhibit 41, Declaration of Dennis Ketterer (dated Oct. 2). 

67 Exhibit 42, Declaration of Richard Vinneccy (dated Oct. 4). 
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conspired to make materially false statements to the Committee and obstruct the Committee’s 

investigation. Accordingly, the Committee referred both to the Department of Justice and FBI for 

investigation and potential violations of 18 U.S.C. § 371, § 1001, and § 1505 on October 25, 2018. 

In addition, on October 26, 2018, the Committee made a second criminal referral against Michael 

Avenatti to the Justice Department and FBI for investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. 

§§ 1001 (knowingly providing materially false statements) and 1505 (obstruction of a 

congressional investigation), based upon the NBC story that evidenced that Mr. Avenatti may have 

fabricated allegations by a second declarant.68

Rhode Island Allegation 

On September 24, 2018, Senator Whitehouse’s staff informed the Committee that a 

constituent had called the office to say that two men named “Brett and Mark” sexually assaulted a 

woman on a boat in August of 1985 and that he believed “Brett” to be Justice Kavanaugh based 

on a yearbook photo of Kavanaugh that he saw on television. Although Senator Whitehouse 

refused to provide the constituent’s contact information to the Judiciary Committee majority staff, 

he provided the man’s name— —to the Committee. Senator Whitehouse, in 

addition to contacting the Chairman and Ranking Member, referred his constituent to a reporter. 

Committee investigators questioned Justice Kavanaugh about the allegations during a 

transcribed phone call on September 25. He categorically denied the allegations. The Committee 

released the transcript of the call the next day. Shortly thereafter, posted on Twitter: “Do 

[sic] everyone who is going crazy about what I had said I have recanted because I have made a 

mistake and apologize for such mistake.”69

 The Committee referred to the Justice 

Department and FBI for investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (knowingly 

providing materially false statements) and § 1505 (obstruction of a congressional investigation) on 

September 29, 2018.70

68 Senate Judiciary Committee Press Release (Oct. 26, 2018), Available at https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/2018-10-

26-ceg-to-doj-fbi -second-avenatti-referral redacted. 

69 (@ ), Twitter (Sept. 26, 2018, 19:51), Available at 

https://twitter.com status/1045098674081214464. 

70 18 U.S.C. § 1001 states: (a)Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the 

executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—(1) falsifies, conceals, 

or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 

representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or 

fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves 

international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to 

an offense under chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment imposed under this section 

shall be not more than 8 years. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s counsel, 

for statements, representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or counsel to a Justice or magistrate in that 

proceeding. (c) With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, subsection (a) shall apply only to—(1) 

administrative matters, including a claim for payment, a matter related to the procurement of property or services, personnel or 

employment practices, or support services, or a document required by law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or 

any office or officer within the legislative branch; or (2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any 

committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate. 18 

U.S.C. § 1505 states: Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil 

investigative demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes 

from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to 

written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits another to do so; or 

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The Colorado Allegations 

On September 24, 2018, Senator Gardner’s office provided the Committee an anonymous 

letter that the Senator received at his Denver office. According to the letter, in 1998 at a bar in 

Washington D.C., Justice Kavanaugh pushed a woman he was dating against a wall “very 

aggressively and sexually.” The letter stated that the event occurred “[w]hen [Justice Kavanaugh] 

was the author of the Starr Report.” It contained few additional details. 

In response to this allegation, the Committee asked Justice Kavanaugh about the claims in 

a telephonic interview on September 25. He denied the events ever transpired. The Committee 

received a tip that U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich had dated Justice Kavanaugh in 

1998, the year Justice Kavanaugh wrote portions of the Starr Report. The Committee contacted 

her for any information about the incident. After hearing the allegations, Justice Friedrich provided 

the Committee with a signed statement in which she characterized the claims as “offensive and 

absurd.” She said that Justice Kavanaugh never shoved her against a wall and that she never 

observed or heard of him “acting in a physically inappropriate or aggressive manner toward 

anyone.” Finally, she asserted that Justice Kavanaugh treated her “with the utmost respect.”

Committee Interviews Related to the Colorado Allegations 

The Committee spoke to the following individuals in connection to the anonymous Colorado 

allegation: 

 Justice Kavanaugh (Sept. 25): Justice Kavanaugh denied shoving a woman against a wall

in a sexual or aggressive manner while leaving a bar. He denied behaving violently toward

any woman when working on the Starr investigation. He said he did not recall socializing

with any woman from Boulder, Colorado.

Evidence Reviewed Related to the Colorado allegations 

 Anonymous Letter (dated Sept. 22): The author of the letter said that her daughter

occasionally socialized with Justice Kavanaugh and on one occasion witnessed him

shove her friend up against the wall in a sexual manner.74

 Statement from Judge Dabney Friedrich (dated Sept. 26): Judge Friedrich

acknowledged that she dated Justice Kavanaugh in 1998, the year he authored parts of the

Starr Report. She said he never shoved her against a wall and that the allegations are

“offensive and absurd.” She characterized him as respectful, noted that the two remain

friends, and that she never saw him act inappropriately toward anyone.75

Committee Conclusions 

The Committee found no evidence to support the allegations in the anonymous Colorado 

letter. The alleged victim of the incident—the woman Justice Kavanaugh was dating when he 

74 Exhibit 46, Anonymous Letter (Sept. 22). 

75 Exhibit 47, Statement from Judge Dabney Friedrich (Sept. 26). 
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authored parts of the Starr Report—denied the event ever took place. Justice Kavanaugh similarly 

denied engaging in the alleged conduct. The letter is anonymous, and the Committee has no way 

to identify the sender for further investigation. The Committee found no verifiable evidence to 

support the allegations.

The California Allegation 

On September 25, 2018, Senator Harris’s staff referred a handwritten letter to the 

Committee signed by Jane Doe. Senator Harris’s San Diego office received the letter; however 

the envelope listed no return address. According to the letter, Justice Kavanaugh, with the help of 

a friend, sexually assaulted Doe while driving her home from a party. Doe claimed that Justice 

Kavanaugh slapped her, forced her to perform oral sex, and groped her. Doe also claimed that 

both men raped her “several times each” and that Justice Kavanaugh warned her that no one would 

believe her if she reported the incident. The author did not provide the year or any location (city, 

state, or country) in which this incident allegedly took place. Because the author’s identity was 

unknown, the Committee was only able to interview Justice Kavanaugh regarding the allegations. 

He denied ever engaging in the misconduct described. 

After the Committee released the transcript of the interview with Justice Kavanaugh, a 

woman named Judy Munro-Leighton sent an email to the Senate Judiciary Committee claiming to 

be Jane Doe. She included a version of the letter’s text and said she felt compelled to contact the 

Committee because she “refuse[d] to allow Donald J. Trump to use me or my story as an ugly 

chant at one of his Republican rallies.” The Committee quickly concluded that Munro-Leighton 

was unlikely to be the author. The text of the letter in Munro-Leighton’s email to the Committee 

differed from the original handwritten letter in several respects, including punctuation and the 

omission of a duplicate instance of the word “and.” Committee investigators determined that the 

text from Munro-Leighton’s email was, however, identical in all respects to the previously publicly 

released transcript from the telephonic interview, suggesting she copied it from the press. 

Investigators also examined Munro-Leighton’s background and determined she was a liberal 

activist who resided in Kentucky, far from the location of the letter’s San Diego postmark. 

Committee investigators tried to contact her on multiple occasions. On November 1, 2018, MunroLeighton called back and admitted that she was not “Jane Doe” and that her email to the committee 

“was just a ploy” and that she used it as a way to “get attention.” Investigators asked her if she 

had ever met Justice Kavanaugh, to which she replied, “Oh Lord, no.” 

Committee Interviews Related to the California Allegation 

The Committee spoke to the following individuals in connection to Jane Doe’s allegation:

 Justice Kavanaugh (Sept. 26): Justice Kavanaugh denied engaging in any of the conduct

alleged in the letter. Justice Kavanaugh referred to the accusation as “ridiculous.” He said,

“The whole thing is just a crock, farce, wrong, didn’t happen, not anything close.”

 Judy Munro-Leighton (Nov. 1): Committee investigators spoke with her and she

admitted that she was not “Jane Doe,” that her email to the committee “was just a ploy,”

that was used as a way to “get attention.” When asked whether she had ever met Justice
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Kavanaugh, she stated, “Oh Lord, no.” She also admitted that, contrary to her email, she 

did not send the original letter to Sen. Harris. 

Evidence Reviewed Related to the California Allegation 

 Anonymous “Jane Doe” Letter (Sept. 19): An anonymous letter sent by “Jane Doe” to

Senator Kamala Harris and then forwarded to the Committee claimed that Justice

Kavanaugh and a friend raped her multiple times.76

 Email from Judy Munro-Leighton (dated Oct. 3): Munro-Leighton sent an email to

several Senate offices claiming to be Jane Doe. Her email included an identical copy of

the letter printed in the publicly released transcript of the Committee investigators’

conversation with Justice Kavanaugh. Both her version and the transcript differed from

the original letter in several respects, including punctuation and the omission of one

duplicate word. A detailed comparison is included in the appendix.77

Committee Conclusions 

The Committee found no credible evidence to support the allegations in the Jane Doe letter. 

Justice Kavanaugh denied engaging in the alleged conduct. The letter is anonymous, and the 

Committee has no way to identify the sender for further investigation. Although Judy MunroLeighton emailed several Senate offices to claim responsibility for the letter, she later admitted 

that she was not the author of it and merely used it as a “ploy” to “get attention” and had never 

met Justice Kavanaugh. 

Ongoing Committee Efforts 

Although the Senate confirmed Justice Kavanaugh on October 6, Committee investigators 

continue to pursue several issues related to the allegations against Justice Kavanaugh. 

Several media outlets have reported that the FBI’s supplemental report indicated that 

Leland Keyser, a friend of Dr. Ford, felt pressure from Dr. Ford’s allies to revisit her initial 

statement to the Committee that she did not know Justice Kavanaugh or have any knowledge of 

the alleged incident.78 According to the news articles, Keyser reported that former FBI employee 

Monica McLean, whom Dr. Ford allegedly coached in a polygraph exam years earlier, and others 

contacted her to suggest she “clarify” her account. Committee investigators continue to pursue 

this lead to determine whether McLean or others tampered with a critical witness. 

Finally, Committee investigators will refer for investigation by the Justice Department and 

FBI any potential violations of federal law, when warranted. These referrals will identify 

individuals who appear to have made materially false statements to the Committee or otherwise 

76 Exhibit 48, Anonymous “Jane Doe” Letter (Sept. 19).

77 Exhibit 49, Email from Judy Munro-Leighton (Oct. 3). 

78 See, e.g., Natalie Andrews, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Sadie Gurman, Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement, Wall 

Street Journal (Oct. 5, 2018), Available at https://www.wsj.com/articles/friend-of-dr-ford-felt-pressure-to-revisit-statement1538715152. 
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obstructed the Committee’s investigation in connection with allegations against Justice 

Kavanaugh. 

As noted in this memorandum, Committee investigators referred for 

investigation on September 29, 2018.79

The Committee also referred Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice 

Department and FBI for investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 (conspiracy), 

1001 (knowingly providing materially false statements), and 1505 (obstruction of a congressional 

investigation) on October 25, 2018.80 In an October 1 interview with MSNBC News,81 Ms. 

Swetnick retracted several egregious allegations from the declaration she submitted to the Senate 

on September 26. Additionally, on October 26, 2018, the Committee made a second criminal 

referral against Michael Avenatti to the Department of Justice and FBI for investigation of 

potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (knowingly providing materially false statements) 

and 1505 (obstruction of a congressional investigation), based upon a NBC story that evidenced 

that Mr. Avenatti may have fabricated allegations by a second declarant.82

 On November 2, 2018, 

the Committee referred Judy Munro-Leighton to the Justice Department for investigation of 

potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (knowingly providing materially false statements) 

and 1505 (obstruction of a congressional investigation).83

As noted in the Committee’s referral of Mr. , Mr. Avenatti, Ms. Swetnick, and Ms. 

Munro-Leighton, making any knowing and materially false statement to Committee investigators 

is a crime.84

 Such conduct wastes Committee time and resources, has the potential to significantly 

interfere with congressional investigations, and greatly hinders the Committee’s ability to assist 

the Senate in performing its constitutional responsibilities. The Committee is ready and willing to 

speak with any individual who comes forward with critical information in good faith. However, 

the Committee will not tolerate efforts to obstruct its work. 

 

 

 

79 Exhibit 50, Referral (Sept. 29).

80 Exhibit 51, Swetnick and Avenatti Referral (Oct. 25).

81 Julie Swetnick Speaks out about Alleged Behavior by Judge Kavanaugh, MSNBC (Oct. 2, 2018), 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/julie-swetnick-speaks-about-alleged-behavior-by-judge-kavanaugh1334265923929?v=raila&. 

82 Exhibit 52, Second Avenatti Referral (Oct. 26).

83 Exhibit 53, Munro-Leighton Referral (Nov. 2).

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Exhibit 2 
Christine Blasey MA, PhD, MS 

Palo Alto, CA 

Education 

Master of Science, Epidemiology, 2009 

Stanford University School of Medicine 

Department of Health Research and Policy 

Specialization: Biostatistics 

GPA 4.0 

Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology, 1996 

University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education (APA-accredited) 

Specialization: Marriage and Family Therapy, Research Design and Statistics 

Dissertation: Psychometric Development of a Measure of Children’s Coping Strategies 

GPA 3.9 

Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, 1994 

University of Hawai’i at Manoa (APA-accredited) 

Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, 1991 

Pepperdine University, 1991 

Dean’s Letter of Commendation

GPA 4.0 

Bachelor of Arts, Experimental Psychology, 1988 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

High School, 1984 

Holton-Arms School 

Bethesda, Maryland 

Current Employment 

Current Professor, PGSP-Stanford University Consortium for Clinical Psychology 

Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Palo Alto 

University 

Director of Student Research Competence. 

Teach Statistics, Research Methods, Psychometrics, Dissertation Preparation Seminar, 

Advanced Statistics and Scientific Writing. 

Mentor students and serve on 10-15 Dissertation Committees per year. Common studentled research areas include Evidence-based treatments for Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, 

Autism Spectrum and other Developmental Disorders, Trauma and other illnesses in 

Veteran populations 

Golden Apple Award, Winner 2012 and 2018 
 

Research Psychologist and Biostatistician, Stanford University School of Medicine 

Department of Psychiatry 

Design studies and conduct statistical analyses supporting faculty research across child 

and adult psychiatry. Statistical expertise in centering, interaction effects, mediation and 

moderation. Studies focus on child and adulthood psychiatric conditions, their etiologies 

and effective treatments. Provide statistical expertise to faculty in other departments 

within the School of Medicine (e.g., cardiology) 

Prior Employment 

2012-4, 2017 Consulting Biostatistician, Titan Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, CA 

Conduct statistical analyses regarding the efficacy of novel treatments for opioid abuse 

disorders. 

2012-4, 2017 Consulting Biostatistician, Brain Resource, Sydney, Australia 

Conduct statistical analyses regarding the putative psychological and biological markers 

of treatment response to ADD and Antidepressant medications. 

 

2010-2012 Director, Corcept Therapeutics

2005-2012 Associate Director, Statistician, Corcept Therapeutics 

Led statistical activities of Phase 3 program for development of new medicines. 

Designed and constructed databases, chose analytic models, wrote statistical 

programs, co-authored Statistical Analysis Plans, co-authored Clinical Study 

reports (CSR), and co-wrote manuscripts for scientific publications. Presented at 

professional meetings including NCDEU and APA. 

1999-current Research Psychologist, Stanford University

Provided data analytic and research design support for faculty and trainees in the 

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Received formal mentoring 

from Helena C. Kraemer. Co-authored manuscripts, presented at professional 

conferences, taught statistics courses for MD and PhD postdocs and research 

fellows, provided training courses in SPSS. Taught statistics courses for 3 years in 

Child Psychiatry postdoctoral fellowship program and in the Stanford-PGSP 

Consortium. 

1999-2001 Biostatistician, The Children’s Health Council

Designed and conducted program evaluations. Provided project management and 

supervised Research Assistants in their research projects. 
1995-98 Visiting Professor, Pepperdine University

Taught full time (10 classes per year) in the undergraduate and graduate 

psychology programs. Courses Taught: Psych 101 (small class and large lecture 

hall), Introductory Statistics, Intermediate Statistics, Computer Applications in 

Statistics, Psychological Testing and Assessment, Developmental Psychology, 

Personality Theory, Family Therapy. Nominee, Tyler Teacher of the Year Award, 

1996. 

 

 

Computer Skills 

SPSS 

QROC (signal detection) 

SAS – Level 4 

Statistical Reviewer 

Multiple psychiatry and statistics journals 

Sample of Awards and Invited Talks 

2018 Invited Statistics Mentor, NIH-American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New 

York 

2017 Invited Statistics Mentor, NIH-American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San 

Diego 

2018 Golden Apple Teaching Award in Statistics, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D Consortium 

2012 Golden Apple Teaching Award in Statistics, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D Consortium 

2014-5 Roundtable Lead Discussant, Statistical Analysis in Industry-FDA Interactions. American 

Statistical Association Annual FDA meeting with Industry and Academic Statisticians. 

Washington, DC 

1997 Ron Tyler Teaching Award Finalist, Pepperdine University 

Book and Book Chapters 

Kraemer HC and Blasey C. (2015) How Many Subjects? Los Angeles: Sage Publications. 

Blasey C, DeBattista C, Belanoff J, Schatzberg A (2010). Psychopharmacology. In Koocher G (Editor), 

Psychologists Desk Reference. 

 
**Sample Peer Reviewed Publications 

Williams N, Heiferts B, Blasey C, Sudheimer K, Schatzberg A. (August, 2018). Opioid Receptor 

Antagonism Attenuates the Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine. American Journal of Psychiatry.

Arnow BA, Blasey CB , Rush AJ. Beyond symptom reduction: Poor Quality of Life, Daily Functioning, 

and Life Satisfaction issues persist (In preparation). 

Avery T, Blasey C, Rosen C, Bayley P. Psychological Flexibility and 

Set-Shifting Among Veterans Participating in a Yoga Program: A Pilot Study. Mil 

Med. 2018 Mar 26. 

Elliott GR, Blasey C, Rekshan W, Rush AJ, Palmer DM, Clarke S, Kohn M, Kaplan 

C, Gordon E. Cognitive Testing to Identify Children With ADHD Who Do and Do Not 

Respond to Methylphenidate. J Atten Disord. 2017 Dec;21(14):1151-1160. 

Cohen JM, Blasey C, Barr Taylor C, Weiss BJ, Newman MG Anxiety and Related Disorders and 

Concealment in Sexual Minority Young Adults. Behav Ther. 2016 Jan;47(1):91-101. 

Korgaonkar MS, Rekshan W, Gordon E, Rush AJ, Williams LM, Blasey C, Grieve SM. Magnetic 

Resonance Imaging Measures of Brain Structure to Predict Antidepressant Treatment Outcome in Major 

Depressive Disorder. 2015 Dec3; 2 (1):37-45. 

Arnow BA, Blasey C, Williams LM, Palmer DM, Rekshan W, Schatzberg AF, Etkin A,Kulkarni J, 

Luther JF, Rush AJ. Depression Subtypes in Predicting Antidepressant Response: A Report From the 

iSPOT-D Trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Aug 1; 172 (8):743-50. 

Abbasi F, Blasey C, Feldman D, Caulfield MP, Hantash FM, Reaven GM. Low circulating 25-

hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with defects in insulin action and insulin secretion in 

persons with prediabetes. J Nutr. 2015 Apr; 145 (4):714-9. 

Rosenthal RN, Ling W, Casadonte P, Vocci F, Bailey GL, Kampman K, Patkar A, Chavoustie S, Blasey 

C, Sigmon S, Beebe KL. Buprenorphine implants for treatment of opioid dependence: randomized 

comparison to placebo and sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone. Addiction. 2013 Dec; 108 (12):2141-9. 

Blasey C, McLain C, Belanoff J. (2013). Trough Plasma Concentrations of Mifepristone Correlate with 

Psychotic Symptom Reductions: A Review of Three Randomized Clinical Trials. Current Psychiatry 

Reviews.

Blasey C, Belanoff J, DeBattista C, Schatzberg A (2013). Adult Psychopharmacology. In Koocher, 

Norcross, Hill (Eds). Psychologist’s Desk Reference. Oxford University Press. 

Steidtmann D, Manber R, Blasey C, Markowitz JC, Klein DN, Rothbaum BO, Thase ME, Kocsis JH, 

Arnow BA. Detecting Critical Decision Points in Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy + Medication for 

Chronic Depression. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2013 Jun 10. 
Arnow BA, Steidtmann D, Blasey C, Manber R, Constantino MJ, Klein DN,Markowitz JC, Rothbaum 

BO, Thase ME, Fisher AJ, Kocsis JH. The relationship between the therapeutic alliance and treatment 

outcome in two distinct psychotherapies for chronic depression. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2013 Aug; 81 

(4):627-38. 

Abbasi F, Blasey C, Reaven GM. Cardiometabolic risk factors and obesity: does it matter whether BMI 

or waist circumference is the index of obesity? Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Sep; 98(3):637-40. 

Bhat SL, Abbasi FA, Blasey C, Reaven GM, Kim SH. Beyond fasting plasma glucose: The association 

between coronary heart disease risk and postprandial glucose, postprandial insulin and insulin resistance 

in healthy, nondiabeticadults. Metabolism. 2013 Sep;62(9):1223-6. 

Bhat S, Abbasi F, Blasey C, Reaven G, Kim Sh. Plasma glucose and insulin responses to mixed meals: 

impaired fasting glucose re-visited. Diab Vasc Dis Res.2011 Oct;8(4):271-5. 

Andrade C, Shaikh SA, Narayan L, Blasey C, Belanoff J. Administration of a selective glucocorticoid 

antagonist attenuates electroconvulsive shock-induced retrograde amnesia. J Neural Transm. 2012 

Mar;119(3):337-44. 

Blasey C, Block T, Belanoff JK, Roe RL. Efficacy and Safety of Mifepristone for the treatment of 

Psychotic Depression. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2011 Aug; 31(4): 436-440. 

Asagami T, Belanoff JK, Azuma J, Blasey C, Tsao P. Selective glucocorticoid receptor (GR-II) 

antagonist reduces body weight gain in mice. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2011. 

Arnow BA, Blasey CM, Hunkeler EM, Lee J, Hayward C. Does Gender Moderate the Relationship 

Between Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Depression? Child Maltreat. 2011 Jul 4. 

Arnow BA, Blasey CM, Constantino MJ, Robinson R, Hunkeler E, Lee J, Fireman B,Khaylis A, Feiner 

L, Hayward C. Catastrophizing, depression and pain-related disability. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011 MarApr; 33 (2):150-6. 

Belanoff JK, Blasey CM, Clark RD, Roe RL. Selective glucocorticoid receptor(type II) antagonists 

prevent weight gain caused by olanzapine in rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2011 Mar 25;655(1-3):117-20. 

Belanoff JK, Blasey CM, Clark RD, Roe RL. Selective glucocorticoid receptor (type II) antagonist 

prevents and reverses olanzapine-induced weight gain. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2010 Jun; 12 (6):545-7. 

Parker KJ, Kenna HA, Zeitzer JM, Keller J, Blasey CM, Amico JA, Schatzberg AF. Preliminary 

evidence that plasma oxytocin levels are elevated in majordepression. Psychiatry Res. 2010 Jul 30;178 

(2):359-62. 

Blasey CM, Debattista C, Roe R, Block T, Belanoff JK. A multisite trial of mifepristone for the 

treatment of psychotic depression: a site-by-treatment interaction. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2009, 

30(4):284-8. 

Gross C, Blasey CM, Roe RL, Belanoff JK. Mifepristone reduces weight gain and improves metabolic 

abnormalities associated with risperidone treatment in normal men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Dec; 

18(12):2295-300. 
Gross C, Blasey C, Allen K, Block T, Belanoff J. Mifepristone treatment of olanzapine-induced weight 

gain in healthy men. Advances in Therapy, 2009 (20)576-586. 

Reaven GM, Lieberman JA, Sethuraman G, Kraemer H, Davis JM, Blasey C, Tsuang MT, Schatzberg 

AF. (2009) In search of moderators and mediators of hyperglycemia with atypical antipsychotic 

treatment.J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Mar 6. 

Arnow BA, Blasey CM, Lee J, Fireman B, Hunkeler EM, Dea R, Robinson R, Hayward C. 

Relationships among depression, chronic pain, chronic disabling pain, and medical costs. Psychiatric 

Services. 2009 Mar; 60(3):344-50. 

Butler LD, Koopman C, Azarow J, Blasey CM, Magdalene JC, DiMiceli S, Seagraves DA, Hastings 

TA, Chen XH, Garlan RW, Kraemer HC, Spiegel D Psychosocial predictors of resilience after the 

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Apr; 197(4):266-73. 

Manber R, Blasey C, Allen JJ Depression symptoms during pregnancy. Archives of Womens Mental 

Health. 2008; 11(1):43-8. 

Butler LD, Waelde LC, Hastings TA, Chen XH, Symons B, Marshall J, Kaufman A, Nagy TF, Blasey 

CM, Seibert EO, Spiegel D. Meditation with yoga, group therapy with hypnosis, and psychoeducation 

for long-term depressed mood: a randomized pilot trial. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2008 Jul; 

64(7):806-20. 

Arnow BA, Blasey C, Manber R, Constantino MJ, Markowitz JC, Klein DN, Thase ME, Kocsis JH, 

Rush AJ. Dropouts versus completers among chronically depressed outpatients. Journal of Affective 

Disorders. 2007 Jan;97(1-3):197-202. 

Classen CC, Kraemer HC, Blasey C, Giese-Davis J, Koopman C, Palesh OG, Atkinson A, Dimiceli S, 

Stonisch-Riggs G, Westendorp J, Morrow GR, Spiegel D. Supportive-expressive group therapy for 

primary breast cancer patients: a randomized prospective multicenter trial. 

Psychooncology. 2008 May;17(5):438-47. 

Arnow B, Blasey C, Manber R, Constantino M, Hayward C. Dropouts Versus Completers Among 

Chronically Depressed Outpatients. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2006. 

Arnow B, Hunkeler, E. Blasey C, Hayward C. Comorbid Depression, Chronic Pain, and Disability in 

Primary Care. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2006, 68:262-268. 

Doumas D, Blasey C, Thacker C. Attrition from Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Treatment: 

Psychological Distress and Interpersonal Problems as Indicators. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2006 

23 (4), 55-67. 

DeBattista C, Belanoff J, Glass S, Khan A, Horne R, Blasey C, Carpenter L, Alva G. Mifepristone 

versus Placebo in the Treatment of Psychosis in Patients with Psychotic Major Depression. Biological 

Psychiatry, 2006. 
Beebe K, Block T, DeBattista C, Blasey C, Belanoff J. The efficacy of mifepristone in the reduction 

and prevention of olanzapine-induced weight gain in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 2006, 171 (2), 

225-9. 

Constantino M, Arnow B, Blasey C, Agras S. The association between patient characteristics and the 

therapeutic alliance in cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy in bulimia. Journal of Consulting 

and Clinical Psychology, 2005; 73(2): 203-211 

Manber R, Blasey C. Arnow B, Markowitz J, Thase M, Rush A, Dowling F, Koscis J, Trivedi M, 

Keller, M. Assessing insomnia severity in depression: comparison of depression rating scales and sleep 

diaries, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2005, 39(5), 481-8. 

Belanoff J, Sund B, Koopman C, Blasey C, Flamm J, Schatzberg A, Spiegel D. A randomized trial of 

the efficacy of group psychotherapy in changing viral load and CD4 counts in individuals living with 

HIV infection. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2005, 35(4), 349-362. 

Lee T, Blasey C, Dyer-Friedman J, Glaser B, Reiss AL, Eliez S. From Research to Practice: Teacher 

and Pediatrician Awareness of Phenotypic Traits in Neurogenetic Syndromes. American Journal of 

Mental Retardation. 2005, 110(2), 100-106. 

Kraemer HC, Blasey CM. Centring in regression analyses: a strategy to prevent errors in statistical 

inference. International Journal Methods Psychiatric Research. 2004, 13(3):141-51. 

Saxena K, Blasey C. Research Methodology in Clinical Trials. In Steiner, H (Ed.) Handbook of mental 

health interventions in children and adolescents: An integrated developmental approach. San Francisco: 

Jossey Bass. 

Fleming S, Blasey C, Schatzberg A. Neuropsychological correlates of psychotic features in major 

depressive disorders: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2004, 38(1), 27-35. 

Manber R, Schnyer RN, Allen JJ, Rush AJ, Blasey CM. Acupuncture: A promising treatment for 

depression during pregnancy. Journal of Affectives Disorders. 2004 Nov 15, 83(1):89-95. 

Arnow BA, Manber R, Blasey C, Klein DN, Blalock JA, Markowitz JC, Rothbaum BO, Rush AJ, Thase 

ME, Riso LP, Vivian D, McCullough JP Jr, Keller MB. Therapeutic reactance as a predictor of outcome 

in the treatment of chronic depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2003 

Dec;71(6):1025-35. 

Jutte D, Burgos A, Mendoza M, Blasey Ford C, Huffman LC. Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist 

in a Low-Income, Mexican American Population Archives Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 

2003;157:1169-1176. 

Piggot J, Kwon H, Mobbs D, Blasey C, Lotspeich L, Menon V, Bookheimer S, Reiss AL. Emotional 

attribution in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder: a functional imaging study. 

Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2004 Apr;43(4):473-80. 

Manber R, Arnow B, Blasey C, and others. Patient's therapeutic skill acquisition and response to 

psychotherapy, alone or in combination with medication. Psychological Medicine. 2003 May;33 

(4):693-702. 
Kesler SR, Adams HF, Blasey CM, Bigler ED. Premorbid intellectual functioning, education, and brain 

size in traumatic brain injury: an investigation of the cognitive reserve hypothesis. Applied 

Neuropsychology. 2003;10(3):153-62 

Shaw RJ, Palmer L, Blasey C, Sarwal M. A typology of non-adherence in pediatric renal transplant 

recipients. Pediatric Transplant. 2003 Dec;7(6):489-93. 

Chang KD, Blasey CM, Ketter TA, Steiner H. Temperament characteristics of child and adolescent 

bipolar offspring. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2003 Oct; 77(1):11-9. 

Kesler SR, Blasey CM, Brown WE, Yankowitz J, Zeng SM, Bender BG, Reiss AL. Effects of Xmonosomy and X-linked imprinting on superior temporal gyrus morphology in Turner syndrome. 

Biological Psychiatry. 2003 Sep 15; 54(6):636-46. 

Chang KD, Dienes K, Blasey C, Adleman N, Ketter T, Steiner H.Divalproex montherapy in the 

treatment of bipolar offspring with mood and behavioral disorders and at least mild affective symptoms. 

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2003, Aug; 64(8):936-42. 

Johnston C, Hessl D, Blasey C, Eliez S, Erba H, Dyer-Friedman J, Glaser B, Reiss AL. Factors 

associated with parenting stress in mothers of children with fragile X syndrome. Journal of 

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2003 Aug; 24(4):267-75. 

Glaser B, Mumme D, Blasey C, Morris M, Dahoun S, Antonarakis S, Reiss A, Eliez S. Language skills 

in children with velocardial facial syndrome (deletion 22q11.2). Journal of Pediatrics. 2002 Jun: 140 

(6), 61-75. 

Adleman N, Menon V, Blasey C, White C, Reiss A. A developmental fMRI Study of the Stroop ColorWord Task. Neuroimage. 2002. Jul: 16 (1): 61-75. 

Eliez, S, Blasey C, White, C, Menon, V, Reiss, A. Functional brain imaging study of mathematical 

reasoning abilities in velocardial facial syndrome (del22q11.2). Genet Med. 2001 Jan-Feb; 3(1):49-55. 

Yang TT, Menon V, Eliez S, Blasey C, Gotlib I, Reiss A. Amygdalar activation associated with 

positive and negative facial expressions. Neuroreport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience 

Research, Vol 13(14), Oct 2002, 1737-1741. 

Marks AS, Nichols M, Blasey C, Huffman, L. Girls with ADHD and associated behavioral problems: 

Patterns of comorbidity. North American Journal of Psychology Vol 4(3), 2002, 321-332. 

Hessl D, Glaser B, Dyer-Friedman J, Blasey C. Cortisol and behavior in fragile X syndrome. 

Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol 27(7), Oct 2002, 855-872. 

Dienes KA, Chang KD, Blasey CM, Steiner H. Characterization of children of bipolar parents by 

parent report CBCL. Journal of Psychiatric Research Vol 36(5), Sep-Oct 2002, 337-346. 

Huffman L, Koopman C, Blasey C, Hill K. A program evaluation strategy in a community-based 

behavioral health and education services agency for children and families. Journal of Applied 

Behavioral Science Vol 38(2), Jun 2002, 191-215. 
Feinstein C, Eliez S, Blasey C, Reiss A. Psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems in children with 

velocardiofacial syndrome: Usefulness as phenotypic indicators of schizophrenic risk. Biological 

Psychiatry Vol 51(4), Feb 2002, 312-318. 

Chang K, Blasey C, Ketter T, Steiner H. Family environment of children and adolescents with bipolar 

parents. Bipolar Disorders Apr 2001, 73-78. 

Eliez S, Blasey C, Chromosome 22q11 deletion and brain structure. British Journal of Psychiatry Vol 

179(3), Sep 2001, 270. 

Eliez S, Blasey C, Freund L, Reiss A. Brain anatomy, gender and IQ in children and adolescents with 

fragile X syndrome. Brain Vol 124(8), Aug 2001, 1610-1618. 

Eliez S, Blasey C, Schmitt E. Velocardiofacial syndrome: Are structural changes in the temporal and 

mesial temporal regions related to schizophrenia? American Journal of Psychiatry Vol 158(3), Mar 

2001, 447-453.cc 

Sample of Professional Presentations (not updated, please refer to peer reviewed publications) 

Arnow, B., Manber, R., & Blasey, C. (2002, November). Does reactance level predict outcome in 

medication, cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy or combined treatment for chronic 

depression? (R. Manber, Chair). Symposium presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association 

for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno. 

Manber, R., Arnow, B., & Blasey, C. (2002, November). Patient’s skill acquisition and response to 

treatment (R. Manber, Chair). Symposium presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Association for 

the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno. 

Hunkeler, E.M., Arnow, B., Robinson, R., Lee, J., Blasey, C., & Fireman, B. Prevalence and 

characteristics of primary care patients with depression and chronic pain. (2002, December). Poster 

presented at the 41st annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, San Juan, 

Puerto Rico. 

Arnow, B.A., Hunkeler, E.M., Blasey, C., Fireman, B., Lee, J., Robinson, R., & Hayward, C. (2003, 

May). Prevalence and characteristics of patients with depression and/or chronic pain (David K. 

Gittelman, Chair). Symposium presented at the 156th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric 

Association, San Francisco. 

Hunkeler, E.M., Arnow, B.A., Lee, J., Blasey, C., Fireman, B., Robinson, R.L., & Dea, R. (2004, May). 

Major depressive disorder and comorbid chronic pain, a costly condition. Poster presented at the 157th 

annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York. 

Blasey, C., Lee, J., Hayward, C., Hunkeler, E., Constantino, M., Fireman, B., Robinson, R., Dea, R., & 

Arnow, B.A. (2004, July). Comorbidity of depression and pain among primary care patients. Paper 

presented at the 112th meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
Arnow, B.A., Treatman, C., & Blasey, C. (2004, November). Noncompleters in clinical trials: 

Implications for research and treatment. Paper presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter 

of the Society of Psychotherapy Research, Springdale, Utah. 

Arnow, B.A., Blasey, C., Manber, R., Markowitz, J.C., Klein, D.N., & Kocsis, J.H. (2010, June). Early 

therapeutic alliance and outcome in CBASP and BSP: Results from the REVAMP Trial. Paper 

presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Asilomar, CA. 

Arnow, B.A., Blasey, C., Steidtmann, D., & Manber, R. (2011, June). Cognitive behavioral analysis 

system of psychotherapy with and without medication for chronic depression: Is there an acute phase 

triage point? Importance of early response for treatment outcome in different mental health care settings 

(Bernd Puschner, Moderator). Symposium presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for 

Psychotherapy Research, Berne, Switzerland. 

Steidtmann, D., Arnow, B., Blasey, C., & Manber, R. (2011, September). Do patient’s pre-treatment 

beliefs about illness causes and preference for treatment modality moderate therapeutic alliance quality 

and treatment outcome in two types of psychotherapy? Paper presented at the North American Society 

for Psychotherapy Research, Banff, Canada. 

Personal Interests and Hobbies 

Surfing, Surf travel (Hawai’i, Costa Rica, South Pacific Islands, French Polynesia), Oceanography, 

Hawai’ian and Tahitian Culture, Spanish Language, College Athletics, AAU Youth Basketball, Palo 

Alto Youth Soccer 

 
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Exhibit 4 
July 30, 2018 

CONFIDENTIAL 

Senator Dianne Feinstein 

Dear Senator Feinstein: 

I am writing with information relevant in evaluating the current nominee to the Supreme Court. 

As a constituent, I expect that you will maintain this as confidential until we have further opportunity to 

speak. 

Brett Kavanaugh physically and sexually assaulted me during High School in the early 1980’s. He 

conducted these acts with the assistance of his close friend, Mark G. Judge. Both were 1-2 years older 

than me and students at a local private school. The assault occurred in a suburban Maryland area home 

at a gathering that included me and 4 others. Kavanaugh physically pushed me into a bedroom as I was 

headed for a bathroom up a short stairwell from the living room. They locked the door and played loud 

music, precluding any successful attempts to yell for help. Kavanaugh was on top of me while laughing 

with Judge, who periodically jumped onto Kavanaugh. They both laughed as Kavanaugh tried to disrobe 

me in their highly inebriated state. With Kavanaugh’s hand over my mouth, I feared he may 

inadvertently kill me. From across the room, a very drunken Judge said mixed words to Kavanaugh 

ranging from “go for it” to “stop”. At one point when Judge jumped onto the bed, the weight on me was 

substantial. The pile toppled, and the two scrapped with each other. After a few attempts to get away, I 

was able to take this opportune moment to get up and run across to a hallway bathroom. I locked the 

bathroom door behind me. Both loudly stumbled down the stairwell, at which point other persons at 

the house were talking with them. I exited the bathroom, ran outside of the house and went home. 

I have not knowingly seen Kavanaugh since the assault. I did see Mark Judge once at the 

Potomac Village Safeway, where he was extremely uncomfortable seeing me. 

I have received medical treatment regarding the assault. On July 6, I notified my local 

government representative to ask them how to proceed with sharing this information. It is upsetting to 

discuss sexual assault and its repercussions, yet I felt guilty and compelled as a citizen about the idea of 

not saying anything. 

 I am available to speak further should you wish to discuss. I am currently vacationing in the midAtlantic until August 7th and will be in California after August 10th. 

In Confidence, 

Christine Blasey 

Palo Alto, California 
Exhibit 5 
A KATZ, MARSHALL & BANKS, LLP 

By Electronic Mail 

September 18, 2018 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Senator Grassley: 

Thank you for reaching out yesterday afternoon. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford looks forward 

to working with you and the Committee. 

As you know, earlier this summer, Dr. Ford sought to tell her story, in confidence, so that 

lawmakers would have a fuller understanding of Brett Kavanaugh 's character and history. Only 

after the details of her experience were leaked did Dr. Ford make the reluctant decision to come 

forward publicly. 

In the 36 hours since her name became public, Dr. Ford has received a stunning amount of 

support from her community and from fellow citizens across our country. At the same time, 

however, her worst fears have materialized. She has been the target of vicious harassment and 

even death threats. As a result of these kind of threats, her family was forced to relocate out of 

their home. Her email has been hacked, and she has been impersonated online. 

While Dr. Ford's life was being turned upside down, you and your staff scheduled a public 

hearing for her to testify at the same table as Judge Kavanaugh in front of two dozen U.S. Senators 

on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident. The hearing was scheduled 

for six sho11 days from today and would include interrogation by Senators who appear to have 

made up their minds that she is "mistaken" and "mixed up." While no sexual assault survivor 

should be subjected to such an ordeal, Dr. Ford wants to cooperate with the Committee and with 

law enforcement officials. 

As the Judiciary Committee has recognized and done before, an FBI investigation of the 

incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations. A full investigation by law 

enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in 

a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or 

making any decisions. 

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A KATZ, MARSHALL & BANKS, LLP 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary 

September 18, 2018 

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We would welcome the opportunity to talk with you and Ranking Member Feinstein to 

discuss reasonable steps as to how Dr. Ford can cooperate while also taking care of her own health 

and secmity. 

Sincerely, 

Lisa J. Banks 

Attorneys for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford 

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary 
September 22, 2018

Dear Senator Grassley:

There has been a lot of back and forth between your staff and my counsel, and I 

appreciate the chance to communicate with you directly. I kindly ask you to use your best 

discretion regarding this personal letter.

When I first learned that Brett Kavanaugh was on the short-list of nominees to fill a 

Supreme Court vacancy, prior to the President’s selection among a list of what seemed to me as 

similarly-qualified candidates, I contacted my Congressperson’s office in an attempt to provide 

information that could be useful to you and the President when making the selection from among 

a list of candidates. The decision to first report the assault to my Congresswoman, Rep. Anna 

Eshoo, was a very difficult one, but I felt that this was something that a citizen couldn’t NOT do.

I felt agony yet urgency and a civic duty to let it be known, in a confidential manner, prior to the 

nominee being selected. While it was difficult, I was able to share my information with two 

contacts during the period between the short list announcement and Mr. Kavanaugh’s selection.

Mr. Kavanaugh’s actions, while many years ago, were serious and have had a lasting 

impact on my life. I thought that knowledge of his actions could be useful for you and those in 

charge of choosing among the various candidates. My original intent was first and foremost to 

be a helpful citizen – in a confidential way that would minimize collateral damage to all families 

and friends involved.

I then took the step of sending a confidential letter to one of my Senators, Ranking 

Member Feinstein, and I understand that you have a copy of that letter. I am certainly prepared to 

repeat the facts in the letter and to provide further facts under oath at a hearing. I would 

welcome the opportunity to meet with you and other Senators directly, person to person, to tell 

you what occurred. I will answer any questions you have. I hope that we can find such a setting 

and that you will understand that I have one motivation in coming forward – to tell the truth 

about what Mr. Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge did to me. My sincere desire is to be 

helpful to persons making the decision. 

In addition to talking with you and other Senators directly, I have asked my lawyers to 

continue discussions with your staff about the conditions you have proposed. As I am not a 

lawyer or a Senator, I am relying on them and you to ensure that the Committee will agree to 

conditions that will allow me to testify in a fair setting that won’t disrupt families and become a 

media TV show. While the nationwide outpouring of love has been heartwarming, I am spending 

considerable time managing death threats, avoiding people following me on freeways, and 

disconcerting media intrusion, including swarms of vans at my home and unauthorized persons 

entering my classroom and medical settings where I work. I have received an inordinate number 

of requests to appear on major TV shows to elucidate further information, to which I have not 

responded. My goal is to return soon to my workplace, once it is deemed safe for me and 

importantly, for students. Currently, my family has physically relocated and have divided up 

separately on many nights with the tremendous help of friends in the broader community. 

Through gracious persons here and across the country, we have been able to afford hiring 

security. While I am frightened, please know, my fear will not hold me back from testifying and 
you will be provided with answers to all of your questions. I ask for fair and respectful 

treatment. 

Kind regards,

Christine Blasey
Exhibit 6 
DECLARATION OF RUSSELL FORD 

I, Russell Ford, hereby state that I am over eighteen (18) years of age, am competent to 

testify, and have personal knowledge of the following facts: 

1. I have a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in mechanical 

engineering from Stanford University. 

2. I have been married to Christine Blasey Ford since June 2002. We have two children. 

3. The first time I learned that Christine had any experience with sexual assault was around 

the time we got married, although she did not provide any details. 

4. Christine shared the details of the sexual assault during a couple's therapy session in 

2012. She said that in high school she had been trapped in a room and physically restrained by 

one boy who was molesting her while another boy watched. She said she was eventually able to 

escape before she was raped, but that the experience was very traumatic because she felt like she 

had no control and was physically dominated. 

5. I remember her saying that the 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. 

6. In the years following the therapy session, we spoke a number of times about how the 

assault affected her. 

7. The next time she mentioned that Mr. Kavanaugh was the person who sexually assaulted 

her was when President Trump was in the process of selecting his first nominee for the Supreme 

Court. Before the President had announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch was the nominee, I 

remember Christine saying she was afraid the President might nominate Mr. Kavanaugh. 
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8. These conversations about Mr. Kavanaugh started again shortly after Justice Anthony 

Kennedy announced his resignation and the media began reporting that Mr. Kavanaugh was on 

the President's "short list." 

9. Christine was very conflicted about whether she should speak publicly about what Mr. 

Kavanaugh had done to her, as she knew it would be emotionally trying for her to relive this 

traumatic experience in her life and hard on our family to deal with the inevitable public 

reaction. However, in the end she believed her civic duty required her to speak out. 

I 0. 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. 

I solemnly swear or affirm under the penalties of perjury that the matters set forth in this 

Declaration are true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge, information, and belief. 

Executed on this.?-.5'~ay of 5'e/J /e.f)t.l, 2018. - I 
Exhibit 7 
DECLARATION OF KEITH KOEGLER 

I, Keith Koegler, hereby state that I am over eighteen (18) years of age, am competent to 

testify, and have personal knowledge of the following facts: 

1. I graduated from Amherst College in 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in History. I earned 

my Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 1997. 

2. l have known Christine Blasey Ford and her husband, Russell Ford, for more than live 

years, and consider them close friends. 

3. We met when Twas coaching their son's baseball team. Our children are close friends 

and have played sports together for years. I have spent a lot of time with Christine and her 

husband traveling to and attending our kids" games. Our families have also gone on vacation 

together. 

4. The first lime I learned that Christine had experienced sexual assault was in early summer 

of 2016. We were standing together in a public place watching our children play together. 

5. I remember the timing or the conversation because it was shortly after Stanford 

University student Brock Turner was sentenced for felony sexual assault after raping an 

unconscious woman on Stanford's campus. There was a common public perception that the 

judge gave Mr. Turner too light of a sentence. 

6. Christine expressed anger at Mr. Turner"s lenient sentence. stating that she was 

particularly bothered by it because she was assaulted in high school by a man who was now a 

federal judge in Washington, D.C. 

7. Christine did not mention the assault to me again until June 29. 2018, two days after 

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his resignation from the Supreme Cow·t of the United 

States. 
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8. On June 29, 2018, she wrote me an email in which she stated that the person who 

assaulted her in high school was the President's ··favorite for SCOTUS." 

9. On June 29, 2018, I responded with an email in which I stated: 

··J remember you telling me about him. but I don't remember his name. Do you mind 

telling me so I can read about him?'" 

I 0. Christine responded by email and stated: 

''Brett Kavanaugh'' 

11. In all of my dealings with Clu·istine I have known her to be a serious and honorable 

person. 

J solemnly swear or affinn under the penalties of perjury that the matters set forth in this 

Declaration are true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge, information. and belief. 

S'cr\e~'ce.< Executed on thi y o . 2018. 
Exhibit 8 
DECLARATION OF ADELA GILDO-MAZZON 

I, Adela Gildo-Mazzon, hereby state that I am over eighteen (18) years of age, am 

competent to testify, and have personal knowledge of the following facts: 

1. I have known Christine Blasey Ford for over IO years and consider her to be a good 

friend. Our children attended elementary school together. 

2. In June of 2013, Christine and I met at a restaurant that was then called Pizzeria Venti 

Mountain View, located at 1390 Pear Avenue, Mountain View, California. 

3. I remembered the year of the meeting because I was temporarily working in the South 

Bay at that time. I would pass Mountain View on my way home, so that restaurant was a 

convenient place to arrange a meeting. I believe this was the only time I ever went to this 

restaurant. I also have a receipt from the restaurant from that meal. 

4. During our meal, Christine was visibly upset, so I asked her what was going on. 

5. Christine told me she had been having a hard day because she was thinking about an 

assault she experienced when she was much younger. She said that she had been almost raped 

by someone who was now a federal judge. She told me she had been trapped in a room with two 

drunken guys, and that she then escaped, ran away, and hid. 

6. Christine said it was a scary situation and that it has impacted her life ever since. 

7. The last time I saw Christine was in May 2018. 

8. After reading her first person account of the assault in The Washington Post on 

September 16, 2018, I contacted Christine's lawyers to advise them that she had told me about 

this assault in 2013. 
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I solerrmly swear or affirm under the penalties of perjury that the matters set forth in this 

Declaration are true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge, information, and belief. 

Executed on this 1![day of Sep:r ,nW, 2018. 

rff/lhJI~ 

Adela Gildo-Mazzon 
Exhibit 9 
DECLARATION OF REBECCA WBl"l'E 

I, Rebocca Whi1e1 hereby stale llw I am ever eighteeu (18) years of age~ am ~ m 

testily, and have personal knowledge of th.e foUnwi:n8 facts: 

t. I :have been fri.erub with Christinl Bl~y Ford fur more lhllll sbc years. We are neigbbors 

speak with her, and she 1ofd me she bad Kad a recent social media pmt I had written .aooul my 

3. She 'Ihm toJd me that when she was a young tce11t she had been ~ assaulted by an 

·Older b:Clil. J mmmnber her Sllying that ha' assailam was now a federal.judge. 

4. J have always known Ohristine ·to be a ll:ustwoctby and hem.at person. 

l solcm_nb' sv..·cm or affirm under 1hc penalties of pcrjucy that 1he matte:rs set form in 1his 

Declamtinm me true and eorrecl to the best of my pamonal. larowledge-. lmonnatioDt and belief. 

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Exhibit 10 
~ KATZ, MARSHALL & BANKS, LLP 

Debra S. Katz::, Partner 

Lisa J. Banks, Partner 

Mike Davis, Esquire 

Chief Counsel for Nominations 

By Electronic Mail 

September 26, 2018 

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 205 10 

Dear Mr. Davis: 

Attached please find additional materials responsive to the requests for documents 

contained in Senator Grassley's letter dated September 23, 2018. We reserve the right to provide 

supplemental documents as necessary. 

We will not produce copies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's medical records. These 

records contain private, highly sensitive information that is not necessary for the Committee to 

assess the credibility of her testimony. Our client has already been forced to compromise her 

privacy and safety in order to provide the Committee with important information about the 

nominee's past conduct, and she will be available to answer any questions the Committee may 

have when she testifies tomorrow. Any request that she expose her private medical records for 

public inspection represents an unacceptable invasion of privacy to which no reasonable person 

would consent. Under no circumstances will we grant any such request. 

Sincerely, 

»_/q 

Debra S. Katz 

Lisa J. Banks 

Attorneys for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford 

Encl. 

cc: Heather Sawyer, Esquire 

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POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION REPORT 

Date of Report 

08/ 10/20 18 

Location of Examination 

Date of Examination 

08/07/20 18 

Hilton Hotel, 1739 West Nursery Road. Li nthicum Heights, MD 2 1090 

Examinee's Name 

Christine Blascy 

Synopsis 

On August 7, 20 18, Christine Blasey reported to the Hilton Hotel. 1739 West Nursery Road. 

Linthicum Heights, MD 21090, for th e purpose of w1dergoing a polygraph examination. The 

examination was to address whether Bia cy was physically as aulted by Brett Kavanaugh while 

attending a sma ll party in Montgomery County. MD. This assault occurred in the I 980's when 

Blasey wa a high school student at the Holton-Anns School. Accompanying Blascy was 

Attorney Lisa Banks of the firm Katz, Marshall & Banks. After introductions were made, this 

examiner left the room so Blasey and Attorney Banks could discuss this matter. During this 

discussion, Blascy provided a written statement to Banks detailing the events that occurred on 

the evening of the as ·ault. The statement was provided to this examiner when he returned. 

Blasey stated that the statement was true and correct and signed it iu the presence of this 

examiner and Banks attesting to it accuracy. A copy of this statement is attached to this report. 

After a brief discussion, Banks departed. 

Blasey was then interviewed in an effort to fommlate the relevant questions. During this 

in terview, Blasey described the events that occurred on the night of the assault. She stated she 

attended a small party at a house where the parents were not home. Those attending the party 

were drinking beer. Blasey stated that Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark, became extremely 

intoxicated. Blasey stated that she had met Kavanaugh before at previous partie and she briefl y 

dated one of his fri ends. She stated that Kavanaugh attended Georgetown Preparatory School and 

she previously attended parties hosted by students of this school. Blasey remembers another male 

at this party, PJ, who she described as a very nice person. At some point in the evening, Blasey 

went upstairs to use the restroom. When she got upstairs, she was pushed into a bedroom by 
Examinee's Name: Blasey. Christine 

Dnt (': 08/1 0/2018 

either Kavanaugh or his friend, Mark. The bedroom was located across from the bathroom. She 

was pushed onto a bed and Kavanagh got on top of her and attempted to take her clothes off. She 

stated she expected Kavanaugh was going to rape her. Blasey tried to yell for help and 

Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth. Blasey thought if PJ heard her ye lling he may come and 

help her. Blasey stated that when Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth that this act was the 

most terrifying for her. She also stated that this act caused the most consequences for her later in 

life. Blasey stated that Kavanaugh and Mark were laughjng a lot during this assault and seemed 

to be having a good time. Kavanaugh was having a hard time trying to remove Blasey's clothes 

because she was wearing a bathing suit underneath them. She stated Mark was laughing and 

coaxing Kavanaugh on. Blasey recalls making eye contact with Mark and thinking he may help 

Iler. Mark continued to encourage Kavanaugh. On a couple of occasions, Mark would come over 

and jump on the bed. The last time he did this. all three became separated and Blasey was able to 

get free and rw1 to the bathroom. She stated she locked herself in the bathroom until she heard 

Kavanaugh and Mark go dowustairs. 

Following this interview, Blasey was given a polygraph examination consisting of the following 

relevant questions: 

Series r 

A. Is any part of your statement false? Answer: No 

B. Did you make up any part of your statement? Answer: No 

Four polygraph charts (which included an acquaintance or ·'stim" chart) were collected using a 

Dell Tnspiron 15 notebook computer and Lafayette LX4000 software. This software obtained 

tracings representing thoracic and abdominal respiration, galvanic skin response, and cardiac 

activity. All of these physiological tracings were stored in the computer along with the time that 

the questions were asked as well as text of each question. 

The format of the test was the two question Federal You Pbase Zone Comparison Test (ZCT). As 

part of a 20 I I meta-analysis study done by the American Polygraph Association (APA), the ZCT 

is one of the polygraph examinations considered valid based upon defined research protocol. As 

part of the validation process, the APA chose techniques tbar were reported in the Meta 22 

Analytic Survey of Validated Techniques (2011) as having two, independent studies that 

describe the criterion validity and reliability. The ZCT includes relevant questions addressing the 

issues to be resolved by the examination, coinparison questions to be used in analysis, 

symptomatic questions. and neutral or irrelevant questions. All questions were reviewed with 

Blasey prior to the test. The charts collected were subjected to a numerical evaluation that scored 

the relative strength of physiological reactions to relevant questions with those of the comparison 

questions. An analysis was conducted using a three (3) point scale (-1 , 0, + l ). If reactions were 

deemed to be greater at the relevant questions, then a negative score was assigned. Jf responses 

were deemed to be greater at the comparison questions. then a positive score was assigned. A 

decision of deceptive is rendered if any individual question score is -3 or less or the grand total 

of both questions is -4 or less. A decision of non-deceptive is rendered if the grand total of both 

questions is +4 or more with a + I or more at each question. 

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Examinee's Name: Blascy. Christine 

Date: 08/ 10/2018 

Blasey' s scores utilizing the three (3) point scale are +4 at Question A and +5 at Question B with 

a total score of +9. Based upon this analysis, it is the professional opinion of this examiner that 

Blasey's responses to the above relevant questions are Not Indicative of Deception. 

A second analysis was conducted utilizing a scoring algorithm developed by Raymond Nelson, 

Mark Handler and Donald Krapohl (Objective Scoring System Version 3) which concluded "No 

Significant Reactions- Probability these results were produced by a deceptive person is 

.002." Truthful results, reported as "No Significant Reactions,'' occur when the observed p-value 

indicates a statistically significant difference between the observed numerical score and that 

expected from deceptive test subjects, using normative data obtained through bootstrap training 

with the confirmed single issue examinations from the development sample. Truthful results 

can only occur when the probability of deception Is less than .050. 

Deceptive results, in which an observed p-value indicates a statistically significant difference 

between the observed numerical score and that expected from truthful persons, and are reported 

as "Significant Reactions." 

When the observed p-value fails to meet decision alpha thresholds for truthful or deceptive 

classification the test result will be reported as " Inconclusive." No opinion can be rendered 

regarding those results. 

A third analysis was conducted utilizing a scoring algorithm developed by the Johns Hopkins 

Unjversity Applied Physics Laboratory (PolyScore Version 7.0) which concluded "No 

Deception Indicated-Probability of Deception is Less Than .02." 

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Exhibit 13 
September 18, 2018 

VIA E-MAIL 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 2051 O 

~ COZEN 

\._ ) O'CONNOR 

Barbara "Biz" Van Gelder 

Direct Phone 202-463-2516 

Direct fax 202-640-5525 

bvangelder@cozen.com 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Re: Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

I represent Mark Judge. Mr. Judge asked me to convey the following statement: 

"I did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be 

involved. The only reason I am involved is because Dr. Christine Blasey 

Ford remembers me as the other person in the room during the alleged 

assault. 

In fact, I have no memory of this alleged incident. Brett Kavanaugh and I 

were friends in high school but I do not recall the party described in Dr. 

Ford's letter. More to the point, I never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. 

Ford describes. 

I have no more information to offer the Committee and I do not wish to 

speak publicly regarding the incidents described in Dr. Ford's letter." 

Sincerely yours, 

COZEN O'CONNOR 

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Barbara Van Ge der 

Counsel for Mark Judge 

1200 19th Street, NW Wa$hington, DC 20036 

202.912.4800 800.540.1355 202.861 .1905 Fax cozen.com 
Exhibit 14 
KAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLP 

Direct Dial: 212-763-0884 

Direct Email: rkaplan@kaplanhecker.com 

Honorable Diane Feinstein 

Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington D.C. 20510-6275 

Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington D.C. 20510-6275 

Re: Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh 

Dear Senators Feinstein and Grassley: 

350 Fifth Avenue 

Suite 7110 

New York, NY 10118 

(212) 763-0883 

www.kaplanhecker.com 

September 27, 2018 

As a follow up to my letter of yesterday's date, we enclose an affidavit from Ms. Rasor 

executed yesterday evening. 

Very truly yours, 

Roberta A. Kaplan 
AFFIDAVIT OF ELIZABETH RASOR 

I, Elizabeth Rasor, being duly sworn, hereby depose and say: 

1. I make this affidavit based on my personal knowledge. 

2. I have a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Catholic University and a 

master's degree in Special Education from Teacher's College at Columbia University. 

3. I first met Mark Judge in or around the fall of 1986 while we were both students 

at Catholic University. 

4. We engaged in a serious, romantic relationship for approximately two years 

beginning in 1986 through 1988. We dated exclusively during much of that time period and 

attempted to reunite several times in the months afterwards until I moved to New York from 

Washington, D.C. in 1989. 

5. While we were dating, I spent time with Mark's friends from Georgetown Prep 

and attended a couple of social gatherings at which they were present. 

6. I met Brett Kavanaugh at a couple of social gatherings on or around 1987. 

7. Brett continued to socialize with Mark and their friends from Georgetown Prep 

during this time. 

8. At the parties that Brett and Mark attended during this peri~ there was frequent 

and wide-spread alcohol consumption. 

9. In or around 1988, in the context of a conversation we had about how we lost our 

virginities, Mark told me, in a voice that seemed to convey a degree of shame~ about an incident 

that had occurred a few years prior, where he and several other boys from Georgetown Prep took 

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turns having sex with a woman who was drunk. It was Mark's perception that the sexual activity 

was consensual. 

10. To the best of my recollection, at the time of the conversation, I, and I believe 

Mark. were sober. 

t I. After this initial conversation, Mark and I never discussed this again. 

12. Mark did not share with me any names of other individuals involved in this 

incident, and I do not have any information to suggest, one way or another, that Brett was one of 

them. 

13. Mark and I broke up towards the end of 1988. 

14. I last spoke with Mark in or around 2013. We met for lunch at Georgetown 

University to catch up, and I brought my son. 

I solemnly swear or affirm under the penalties of perjury that the matters set forth in this Affidavit 

are true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge, information, and belief. 

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Eliz.abeth Rasor 

Sag Harbor, New York 

September~ 2018 

Sworn to before me this ~day of ~ ptern~( , 2018 

Notary public 

LINDSEY BECKELMAN 

Notary Public, State of New Yor1c . No. 01 BE632Ba83 

,,. . . ew Otk County -0,.,m,~on Expires Aug. 10, 2019 

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Exhibit 15 
I, am a current resident o~ California. 

I first met Christine Blasey (now Dr. Christine Blasey Ford) in 1989 or 1990 in California. From 

1990-91, I was just friends with Ford. From approximately 1992 to 1998, I was in a relationship 

with Dr. Ford. I found her truthful and maintain no animus towards her. 

During our time dating, Dr. Ford never brought up anything regarding her experience as a victim 

of sexual assault, harassment, or misconduct. Dr. Ford never mentioned Brett Kavanaugh. 

During some of the time we were dating, Dr. Ford lived with Monica L. McLean, who I 

understood to be her life-long best friend. During that time, it was my understanding that 

McLean was interviewing for jobs with the FBI and the US Attorney's Office. I witnessed Dr. 

Ford help McLean prepare for a potential polygraph exam. Dr. Ford explained in detail what to 

expect, how polygraphs worked and helped McLean become familiar and less nervous about the 

exam. Dr. Ford was able to help because of her background in psychology. 

Dr. Ford and I lived together while we were dating and stayed together in a long-distance 

relationship when Dr. Ford moved to Hawaii sometime around 1998, although I am not sure of 

the particular year and it might have been a bit earlier or later. 

While visiting Ford in Hawaii, we traveled around the Hawaiian islands including one time on a 

propeller plane. Dr. Ford never indicated a fear of flying. To the best of my recollection Dr. Ford 

never expressed a fear of closed quarters, tight spaces, or places with only one exit. I assisted Dr. 

Ford with finding a place to live i~CA. She ended up living in a very small, 500 sq. ft. 

house with one door. 

Despite trying to maintain a long distance relationship, 1 ended the relationship once I discovered 

that Dr. Ford was unfaithful while living in Hawaii. After the break up, I took her off the credit 

card we shared. But nearly 1 year later, I noticed Dr. Ford had been charging the card, and 

charged about $600 worth of merchandise. When confronted, Dr. Ford said she did not use the 

card, but later admitted to the use after I threatened to involve fraud prevention. 

I didn't speak again to Ford until about 2002 when Ford contacted me briefly. After that T hadn't 

thought much about her until I saw her story in the Washington Post on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. 

I do not want to become involved in this process or current investigation, but wanted to be 

truthful about what I know. 

Signed, 

10/2/2018 I 8:01 POT 
Exhibit 16 
SJ tement of Donald Urgo, Jr. 

I 

1. I am over 18 years of age. J make this declaration from my own personal knowledge. If 

called upon as a witness, I ould competently testify to the facts below. 

2. I have known Brett since 14th grade. He is an honorable man with a strong character. 

3. I was Brett Kavanaugh's cl smate at Georgetown Preparatory School from 1979 to 

1983. I appear in, and am ~amiliar with, the Georgetown Preparatory School yearbook 

issued in 1983. 

4. I have reviewed Brett's testimony about the meaning of certain terms used in that 

yearbook: "boofed," "Devtl's Triangle," and "Renate Alumnius." Brett's testimony 

about the meaning of each ~ nn is entirely correct and consistent with my independent 

understanding. 

5. I attended a significant amount of high school parties with Brett. I never saw Brett 

engage in any behavior lik that described by Dr. Ford, Ms. Swetnick, or Ms. Ramirez. 

6. I attended Georgetown Prep's beach week in Ocean City, Maryland, at least two times 

with Brett. I never saw anything like the behavior described by Ms. Swetnick. 

7. I never saw Brett pass out pr drink so much that he would black out. 

8. Brett had a weak stomach jd would throw up after consuming quantities of alcohol that 

the rest of us had no probl~ms keeping down. 

9. I never saw Brett engage j any sexual misconduct of any kind, nor did I ever hear of any 

allegations, prior to the news stories, suggesting that Brett engaged in any sexual 

misconduct of any kind , high school or any time thereafter. 

10. I have known Brett to have a number of good friends that were women and he has always 

been respectful to them. 
11. I have no recollection of Dr Ford or Ms. Swetnick attending any high school party that I 

was present at. 

12. I understand that I have ma e this statement under penalty of felony. 
Exhibit 17 
KOBRE & KIM LLP 

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WASHINGTON , DC 20036 

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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED 

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

September 18, 2018 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Bldg. 

Washington, DC 20510 

Re: Confirmation Hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

I have been retained to represent Patrick J. Smyth in connection with the above-referenced 

confirmation hearings. In an effort to help resolve the allegations by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford that 

are before the Judiciary Committee while balancing Mr. Smyth's own right to privacy, we 

respectfully offer the Committee the following statement that has been closely reviewed and 

approved by Mr. Smyth: 

"I understand that I have been identified by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as the person 

she remembers as 'PJ' who supposedly was present at the party she described in 

her statements to the Washington Post. I am issuing this statement today to make it 

clear to all involved that 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. Personally speaking, I have known Brett Kavanaugh since high school 

and I know him to be a person of great integrity, a great friend, and I have never 

witnessed any improper conduct by Brett Kavanaugh towards women. To 

safeguard my own privacy and anonymity, I respectfully request that the 

Committee accept this statement in response to any inquiry the Committee may 

have." 

BVI 
The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

September 18, 2018 

Page 2 

I trust this information will be helpful to the Judiciary Committee's efforts in connection 

with Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings. z;;ub~ 

Eric B. Bruce 

Kobre & Kim LLP 
Exhibit 18 
From: Howard Walsh 

To: 

SUbject: Ms. Leland Leland InghamKeyser :········ 

Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:37:21 PM 

Dear Ms.- : 

Ms. Leland Keyser has engaged me in the limited capacity to address your request for infotmation 

in the email below. Simply put, 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, or without, Dr. 

Ford. 

Ms. Keyser hopes this information is helpful to your investigation I am avaiable for any fin1her 

questions you may have. 

Sincerely, 

Howard J. Walsh III, Esq. 

J3egin foiwarded message: 

Subject: Request from the Senate Judiciary Committee 

Hello Ms. Keyser, 

My name is and I serve as Senior Com1sel for the Senate Judiciary 

Committee for Chainnan Grassley. I understand that you have been identified as 

an individual who was in attendance at a party that occurred circa 1982 

described in a recent Washington Post article 

(https://www.washingtonpost.comjinvestigations/california-professor-writerof-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-ofsexual-assault/2018/09 /16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb3bd52dfe917b story.html?utm term=.Od3d10f61a34). 

Pursuant to our Committee's investigative practices, we would like to have a 
confidential phone call with you regarding the allegations made in the article

about Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The Majority and Minority staffs typically

participate in these calls. Please let us know if you are available this afternoon or

tomorrow for a phone call. Happy to chat over email or the phone if you have

any questions about logistics or process.

Thanks much,

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Senior Nominations Counsel

UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building | Washington, DC 20510

NOTICES: This message, including attachments, is confidential and may contain information

protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. If you are not the addressee,

any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message are prohibited. If you

have received this email in error, please destroy it and notify me immediately.
Cc: Leland Keyser 

Subject: Leland Keyser 

Dear-, 

Ms. Keyser asked that I communicate to the Committee her willingness to cooperate fully with 

the FBI's supplemental investigation of Dr. Christine Ford's allegations against Judge Brett 

Kavanaugh. 

However, as my client has ah eady made clear, she does not know Judge Kavanaugh and has no 

recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. 

Ford. 

Notably, Ms. Keyser does not refute Dr. Ford's account, and she has ah-eady told the press that 

she believes Dr. Ford's account. However, the simple and unchangeable tmth is that she is 

unable to con oborate it because she has no recollection of the incident in question. 

Nonetheless, she looks fo1ward to being of any assistance she can . 

Sincerely, 

Howard J. Walsh III, Esq. 

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protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. If you are not the addressee, 

any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message are prohibited. If you 

have received this email in enor, please destroy it and notify me immediately. 
Exhibit 19 
October I , 2018 

Michael C. Fegan 

Chairman Grassley 

Senate Judiciary Committee 

Room SD-224 

Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley, 

I am writing to you regarding the character of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Brett and l attended 

Georgetown Prep High School together from 1979 to i 983. We were clas·smates, teammates and friends. 

attended most of the same social events that Brett attended in high school. and many after high school as well. 

I also attended "Beach Week'' with him in June 1982. I have never seen Brett out of control from drinking 

alcohol. I have never seen Brett out of control in any situation, whether it be in the classroom, on the football 

field, on the basketball court or in any social setting. 

Regarding the allegation by Christine Blasey Ford, I never heard of such a gathering. We were a tight 

knit group, and I believe that if anything happened like Professor Ford described, l would have known about it. 

I never met Christine Blasey, and had never heard her name until mid-September 2018. 

I cannot speak for the allegation from the Yale student, Deborah Ramirez, because I did not attend 

Yale. I can tell you that what Ms. Ramirez described would be completely out of character of the man I have 

known for almost 40 years. 

As to the allegation made by Julie Swetnick, I have never heard of Ms. Swetnick. My understanding 

is that she graduated from Gaithersburg High School three years before we graduated from Georgetown Prep. 

During my high school years, I did not know any girls from Gaitherburg High School. We did not socialize 

with girls from Gaithersburg High School. We did not have any kind of punch drinks, hard liquor or drugs at 

our parties. I never witnessed any kind of sexual situation at any of our parties. If there was any kind of mistreatment of girls at any of our parties, I assure you that my friends and I, including Brett Kavanaugh, would 

have put a stop to it immediately and would have reported it to the Montgomery County, MD Police 

Department. 

I know that last week was tough on you, as it was for many people throughout our country, and I 

appreciate the way that you have conducted the confirmation hearings. I urge all senators to vote to confirm 

Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is one of the most ethical and moral men I know, and has been for the almost 40 

years that I have known him. 

I appreciate your time in this matter and for your service to our country. 
Exhibit 20 
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DECLARATION OF PAUL RENDON 

Paul Rendon declares as follows: 

1. I am a resident of the state of California. 

2. I make this Declaration upon personal knowledge and under penalty of perjury. 

3. I was a classmate of Brett Kavanaugh for all four years at Georgetown Preparatory 

School, from 1979-1983. 

4. I was in the class of 1983, which had about 96 students as I recall today. 

5. I lived in Washington, D.C., and took a bus to the school. 

6. I was on an academic scholarship. 

7. I was unaware of any other student there that was of humble means. 

8. All of my friends and all the other students at the school, as far as I knew, were from 

much wealthier families. 

9. The students were divided into different social groups. 

10. Brett Kavanaugh hung out with the jocks in the school, who were on the football team. 

11. There was a group of students that were routinely picked on by Brett Kavanaugh’s group 

of friends, and were tormented, teased and ridiculed, and pushed and shoved into lockers 

or into closets. 

12. I never witnessed Brett Kavanaugh physically attack a student, but there were many times 

I witnessed one of Brett Kavanaugh’s larger friends physically attack a student, and saw 

Brett Kavanaugh witness the attack and laugh about it. 

13. Brett Kavanaugh would also laugh when his friends teased and ridiculed other students. 

14. To my knowledge, the kids that were picked on never reported it, presumably out of fear 

of retaliation. 

15. Brett Kavanaugh never did anything to stop this physical and verbal abuse, but stood by 

and laughed at the victims. 

16. My group of friends were in between the students that got picked on and the football 

players that picked on the students. 

17. Brett Kavanaugh was close friends with Mark Judge. 

18. I can recall the names of the other people in his group of friends and can provide those to 

the Senators if they want them. 

19. Mark Judge was the class clown. 

20. Brett Kavanaugh would always laugh the loudest when it was in response to Mark 

Judge’s jokes and antics. 

21. Underage drinking was part of the subculture of the football team group and not the 

culture of the whole school. 

22. The football team players, including Brett Kavanaugh, during their junior and senior 

years would routinely brag about how many kegs that they drank over the weekend. 

23. I would witness them bragging on Mondays about how many kegs they consumed over 

the weekend. 
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24. Specifically, I recall on multiple occasions, Brett Kavanaugh counting with his fingers, 

how many kegs that they had over the weekend. 

25. For example, I heard Brett Kavanaugh say that it was a two kegger weekend on at least 

one occasion, and counting the kegs on his fingers. 

26. I always had the clear impression that Brett Kavanaugh routinely drank tons of beer to 

excess over the weekend, because that is what he and his friends bragged about almost 

every Monday during junior and senior year in my presence. 

27. Brett Kavanaugh, based on my personal knowledge of witnessing him bragging about 

drinking in terms of the number of kegs consumed over the weekend, was not a normal 

drinker by any means in high school even by the standards of that time period. 

28. At the time I heard Brett Kavanaugh bragging about how many kegs they drank over the 

weekend, it seemed to be an extreme amount of beer drinking for someone to consume at 

any age, let alone someone in high school. 

29. I did not drink alcohol in high school. 

30. I did not take illegal drugs in high school. 

31. Aside from bragging about how much they drank over the weekend, they would also brag 

about how much sex they had over the weekend. 

32. I do not recall Brett Kavanaugh specifically say he had sex with any particular person. 

33. However, I do recall Brett Kavanaugh generally participate in these conversations where 

the football players were bragging about sexual conquests over the prior weekend. 

34. One name that routinely was a subject of conversation when the football players were 

bragging about sexual conquests was a person named Renate, pronounced, REE NATE. 

35. I heard Brett Kavanaugh talk about Renate many times. 

36. The impression I formed at the time from listening to these conversations where Brett 

Kavanaugh was present was that Renate was the girl that everyone passed around for sex, 

and that if one of the boys was unable to find sex with a girl, that Renate was the option 

for sex as a last resort. 

37. In particular, I recall that Brett Kavanaugh had made up a rhyme using the REE NATE 

pronunciation of Renate’s name. 

38. I specifically recall one day walking down a hall with Brett Kavanaugh on a way to class, 

and hearing Brett Kavanaugh sing this rhyme. 

39. While I cannot recall the exact words he sang, the general theme was that Renate could 

be used for sex as a last resort. 

40. What I recall from the rhyme that I heard Brett Kavanaugh sing is: “REE NATE, REE 

NATE, if you want a date, can’t get one until late, and you wanna get laid, you can make 

it with REE NATE.” 

41. The above rhyme may not be word for word, but the substance of the message is 100 

percent accurate in terms of Brett Kavanaugh singing the name, and then using the name 

to rhyme other words about Renate being a source for sex when all other options were not 

available. 

42. I thought that this was sickening at the time I heard it, and it left an indelible mark in my 

memory. 
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43. When the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulting a girl first became 

public, I told my wife about how Brett Kavanaugh would talk about a girl named Renate, 

and how he would suggest that she was loose sexually. 

44. A few days later, I learned in the news that this Renate person was deeply offended by 

references to her in the Georgetown Preparatory School yearbook. 

45. I recall seeing her name in the yearbook when it came out in 1983, but I have not looked 

at the yearbook since that time. 

46. I recall that at the time I originally read the numerous references in the 1983 yearbook to 

Renate, I thought they were alluding to Renate in a sexual manner because of Brett 

Kavanaugh’s chant about Renate that I heard him sing and the other times his group 

would talk and chant about Renate. 

47. I heard the football team boys chant Renate at other times when Brett Kavanaugh was 

present, but I only recall Brett Kavanaugh singing the full rhyme discussed above the one 

time walking down the hall to class. 

48. I have never met Renate. 

49. I have no idea whether any of these boys actually had sex with Renate. 

50. Senior year, each senior would write their own bio by their yearbook picture. 

51. The bio would start out with academic or other accomplishments. 

52. Then students would put in their own jokes. 

53. I recall reading the 1983 yearbook at the time it came out. 

54. In the 1983 yearbook, the football students used the joke section to write about incidents 

about their partying and/or sexual conquests. 

55. The football team group had a friend named Chris Garrett. 

56. Chris Garrett would stutter. 

57. The football team group including Brett Kavanaugh would routinely tease Chris Garrett 

about his stuttering, but not in a severe manner. 

58. I suspect that the FFFFFFourth of July reference in Brett Kavanaugh’s yearbook bio is a 

joke about Chris Garrett stuttering and not a sexual reference. 

59. I had never heard of the term Devil’s Triangle as of 1983. 

60. I had heard of the term boofing, but in the context of smuggling contraband in one’s 

body. 

61. I loved playing football when I was growing up. 

62. I played on a league in Washington, D.C., called the Police Athletic League, through 

ninth grade. 

63. The police league was like a “Pop” Warner football for city kids. 

64. Between the Summer of 9th and 10th grade, I tried out for the junior varsity football team. 

65. Surprisingly, I made the football team. 

66. I really wanted to play on the football team. 

67. But one day I looked around and saw who was on the football team, and thought to 

myself that I could not endure being around such mean and disrespectful people. 

68. So I quit the football team. 

69. I did run track in high school. 
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70. To be part of the football team group, you could not be small, you had to go to the 

drinking parties, and you had to be on the football team. 

71. I was small, I did not drink in high school, and I quit the football team. 

72. Mark Judge was the one exception in the football team group, because he was small, but 

he partied and was on the football team. 

73. I watched part of the Senate testimony by Dr. Ford and Brett Kavanaugh. 

74. When I heard Dr. Ford describe Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge laughing at her, I 

immediately recalled Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge laughing together at someone 

else’s expense. 

75. The reason I decided to come forward and share my interactions with Brett Kavanaugh is 

that Brett Kavanaugh’s presentation of himself as some honorable and nice person who 

always respected girls in high school and who was a moderate drinker could not be 

farther from the truth. 

76. Based on everything I witnessed first-hand about Brett Kavanaugh as a person during my 

four years with him in high school, I have strong reason to fear that he did exactly as Dr. 

Ford testified he did to her in high school and that Mark Judge was with him at the time. 

77. I am willing to testify under oath at any proceeding involving the judicial competency of 

Brett Kavanaugh. 

78. I went to a local California FBI office today to be asked to be interviewed in this matter; I 

was told there are no in person interviews, and that I would need to file an online report 

or one over the telephone, which I have done. 

79. I have not spoken to the press, despite repeated prior requests, nor do I intend to speak 

publicly on this matter, unless asked to do so by the U.S Senate. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on October 1, 2018. 

___________________ 

Paul Rendon 
Exhibit 21 
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my 1·ccollcctlon sec1ncc.l to hnvo u 11umhu1· of' olhc1· 1ion·dallnM mule l'rltrncls, more 

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late in the evening, ot smaller gatherings In male friend's rooms or aportments 

(sometimes very lat<;? at night as well), hitting the live music scene, and In general, 

from my perspective, she seemed to have a fairly active and robust social life that 

WLIS not particularly unusual for Greek life at that time. 

At these parties, she did not seem to be afraid to be in rooms or apartments with 

only one entrance. This was the case even if very late at night with her and her 

friend as the only females present. 

I hesitated to write th is statement considering the current climate of character 

assassination, but decided to do so after realizing others were afraid to come 

forward that had wanted to, and that kind of fear is inappropriate for a healthy civil 

society. 

Chrissy mentioned her time at UNC in her testimony. From what I recall, the 

questioners at the hearing did not ask Chrissy to clarify her comments about that 

time. 

However, if the impression people came away with was of someone too afraid to 

engage in an active social life and did not have male friends as a result, that 

impression and picture is inconsistent with my personal observations of her at that 

time. 
Exhibit 22 
I, Joseph A. Hennessey, being over the age of 18, of sound mind, and competent to testify 

in a court of law, do declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States 

the following: 

1. I watched Judge Brett Kavanaugh's sworn testimony of September 27, 2018 before 

the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Judge Kavanaugh was obligated to tell "the 

truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." From my personal knowledge, Judge 

Kavanaugh did not tell the whole truth about his drinking in high school or about the 

possibility that his heavy drinking contributed to memory loss. 

2. I grew up in "Chevy Chase, DC," in Washington, DC and attended Gonzaga 

College High School, which l entered as a freshman in 1979 and graduated in 1983. 

Through Chevy Chase Boys Club football, CYO basketball, and neighborhood events, I 

had friends in the Class of 1983 at Georgetown Preparatory School (''Prep''). 

3. I met Brett Kavanaugh at a get-together hosted by Prep students either in the Fall 

of 1980 or the Spring of 1981 . I was the guest of one of my friends from the Chevy Chase, 

DC neighborhood who attended Prep with Brett. My first impression of Brett is one that 1 

have kept. I entered a basement rec room from a back yard through sliding glass doors. 

The parents of the student who lived in this home were out for the evening. Once situated 

with a beer and after initial introductions, I was talking and drinking with a small group of 

Prep students. Brett Kavanaugh was lying on the couch when T first entered and he 

remained lying on the couch, seemingly unconscious, during the initial pa11 of my 

conversationswith others. Suddenly, be bolted up and stumbled to his foet. J realized he 

was completely and totally wasted -- "stupid" drunk, ;.e. stumbling/swaying, glassy-eyed, 

and slurring his words. He did not know me and asked others who 1 was. When he found 

out that 1 went to Gonzaga and not Prep he became pugnacious and confrontational. He 

drunkenly. angrily and loudly demanded that I leave. He had to be held back by others in 

the room. I was not happy about how Brett treated me but J attributed his behavior to the 

fact that he was sloppily drunk and probably did not know what he was doing. 

4. l was invited to and attended other Prep gatherings. For the most part these were 

amicable get-togethers wherein we drank, shared small world connections, and told funny 

stories, and laughed. However, these gatherings were not fun for me when Brett Kavanaugh 

attended. He was regularly stupid drunk, aggressive, and confrontational towards me 

because l did not attend Prep. The cycle of Brett's questioning who l \.Vas, and his drunken 

hostility to the fact that Twas a Gonzaga student at a Prep gathering seemed to repeat itself 

like (to use a current idiom) "Ground Hog Day." T expressed the view to those who 1 knew 

from my neighborhood that I thought this was a deliberate effort by Brett to belittle me and 

make me feel like the outsider that I was in these Prep settings. However, l was assured 

that Brett would never be intentional in this way - that he probably and genuinely had no 

memory of meeting me because he had been so intoxicated on the occasions when he had 

been to Id who l was. 

5. I could not understand why those who I called friends could choose to spend time 

with Brett. In my narrow range of exposure to him - when a bunch of guys got together to 

drink and hang out - he was an habitually stupid, pugnacious drunk. When I questioned 

my Prep friends about him, they said I did not know "the real" Brett Kavanaugh. I was 
told that Brett was someone to be admired - he was a nice guy. super-smart, and a great 

athlete. I was told that should '·give him a chance" and try to get to knov,1 him. 

6. l could not develop a friendly relationship with Brett. It reached the point where, 

if l was asked if I wanted to go to a Prep gathering, my only question was "will Brett 

Kavanaugh be thereT' If the answer was ·'yes" or "likely," 1 would make other plans. 

7. I declare state under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the 

best of my recollection. 

Isold& Gloudrone 

NOTARY PUBUC 

Montgomery County 

State of Maryland 

My ~ommr~ Expires 1\ <29' t 
Exhibit 23 
September 14, 2018 

The Honorable Charles Grassley, Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

We are women who have known Brett Kavanaugh for more than 35 years and knew him 

while he attended high school between 1979 and 1983. For the entire time we have known Brett 

Kavanaugh, he has behaved honorably and treated women with respect. We strongly believe it is 

important to convey this information to the Committee at this time. 

Brett attended Georgetown Prep, an all-boys high school in Rockville, Maryland. He was 

an outstanding student and athlete with a wide circle of friends. Almost all of us attended allgirls high schools in the area. We knew Brett well through social events, sports, church, and 

various other activities. Many of us have remained close friends with him and his family over 

the years. Through the more than 35 years we have known him, Brett has stood out for his 

friendship, character, and integrity. In particular, he has always treated women with decency and 

respect. That was true when he was in high school, and it has remained true to this day. 

The signers of this letter hold a broad range of political views. Many of us are not 

lawyers, but we know Brett Kavanaugh as a person. And he has always been a good person. 

Sincerely, 

Jennifer Slye Aniskovich 

Elena Flores Aria 

Raphael Bastian 

Alice Richardson Boyle 

Mary (Ginge) Koones Cabrera 

Elizabeth M. Calhoun 

Missy Bigelow Carr 

Sharon Crouch Clark 

Citsi Conway 

Sibyl Smith Curtis 

Karima Davis 

Jo Anne Desjardins 
Julie DeVol 

Colleen Treacy Dickerson 

Nikki Deoudes Diess 

Meg Williams Dietrick 

Renate Dolphin 

Lisa Natoli Draddy 

Jane Marie Dunigan 

Paula Duke Ebel 

Nora Haley Ellison 

Maura Fitzgerald 

Susan Fitzgerald 

Ann Fowler 

Debbie H. Fulmer 

Janet Gwozdz Gaffney 

Genny Richards Gilday 

Alexa Lilly Gilmore 

Mary Beth Conway Greene 

Mary Ellen Greene 

Ellen Reese Hawkins 

Lisa Molina Heaps 

Melissa Hennessey 

Virginia Hume 

Beccy Moran Jackson 

Jennifer Bartlett Jones 

Maura Kane 

Lori Weinrich Kaplan 

Kelly Leonard 

Maura M. Lindsay 

Monica Mastal 

Suzanne Matan 

Meghan McCaleb 

Stephanie Conway McGill 

Stephanie Doolan McGrail 

Ana Molina 

Bridget Morris 

Heather Murphy 

Mary Ruppe Nash 

Mary Nordberg O’Connor 

Rachel Buchanan O’Hare 

Lisa O’Neill 

Karen Odyniec 

Lisa Odyniec 

Elizabeth (Betsy) Manfuso Pothier 

Mae Joyce Rhoten 

Grace Ronan 

Alice Kelly Scanlon 

Kellie Foster Schnidel 

Kara Sheehan 

Betsy Sheehy 

Denise Gottron Sinay 

Kristin Treacy 

Cindy Urgo 

Megan Williams 
Exhibit 24 
October 4, 2018 

The Honorable Charles Grassley, Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

We are classmates of Brett Kavanaugh’s from Georgetown Prep, a Jesuit high school in the 

Washington, D.C. area. 

We write to clear up any misunderstanding about the phrase “Devil’s Triangle” that appeared in 

our 1983 high school yearbook, including on our individual yearbook pages. That phrase was 

the subject of questioning at Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing last week and has since 

been discussed in the media. 

“Devil’s Triangle” was a drinking game we came up with in high school. It was a variation on 

the game “Quarters.” When we played “Devil’s Triangle,” four people sat at a table. On the 

table, three small glasses of beer were arranged next to one another to form a triangle. Each of 

the four participants took turns being the “shooter.” The shooter attempted to bounce a quarter 

into one of the glasses. If the quarter landed in one of the glasses, the person at the table sitting 

nearest that glass had to drink the beer. 

We do not remember the exact origin of the name, but none of us used the phrase “Devil’s 

Triangle” in our yearbook to refer to any kind of sexual activity. To us, it was just a game with 

glasses in the shape of a triangle. If the phrase “Devil’s Triangle” had any sexual meaning in the 

early 1980s, we did not know it. 

Respectfully, 

DeLancey Davis 

Bernard McCarthy, Jr. 

Paul Murray 

Matthew Quinn 
Exhibit 25 
October 4, 2018 

The Honorable Charles Grassley, Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

We understand there have been questions about the term “Devil’s Triangle” in Brett 

Kavanaugh’s 1983 high school yearbook from Georgetown Prep high school. 

We knew Brett socially back in the ’80s and ’90s and consider him a friend but haven’t spoken 

to him in more than 25 years. We are not from the Washington, D.C. area. However, during our 

first year at Boston College, we lived with Matthew Quinn, who is an alumnus of Georgetown 

Prep and was a classmate of Brett’s. Matthew taught us a drinking game called “Devil’s 

Triangle” that he had played with his friends in high school. 

We did not understand “Devil’s Triangle” to have any sexual meaning. It was simply a game 

that used cups or glasses of beer placed in the shape of a triangle. 

In the past several days, as this term has been discussed in the media, we reached out to Matthew 

to remind him that he had taught us the game during our early days in college. 

We hope this information is helpful to the Committee and the Senate. 

Sincerely, 

Greg Aceto Bill Van Pelt, IV 
Exhibit 26 
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A s Senate Republicans press for a swift vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President 

Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats are investigating a 

new allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh. T he claim dates to the 1983-

84 academic school year, when Kavanaugh was a freshman at Yale University. T he 

offices of at least four Democratic senators have received information about the 

allegation, and at least two have begun investigating it. Senior Republican staffers also 

learned of the allegation last week and, in conversations with The New Yorker, expressed 

concern about its potential impact on Kavanaugh's nomination. Soon after, Senate 

Republicans issued renewed calls to accelerate the timing of a committee vote. The 

Democratic Senate offices reviewing the allegations believe that they merit further 

investigation. "This is another serious, credible, and disturbing allegation against Brett 

Kavanaugh. It should be fully investigated," Senator Mazie H irono, of H awaii, said. An 

aide in one of the other Senate offices added, "These allegations seem credible, and 

we're taking them very seriously. If established, they're clearly disqualifying." 

The woman at the center of the story, Deborah Ramirez, who is fifty-three, attended 

Yale with Kavanaugh, where she studied sociology and psychology. L ater, she spent 

years working for an organization that supports victims of domestic violence. The New 

Yorker contacted Ramirez after learning of her possible involvement in an incident 

involving Kavanaugh. The allegation was conveyed to Democratic senators by a civilrights lawyer. For Ramirez, the sudden attention has been unwelcome, and prompted 

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difficult choices. She was at ȩrst hesitant to speak publicly, partly because her memories

contained gaps because she had been drinking at the time of the alleged incident. In

her initial conversations with The New Yorker, she was reluctant to characterize

Kavanaugh’s role in the alleged incident with certainty. After six days of carefully

assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, Ramirez said that she felt

conȩdent enough of her recollections to say that she remembers Kavanaugh had

exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused

her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away. Ramirez is now calling for

the F.B.I. to investigate Kavanaugh’s role in the incident. “I would think an F.B.I.

investigation would be warranted,” she said.

In a statement, Kavanaugh wrote, “This alleged event from 35 years ago did not

happen. The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said

so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the

truth, and defending my good name—and the reputation for character and integrity I

have spent a lifetime building—against these last-minute allegations.”

The White House spokesperson Kerri Kupec said the Administration stood by

Kavanaugh. “This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated

smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man. This claim is

denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many

women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White

House stands ȩrmly behind Judge Kavanaugh.”

Ramirez said that, when both she and Kavanaugh were freshmen at Yale, she was

invited by a friend on the women’s soccer team to a dorm-room party. She recalled that

the party took place in a suite at Lawrance Hall, in the part of Yale known as Old

Campus, and that a small group of students decided to play a drinking game together.

“We were sitting in a circle,” she said. “People would pick who drank.” Ramirez was

chosen repeatedly, she said, and quickly became inebriated. At one point, she said, a

male student pointed a gag plastic penis in her direction. Later, she said, she was on the

ȫoor, foggy and slurring her words, as that male student and another stood nearby.

(Ramirez identiȩed the two male onlookers, but, at her request, The New Yorker is not

naming them.)
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A third male student then exposed himself to her. “I remember a penis being in front of

my face,” she said. “I knew that’s not what I wanted, even in that state of mind.” She

recalled remarking, “That’s not a real penis,” and the other students laughing at her

confusion and taunting her, one encouraging her to “kiss it.” She said that she pushed

the person away, touching it in the process. Ramirez, who was raised a devout Catholic,

in Connecticut, said that she was shaken. “I wasn’t going to touch a penis until I was

married,” she said. “I was embarrassed and ashamed and humiliated.” She remembers

Kavanaugh standing to her right and laughing, pulling up his pants. “Brett was

laughing,” she said. “I can still see his face, and his hips coming forward, like when you

pull up your pants.” She recalled another male student shouting about the incident.

“Somebody yelled down the hall, ‘Brett Kavanaugh just put his penis in Debbie’s face,’ ”

she said. “It was his full name. I don’t think it was just ‘Brett.’ And I remember hearing

and being mortiȩed that this was out there.”

Ramirez acknowledged that there are signiȩcant gaps in her memories of the evening,

and that, if she ever presents her story to the F.B.I. or members of the Senate, she will

inevitably be pressed on her motivation for coming forward after so many years, and

questioned about her memory, given her drinking at the party.

And yet, after several days of considering the matter carefully, she said, “I’m conȩdent

about the pants coming up, and I’m conȩdent about Brett being there.” Ramirez said

that what has stayed with her most forcefully is the memory of laughter at her expense

from Kavanaugh and the other students. “It was kind of a joke,” she recalled. “And now

it’s clear to me it wasn’t a joke.”

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By his freshman year, Kavanaugh was eighteen, and legally an adult. During his

conȩrmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh swore under

oath that as a legal adult he had never “committed any verbal or physical harassment or

assault of a sexual nature.”

The New Yorker has not conȩrmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present

at the party. The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and

Kavanaugh regarding the incident. Many did not respond to interview requests; others

declined to comment, or said they did not attend or remember the party. A classmate

of Ramirez’s, who declined to be identiȩed because of the partisan battle over

Kavanaugh’s nomination, said that another student told him about the incident either

on the night of the party or in the next day or two. The classmate said that he is “onehundred-per-cent sure” that he was told at the time that Kavanaugh was the student

who exposed himself to Ramirez. He independently recalled many of the same details

offered by Ramirez, including that a male student had encouraged Kavanaugh as he

exposed himself. The classmate, like Ramirez, recalled that the party took place in a

common room on the ȩrst ȫoor in Entryway B of Lawrance Hall, during their

freshman year. “I’ve known this all along,” he said. “It’s been on my mind all these years

when his name came up. It was a big deal.” The story stayed with him, he said, because
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it was disturbing and seemed outside the bounds of typically acceptable behavior, even

during heavy drinking at parties on campus. The classmate said that he had been

shocked, but not necessarily surprised, because the social group to which Kavanaugh

belonged often drank to excess. He recalled Kavanaugh as “relatively shy” until he

drank, at which point he said that Kavanaugh could become “aggressive and even

belligerent.”

Another classmate, Richard Oh, an emergency-room doctor in California, recalled

overhearing, soon after the party, a female student tearfully recounting to another

student an incident at a party involving a gag with a fake penis, followed by a male

student exposing himself. Oh is not certain of the identity of the female student.

Ramirez told her mother and sister about an upsetting incident at the time, but did not

describe the details to either due to her embarrassment.

Mark Krasberg, an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico

who was also a member of Kavanaugh and Ramirez’s class at Yale, said Kavanaugh’s

college behavior had become a topic of discussion among former Yale students soon

after Kavanaugh’s nomination. In one e-mail that Krasberg received in September, the

classmate who recalled hearing about the incident with Ramirez alluded to the

allegation and wrote that it “would qualify as a sexual assault,” he speculated, “if it’s

true.”

One of the male classmates who Ramirez said egged on Kavanaugh denied any

memory of the party. “I don’t think Brett would ȫash himself to Debbie, or anyone, for

that matter,” he said. Asked why he thought Ramirez was making the allegation, he

responded, “I have no idea.” The other male classmate who Ramirez said was involved

in the incident commented, “I have zero recollection.”

In a statement, two of those male classmates who Ramirez alleged were involved in the

incident, the wife of a third male student she said was involved, and one other

classmate, Dan Murphy, disputed Ramirez’s account of events: “We were the people

closest to Brett Kavanaugh during his ȩrst year at Yale. He was a roommate to some of

us, and we spent a great deal of time with him, including in the dorm where this

incident allegedly took place. Some of us were also friends with Debbie Ramirez

during and after her time at Yale. We can say with conȩdence that if the incident

Debbie alleges ever occurred, we would have seen or heard about it—and we did not.
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The behavior she describes would be completely out of character for Brett. In addition,

some of us knew Debbie long after Yale, and she never described this incident until

Brett’s Supreme Court nomination was pending. Editors from the New Yorker

contacted some of us because we are the people who would know the truth, and we

told them that we never saw or heard about this.”

(Two students who initially signed the statement, Louisa Garry and Dino Ewing,

approached The New Yorker after the publication of this article and asked that their

names be removed from it. “I never saw or heard anything like this,” Garry said. “But I

cannot dispute Ramirez’s allegations, as I was not present.” Ewing also said he had no

direct knowledge of the allegation and considered it out of character for Kavanaugh,

but emphasized, “I also was not present and therefore am not in a position to directly

dispute Ramirez’s account.”)

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The former friend who was married to the male classmate alleged to be involved, and

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she hadn’t spoken with Ramirez for about ten years, but that the two women had been

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“larger social circle.” In an initial conversation with The New Yorker, she suggested that

Ramirez may have been politically motivated. Later, she said that she did not know if

this was the case.

Ramirez is a registered Democrat, but said that her decision to speak out was not

politically motivated and, regarding her views, that she “works toward human rights,

social justice, and social change.” Ramirez said that she felt “disappointed and betrayed”

by the statements from classmates questioning her allegation, “because I clearly

remember people in the room whose names are on this letter.”

Several other classmates said that they believed Ramirez to be credible and honest, and

vouched for her integrity. James Roche was roommates with Kavanaugh at the time of

the alleged incident and is now the C.E.O. of a software company in San Francisco.

“Debbie and I became close friends shortly after we both arrived at Yale,” he said. “She

stood out as being exceptionally honest and gentle. I cannot imagine her making this

up.” He said that he never witnessed Kavanaugh engage in any sexual misconduct, but

did recall him being “frequently, incoherently drunk.” He described Ramirez as a

vulnerable outsider. “Is it believable that she was alone with a wolfy group of guys who

thought it was funny to sexually torment a girl like Debbie? Yeah, deȩnitely. Is it

believable that Kavanaugh was one of them? Yes.” Another acquaintance from college,

Jennifer Klaus, similarly said that she considered the allegation plausible, adding,

“Debbie’s always been a very truthful, kind—almost to the point of being selȫess—

individual.” A third classmate, who Ramirez thought had attended the party, said that

she was not present at the incident. The former student, who asked not to be named,

said that she also found Ramirez credible.

Former students described an atmosphere at Yale at the time in which alcohol-fuelled

parties often led to behavior similar to that described by Ramirez. “I believe it could

have happened,” another classmate who knew both Kavanaugh and Ramirez said.

Though she was not aware of Kavanaugh being involved in any speciȩc misconduct,

she recalled that heavy drinking was routine and that Ramirez was sometimes

victimized and taunted by male students in his social circle. “They were always, like,

‘Debbie’s here!,’ and then they’d get into their ‘Lord of the Flies’ thing,” she said. While

at Yale, Kavanaugh became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, or “ŻƂż,”

which several students said was known for its wild and, in the view of some critics,
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misogynistic parties. Kavanaugh was also a member of an all-male secret society, Truth

and Courage, which was popularly known by the nickname “Tit and Clit.”

Ramirez said that she continued to socialize with one of the male classmates who had

egged Kavanaugh on during the party during college; she even invited the classmate to

her house for Thanksgiving one year, after he told her that he had nowhere to go. She

also attended his wedding, years later, as a guest of his wife, and said that she posed for

photographs with Kavanaugh, smiling.

Ramirez said that she remained silent about the matter and did not fully confront her

memories about it for years because she blamed herself for drinking too much. “It was a

story that was known, but it was a story I was embarrassed about,” she said. More

recently, she has begun to reassess what happened. “Even if I did drink too much, any

person observing it, would they want their daughter, their granddaughter, with a penis

in their face, while they’re drinking that much?” she said. “I can say that at ȩfty-three,

but when I was nineteen or twenty I was vulnerable. I didn’t know better.” Reȫecting

on the incident now, she said she considers Kavanaugh’s male classmates culpable.

“They’re accountable for not stopping this,” she said. However, “What Brett did is

worse.” She added, “What does it mean, that this person has a role in deȩning women’s

rights in our future?”

As Kavanaugh’s conȩrmation hearings became a national story, the discussions among

Ramirez and Kavanaugh’s classmates took on heightened urgency, eventually spreading

to news organizations and to the Senate. Senate aides from Ramirez’s home state of

Colorado alerted a lawyer, Stanley Garnett, a former Democratic district attorney in

Boulder, who currently represents her. Ramirez ultimately decided to begin telling her

story publicly, before others did so for her. “I didn’t want any of this,” she said. “But

now I have to speak.”

Ramirez said that she hoped her story would support that of Christine Blasey Ford, the

California professor who has raised an allegation of sexual misconduct against

Kavanaugh that bears several similarities to Ramirez’s claim. Like Ramirez, Ford said

that Kavanaugh was involved in sexual misconduct at a party while drunk and egged on

by a male friend. In July, she sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein alleging that, at a

party in the summer of 1982, when she was ȩfteen and Kavanaugh was seventeen and

in high school, Kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom, locked the door, pinned her to a
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bed, and covered her mouth to stop her screams as he attempted to pull off her clothes.

Details of Ford’s allegation were initially made public by The New Yorker, which did not

name her at the time. Subsequently, she disclosed her name in an interview with the

Washington Post. In her letter, Ford said that during the incident she feared that

Kavanaugh might inadvertently kill her. She alleged that a male friend and

Georgetown Prep classmate of Kavanaugh’s, Mark Judge, was present in the room,

alternately urging Kavanaugh to “go for it” and to “stop.” Kavanaugh has denied the

allegation.

Ford’s allegation has made Judge a potentially pivotal witness for Kavanaugh. Judge

told The New Yorker that he had “no recollection” of such an incident. Judge, who is a

conservative writer, later gave an interview to The Weekly Standard in which he called

Ford’s allegation “just absolutely nuts,” adding, “I never saw Brett act that way.” Asked

by the interviewer whether he could remember any “sort of rough-housing with a

female student back in high school” that might have been “interpreted differently by

parties involved,” Judge told the publication, “I can’t. I can recall a lot of rough-housing

with guys.” He added, “I don’t remember any of that stuff going on with girls.”

After seeing Judge’s denial, Elizabeth Rasor, who met Judge at Catholic University and

was in a relationship with him for about three years, said that she felt morally obligated

to challenge his account that “ ‘no horseplay’ took place at Georgetown Prep with

women.” Rasor stressed that “under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t reveal

information that was told in conȩdence,” but, she said, “I can’t stand by and watch him

lie.” In an interview with The New Yorker, she said, “Mark told me a very different

story.” Rasor recalled that Judge had told her ashamedly of an incident that involved

him and other boys taking turns having sex with a drunk woman. Rasor said that Judge

seemed to regard it as fully consensual. She said that Judge did not name others

involved in the incident, and she has no knowledge that Kavanaugh participated. But

Rasor was disturbed by the story and noted that it undercut Judge’s protestations about

the sexual innocence of Georgetown Prep. (Barbara Van Gelder, an attorney for Judge,

said that he “categorically denies” the account related by Rasor. Van Gelder said that

Judge had no further comment.)

Another woman who attended high school in the nineteen-eighties in Montgomery

County, Maryland, where Georgetown Prep is located, also refuted Judge’s account of
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the social scene at the time, sending a letter to Ford’s lawyers saying that she had

witnessed boys at parties that included Georgetown Prep students engaging in sexual

misconduct. In an interview, the woman, who asked to have her name withheld for fear

of political retribution, recalled that male students “would get a female student blind

drunk” on what they called “jungle juice”—grain alcohol mixed with Hawaiian Punch

—then try to take advantage of her. “It was disgusting,” she said. “They treated women

like meat.”

Kavanaugh’s attitude toward women has come to play a central role in his conȩrmation

process. His backers have offered portrayals of his strong support for girls and women.

When Kavanaugh accepted Trump’s nomination to the Court at a White House event

in July, he and Trump both stressed that he had numerous female law clerks, and that

he coached his young daughters’ school basketball teams. During his Senate

conȩrmation hearings, Kavanaugh at one point ushered into the Senate hearing room a

large group of school girls whose basketball games he had coached, showcasing his

warm and supportive relationships with women. Earlier this month, on the same day

The New Yorker reported details of Ford’s allegation, Republicans on the Judiciary

Committee released a letter from sixty-ȩve women defending the nominee. On

Monday, CNN reported that the White House has been contacting many of those

women again, hoping to present their perspective to the media, perhaps as part of a

group news conference.

The very different portrayals of Kavanaugh and his social scene offered by Ford, and

now Ramirez, come at a crucial point in the conȩrmation process. On Friday, the

Republican Senator Charles Grassley, of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary

Committee, issued a public ultimatum to Ford, announcing that he would schedule the

committee’s vote on Kavanaugh’s conȩrmation for Monday morning if she did not

respond to an invitation to testify by a deadline, set ȩrst for Friday night and then for

Saturday afternoon. Lawyers for Ford had pushed back, demanding an outside

investigation of Ford’s allegation by the F.B.I. before she offered testimony, and said

that she needed additional time to prepare. The White House and F.B.I. have declined

to pursue that F.B.I. investigation, though Grassley has stated that his office has

conducted its own inquiries into the matter. On Sunday, Ford’s lawyer and the

committee reached an agreement for her to testify on Thursday.
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In a statement, Kavanaugh’s attorneys Beth Wilkinson and Alexandra Walsh wrote,

“Judge Kavanaugh fully and honestly answered the Judiciary Committee’s questions

over multiple days only to have unsubstantiated allegations come out when a vote on

his conȩrmation was imminent. What matters in situations like these are facts and

evidence.” Like Kavanaugh, they said that, on Thursday, “testimony and evidence will

conȩrm what Judge Kavanaugh has made clear all along—that he did not commit the

sexual assault Dr. Blasey Ford describes.”

The issue has proved to be politically delicate for the White House. Last week, Vanity

Fair reported that White House officials were concerned about additional allegations

against Kavanaugh emerging, and cited a source who claimed that Ivanka Trump, the

President’s daughter and adviser, had urged him to withdraw Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Trump has defended Kavanaugh in the wake of Ford’s allegations. In a series of tweets

on Friday, he sought to undermine her account of events, writing, “I have no doubt

that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been

immediately ȩled with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving

parents.” He described Kavanaugh as “a ȩne man,” who he wrote was “under assault by

radical left wing politicians.”

Ramirez said that witnessing the attempts to discredit Ford had made her frightened to

share her own story, which she knew would be attacked due to the gaps in her memory

and her level of inebriation at the time. “I’m afraid how this will all come back on me,”

she said. Her attorney, Garnett, said that he and Ramirez had not yet decided when

and how she would convey the details of her allegation to the Senate Judiciary

Committee and whether new counsel would represent her in Washington. “We’re

carefully evaluating what the appropriate next steps would be,” he said. They both said

that an F.B.I. investigation of the matter was merited. “I do believe an F.B.I.

investigation of this kind of character-related information would be appropriate, and

would be an effective way to relay the information to the committee,” Garnett said. Of

Ramirez, he added, “She’s as careful and credible a witness as I’ve encountered in

thirty-six years of practicing law.” Ramirez said that she hoped an investigation could

be carried out before the committee voted on Kavanaugh’s nomination. “At least look at

it,” she said of her claim. “At least check it out.”
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This story was updated with comments from two former classmates of Kavanaugh, Louisa

Garry and Dino Ewing, who initially signed a statement of support for Kavanaugh provided

by his attorneys. They approached The New Yorker after this story was published and asked

that their names be removed from the statement, saying that they did not wish to dispute

Ramirez’s claims.

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Exhibit 28 
Statement from James Roche 

I was Brett Kavanaugh's roommate at Yale University in the Fall of 1983. We shared a twobedroom unit in the basement of Lawrence Hall on the Old Campus. Despite our living 

conditions, Brett and I did not socialize beyond the first few days of freshman year. We talked at 

night as freshman roommates do and I would see him as he returned from nights out with his 

friends. It is from this experience that I concluded that although Brett was normally reserved, he 

was a notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of the time, and that he became aggressive 

and belligerent when he was very drunk. I did not observe the specific incident in question, but I 

do remember Brett frequently drinking excessively and becoming incoherently drunk. 

I became close friends with Debbie Ramirez shortly after we both arrived at Yale. She stood out 

as being exceptionally honest, with a trusting manner. As we got to know one another, I 

discovered that Debbie was very worried about fitting in. She felt that everyone at Yale was very 

rich, very smart and very sophisticated and that as a Puerto Rican woman from a less privileged 

background she was an outsider. Her response was to try hard to make friends and get along. 

Based on my time with Debbie, I believe her to be unusually honest and straightforward and I 

cannot imagine her making this up. 

Based on my time with Brett, I believe that he and his social circle were capable of the actions 

that Debbie described. 

I do not consider myself to be a political person and I have no political agenda. I have shared this 

information with a small number of reporters who reached out to me directly because Debbie has 

a right to be heard and I believe her. 

I have been asked for more detail and additional stories, but this is all that I am comfortable 

sharing. If I could contribute more first-hand information, I would, but I will not be granting any 

more interviews or answering any more questions at this time. 

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Exhibit 29 
Statement from Dan Muq;ihy_; 

I was one of Brett's roommates or suite mates for most of our time at Yale. Along with our other 

suite mates, I not only socialized wiith Brett, but I was there with him at the end of the night when 

we came home, and there in the m,orning when we got up. I never saw Brett black out or not be 

able to remember the prior evening's events, nor did I ever see Brett act aggressive, hostile, or in 

a sexually aggressive manner to women. Brett was and is a good-natured, kind, and friendly 

person, to men and women. The bEihavior I've heard other people want to attribute to him, but 

from people who did not live with Brett and therefore not in the same position to observe, is 

simply wrong, and such behavior is incompatible with what I know to be true. 
Exhibit 30 
Statement from Chris Dudley_;_ 

I have known Brett Kavanaugh for over 35 years as we met freshman year at Yale University. I 

was a kid coming all the way from California not knowing anyone but I was a driven athlete and 

student. I knew Yale would be a tough, especially juggling a sport and school, so I looked to find 

friends who had the similar goals. It wasn't long before Brett became one of my best friends at 

Yale because he too expressed that he was driven, had goals, one of which was to be the top of 

his class. His desire to work very hard and make school his number one priority helped me stay 

focused. But like nearly every other college student we took breaks from school and went out for 

drinks and to see friends. 

I will say it again, we drank in college. I was with Brett frequently in college, whether it be in the 

gym, in class or socializing. I never ever saw Brett blackout. Not one time. And in all the years I 

have known him, I have never seen him to be disrespectful or inappropriate with women. I would 

also like to point out that going out never came before working hard and maintaining our focus on 

our goals. 

The person sometimes being described in the press is not the Brett Kavanaugh that I have 

known as a good friend for 35 years. The person they are trying to describe would not be able to 

function day to day. But what is indisputable is Brett graduated with distinction from one of the top 

universities in our country, he went on to graduate from one of the top law schools and has 

served honorably in one of the highest courts in the land. 
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a seat on the Supreme Court. History was NOT 

a hard major at Yale. I should know. 

And before you look it up, Merrick Garland was 

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Columbus Sun is Oct 7 

That works. Husbands or 

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Morning 

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My phone hasn't rung 

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As of 2 min ago, not 

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What happened? Another 

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I meant "I am not going to 

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And believe me I want to 

tell you as you would be 

the perfect person for me 

to speak to about this for 

several reasons 

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go to dinner as couples. 

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somewhere kickass 

Have you been to Madea? 

Marea? CPS? We were 

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I have not been. 

Open to suggestions 

Let's try something else. 

Let me think about it ... 

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Saw people 

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Said rumor was that New 

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Trying to beat that story 

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None of this can be news 

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Yes, and Brett asked me to 

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their phones! 

I thought you weren't 

there? 

Ugh. Dou want to go on 

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not? If real, maybe that's 

why she has had so many 

issues? 

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Getting off train next stop. 

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She did same to me. Tho 

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Exhibit 32 
Delta Kappa Epsilon 

We are an institution built 

on friendship, tolerance, and 

success ... not to mention on 

a few six packs and some free 

love. 
Exhibit 33 
1 DECLARATION OF JULIE SWETNICK 

2 I, JULIE SWETNICK, declare as follows: 

3 1. My name is Julie Swetnick and I am a resident of Washington, D.C. I fully 

4 understand the seriousness of the statements contained within this declaration. I have 

5 personal knowledge of the information stated herein and if called to testify to the same 

6 would and could do so. 

7 2. I am a graduate of Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, MD. 

8 3. I presently hold the following active clearances associated with working 

9 within the federal government: Public Trust - U.S. Department of Treasury (DOT), U.S. 

1 O Mint (USM), Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 

11 4. I have also previously held the following inactive clearances: Secret - U.S. 

12 Department of State (DOS), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Public Trust - U.S. 

13 Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

14 5. My prior employment includes working with (a) Vietnam War 

15 Commemoration (VWC), Joint Services Providers (JSP), U.S. Department of Defense 

16 (DOD) in Arlington, Virginia; (b) U.S. Mint, U.S. Department of Treasury; (c) U.S. 

17 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Department of Treasury; ( d) Government Affairs 

18 and Communications Department, D.C. Department of General Services (DGS), 

19 Government of the District of Columbia (DC.Gov); (e) Customs and Border Protection 

20 (CBP), U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and (d) the U.S. Department of State 

21 (DOS). I was also one of the first 100 women in the world to achieve a Microsoft 

22 Certified Systems Engineering Certification (MCSE). 

23 6. I first met Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh in approximately 1980-1981. I 

24 was introduced to them at a house party that I attended in the Washington, D.C. area. I 

25 observed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh as extremely close friends during the early 

26 1980s when I knew them and interacted with them. I would describe them as "joined at 

27 the hip" and I consistently saw them together in many social settings. There is no 

28 question in my mind that Mark Judge has significant information concerning the conduct 

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DECLARATION OF JULIE SWETNICK 
1 of Brett Kavanaugh during the 1980s, especially as it relates to his actions toward 

2 women. 

3 7. Following that first introduction, I attended well over ten house parties in the 

4 Washington, D.C. area during the years 1981-1983 where Mark Judge and Brett 

5 Kavanaugh were present. These parties were a common occurrence in the area and 

6 occurred nearly every weekend during the school year. On numerous occasions at these 

7 parties, I witnessed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively and engage in 

8 highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls and not taking 

9 "No" for an answer. This conduct included the fondling and grabbing of girls without 

10 their consent. 

11 8. I observed Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively at many of these parties and 

12 engage in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls, including pressing 

13 girls against him without their consent, "grinding" against girls, and attempting to remove 

14 or shift girls' clothing to expose private body parts. I likewise observed him be verbally 

15 abusive towards girls by making crude sexual comments to them that were designed to 

16 demean, humiliate and embarrass them. I often witnessed Brett Kavanaugh speak in a 

17 demeaning manner about girls in general as well as specific girls by name. I also 

18 witnessed Brett Kavanaugh behave as a "mean drunk" on many occasions at these 

19 parties. 

20 9. I have been told by other women that this conduct also occurred during the 

21 Summer months in Ocean City, Maryland on numerous occasions. I also witnessed such 

22 conduct on one occasion in Ocean City, Maryland during "Beach Week." 

23 10. I have reviewed Brett Kavanaugh's recent claim on Fox News regarding his 

24 alleged "innocence" during his high school years and lack of sexual activity. This claim 

25 is absolutely false and a lie. I witnessed Brett Kavanaugh consistently engage in 

26 excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women during the 

27 early 1980s. 

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DECLARATION OF JULIE SWETMCK 
1 11. During the years 1981-82, I becam.e aware of efforts by Mark Judge, Brett 

2 Kavanaugh and others to "spike" the "punch" at house parties I attended with drugs 

3 and/or grain alcohol so as to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say 

4 "No." This caused me to make an effort to purposely avoid the "punch" at these parties. 

5 I witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to "target" particular girls 

6 so they could be taken advantage of; it was usually a girl that was especially vulnerable 

7 because she was alone at the party or shy. 

8 12. I also witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to cause 

9 girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be "gang raped" in a side 

10 room or bedroom by a "train" of numerous boys. I have a firm recollection of seeing 

11 boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their "tum" with a gir 1 

12 inside the room. These boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh. 

13 13. In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these "gang" or "train" 

14 rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present. Shortly after the incident, I 

15 

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shared what had transpired with at least two other people. During the incident, I was 

incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me. I believe I 

17 was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I was drinking. 

18 14. I am aware of other witnesses that can attest to the truthfulness of each of the 

19 statements above. 

20 I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the United States of 

21 America, that the foregoing is true and correct. I have executed this declaration on 

22 September 25, 2018. 

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DECLARATION OF JULIE SWETNlCK 
Exhibit 34 
September 28, 2018 

VIA E-MAIL 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

~ COZEN 

"-.) O'CONNOR 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

In response to the Committee's request for information, I, MARK JUDGE, declare: 

1. The allegations in the Swetnick affidavit are so bizarre that, even while suffering from 

my addiction, I would remember actions so outlandish. I categorically deny them. 

2. I do not know Julie Swetnick. 

3. I do not recall attending parties during 1981-1983 when I fondled or grabbed women 

in an aggressive or unwanted manner. 

4. I have never spiked punch to get anyone drunk or disoriented. Nor have I witnessed 

Brett Kavanaugh spike punch. 

5. I have never engaged in gang rape of any woman, including Ms. Swetnick. 

6. I will cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially 

investigate these allegations. 

I am submitting this letter under penalty of felony. 

Sincerely, /-pP~ 

Mark Judge 

1200 19th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 

202.912.4800 800.540.1355 202.861.1905 Fax cozen.com 
Exhibit 35 
DECLARATION OF 

2 I, , declare as follows: 

3 1. My name is and I am a resident of South Florida. I fully 

4 understand the seriousness of the statements contained within this declaration. I 

5 have personal knowledge of the information stated herein and if called to testify 

' 

6 ' to the same would and could do so. 

7 2. I am a 1983 graduate of a high school in the Washington, D.C. area. 

8 I also hold a bachelor of arts degree and master of liberal arts degree. I have 

9 known Christine Blasey Ford and Julie Swetnick for decades and I believe they 

Io are both honest and truthful. 

11 3. I was first introduced to Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge in 1980 at 

12 Beach Week in Ocean City, Maryland. Thereafter, I attended at least 20 house 

13 parties in the Washington, D.C. area where Brett and Mark were present during 

14 : the years 1980-82. I knew them both well as we shared many mutual friends and 

15 often socialized with the same people. 

16 4. The house parties I attended were a common occurrence in the area · 

17 and usually occurred on the weekends during the school year. I know of many , 

I 

18 instances during these house parties where Brett and Mark would drink I 

19 excessively and be overly aggressive and verbally abusive toward girls. This · 

20 conduct included inappropriate physical contact with girls of a sexual nature. It 

21 also often included Brett drinking to a point where he was incoherent and 

22 · vomiting, including well before he was 18 years old. 

5. I have seen Brett Kavanaugh's recent interview on Fox News 

24 regarding his alleged "choir boy" existence during his high school years and lack 

25 . of sexual activity. This claim is absolutely false and a lie based on what I 

26 observed firsthand. It is also laughable. 

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6. During the years 1981-82, I witnessed firsthand Brett Kavanaugh, 

2 II together with others, "spike" the "punch" at house parties I attended with 

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3 !; Quaaludes and/or grain alcohol. I understood this was being done for the : 

4 ·. purpose of making girls more likely to engage in sexual acts and less likely to say I 

5 "No." ! 

6 : 7. I am aware of other witnesses that can attest to the truthfulness of ,

1 7 ! each of the statements above. I 

8 8. I am aware of other inappropriate conduct by Brett Kavanaugh but do I 

9 . not feel comfortable stating it at this time in this declaration. I am fully, willing, 

10 ;. and able to speak with the FBI and tell them everything I know about Brett I 

11 if Kavanaugh and his misconduct if I am contacted. j 

12 i I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the United States I 

13 ; of America, that the foregoing is true and correct. I have executed this j 

14 declaration on October 2, 2018. 

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October I , 2018 

Michael C. Fegan 

Chairman Grassley 

Senate Judiciary Committee 

Room SD-224 

Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley, 

I am writing to you regarding the character of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Brett and l attended 

Georgetown Prep High School together from 1979 to i 983. We were clas·smates, teammates and friends. 

attended most of the same social events that Brett attended in high school. and many after high school as well. 

I also attended "Beach Week'' with him in June 1982. I have never seen Brett out of control from drinking 

alcohol. I have never seen Brett out of control in any situation, whether it be in the classroom, on the football 

field, on the basketball court or in any social setting. 

Regarding the allegation by Christine Blasey Ford, I never heard of such a gathering. We were a tight 

knit group, and I believe that if anything happened like Professor Ford described, l would have known about it. 

I never met Christine Blasey, and had never heard her name until mid-September 2018. 

I cannot speak for the allegation from the Yale student, Deborah Ramirez, because I did not attend 

Yale. I can tell you that what Ms. Ramirez described would be completely out of character of the man I have 

known for almost 40 years. 

As to the allegation made by Julie Swetnick, I have never heard of Ms. Swetnick. My understanding 

is that she graduated from Gaithersburg High School three years before we graduated from Georgetown Prep. 

During my high school years, I did not know any girls from Gaitherburg High School. We did not socialize 

with girls from Gaithersburg High School. We did not have any kind of punch drinks, hard liquor or drugs at 

our parties. I never witnessed any kind of sexual situation at any of our parties. If there was any kind of mistreatment of girls at any of our parties, I assure you that my friends and I, including Brett Kavanaugh, would 

have put a stop to it immediately and would have reported it to the Montgomery County, MD Police 

Department. 

I know that last week was tough on you, as it was for many people throughout our country, and I 

appreciate the way that you have conducted the confirmation hearings. I urge all senators to vote to confirm 

Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is one of the most ethical and moral men I know, and has been for the almost 40 

years that I have known him. 

I appreciate your time in this matter and for your service to our country. 
Exhibit 37 
September 26, 2018 

The Honorable Charles Grassley The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Chairman Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

 We are men and women who knew Brett Kavanaugh well in high school. We have seen 

reports today that Julie Swetnick, who says she graduated from Gaithersburg High School, 

submitted a declaration to the Committee alleging that Brett participated in horrific conduct during 

high school, including targeting girls for gang rape. Nonsense. We never witnessed any behavior 

that even approaches what is described in this allegation. It is reprehensible. 

In the extensive amount of time we collectively spent with Brett, we do not recall having 

ever met someone named Julie Swetnick. Nor did we ever observe Brett engaging in any conduct 

resembling that described in Ms. Swetnick’s declaration. 

 Brett Kavanaugh is a good man. He has always treated women with respect and decency. 

He is a man of honor, integrity, and compassion. These shameful attacks must end. This process 

is a disgrace and is harming good people. 

Russell Aaronson 

Daniel Anastasi 

Steve Barnes 

Patrick Beranek 

Michael Bidwill 

Michael Boland 

David Brigati 

Missy Bigelow Carr 

Sharon Crouch Clark 

Steve Combs 

Citsi Conway 

Mark Daly 

DeLancey Davis 

Julie DeVol 

Meg Williams Dietrick 

Paula Duke Ebel 

Michael Fegan 

Maura Fitzgerald 

Susan Fitzgerald 

Jim Foley 

Timothy Gaudette 

James Gavin 

William Geimer 

Mary Beth Greene 

Mary Ellen Greene 

Daniel Hanley 

Melissa Hennessy 

Beccy Moran Jackson 

Brian H. Johnston 

Maura Kane 

Kevin Kane 

Thomas Kane 

Amarie Kappaz 

George M. Kappaz 

Timothy Kirlin 

Kelly Leonard 

Maura M. Lindsay 

John F. Loome, IV 

Suzanne Matan 

Meghan McCaleb 
Scott McCaleb 

Bernard McCarthy, Jr. 

Michael R. McCarthy 

Stephanie McGill 

Stephanie McGrail 

Byron J. Mitchell 

Sean Murphy 

Paul G. Murray 

Douglas D. Olson 

John F. Ostronic 

Elizabeth (Betsy) Manfuso Pothier 

Matthew Quinn 

Mark A. Quinn 

Mae Joyce Rhoten 

Mark Richardson 

L. Maurice Rowe, IV 

Stephen Royston 

Alice Kelley Scanlon 

James Sullivan 

Cynthia Urgo 

Donald Urgo, Jr 

Patrick T. Waters 

Megan Williams 

Jodi Yeager 
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FBI expanding probe into

Kavanaugh. TRANSCRIPT:

10/1/2018, The Beat w Ari

Melber.

10/01/18 06:00 PM

Guests:

Richard Blumenthal, Carol

Moseley Braun, Lisa Lerer, Mara Gay, Eugene Robinson,

Julie Swetnick, David Corn

Transcript:

Show: THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER

Date: October 1, 2018

Guest: Richard Blumenthal, Carol Moseley Braun, Lisa

Lerer, Mara Gay, 

Eugene Robinson, Julie Swetnick, David Corn

KATY TUR, MSNBC HOST: That`s all for tonight. We`ll be

back tomorrow with 

more MTP DAILY. “THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER” starts

right now. Hi, Ari.

ARI MELBER, MSNBC HOST: Hi, Katy. Thank you so

much.

We begin with Donald Trump essentially backing down in

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and this has really been the second time in less than a

week. It was just 

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FBI`s Kavanaugh 

probe after claiming, well, that`s maybe not what the FBI

does. Tonight`s 

news is Trump has agreed, through critics` calls, to an

expanded FBI probe 

of Brett Kavanaugh. That means FBI agents can speak to

anyone necessary as 

long as it all ends by Friday.

So basically, the White House is no longer micromanaging

the director of 

the probe of who they can talk to but they`re insisting on a

tight and, 

let`s admit it, arbitrary deadline. “The New York Times”

reporting the FBI 

has already interviewed the four people that it was

authorized to. And as 

Trump alluded to today, those people, that list does not

include Julie 

Swetnick, a third Kavanaugh accuser.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So just to be clear, should the FBI

interview all three 

of Brett Kavanaugh`s accusers?

TRUMP: It wouldn`t bother me at all. Now, it depends. I

don`t know all 

three of the accusers. Certainly, I imagine they`re going to

interview

two. The third one, I don`t know much about but it

wouldn`t bother me at 

all. I mean I`ve heard that the third one has, I have no idea

if this is 

true, has very little credibility. If there is any credibility,

interview

the third one.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should Brett Kavanaugh be

interviewed by the FBI?
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MELBER: Swetnick`s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, has

spoken about her case but 

she has not, until tonight. You will hear from Ms. Swetnick

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time, an NBC News exclusive, in a few moments right

here on THE BEAT.

The other big issue though tonight is testimony from

Kavanaugh`s friends 

like Mark Judge, who has now spoken to the FBI, as well

as their 

credibility. New reports that his former girlfriend says she

wants to 

speak with the FBI but hasn`t gotten much of a

substantive response. So 

the FBI can talk to these people around the main parties

as well. NBC 

reporting Kavanaugh`s team tried to talk to some of them,

encouraging

accounts that would back him up. Another college

classmate of Kavanaugh 

alleges that he would get belligerent and aggressive while

drinking. So a 

lot of different accounts swirling around.

We begin tonight with Senator Richard Blumenthal, a

Democrat from 

Connecticut who`s on the Judiciary Committee. He signed

a letter today 

listing about two dozen witnesses that they believe the FBI

should

interview. I`m also joined by Former Democratic Senator

Carol Moseley 

Braun. She won her seat in 1992, often referred to as The

Year of Women. 

She was also the third woman ever to serve on the Senate

Judiciary

Committee. Thanks to both of you.
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Senator Blumenthal, when you look at the direction we`re

going in here, 

what the president said, the FBI expanding aspects of the

probe, do you 

feel this is the right direction?

SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D) CONNECTICUT,

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: It certainly 

is the right direction, but whether they really go far enough

and quickly 

enough remains to be seen. My mantra is distrust but

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witnesses, potential interviewees, that I sent to the White

House and to 

the FBI along with almost all my colleagues on the

Judiciary Committee, 

Democratic side, are the minimum that ought to be

interviewed.

And as you well know, from your own experience,

witnesses can lead to other 

witnesses that have to be pursued. So I believe that Jeff

Flake truly 

wants a real investigation, not a check the box sham. And

that`s what the 

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said very well, 

this deadline is tight and arbitrary. In fact, too accelerated

and too 

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MELBER: One of the things that`s come through in the

process is increased 

scrutiny on whether Brett Kavanaugh, who is a sitting

federal judge, who 

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And you got at 

that point in your exchange with him. Let`s take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BLUMENTHAL: You`re aware of the jury instruction falsus
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in uno, falsus in 

omnibus, are you not? You`re aware of that jury

instruction?

BRETT KAVANAUGH, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE:

Yes, I am.

BLUMENTHAL: You know what it means?

KAVANAUGH: You can translate it for me, Senator. You

can do it better 

than I can.

BLUMENTHAL: False in one thing, false in everything.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: What were you getting at there? Are you at a

junction after a few 

days here where you can say that you think he did make

materially false 

statements to the Senate or are you not there yet?

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seemingly misleading. 

He made statements that were directly contradicted by

facts and now have 

been impugned by other potential witnesses who have

come forward, who 

should be interviewed under oath. I would never judge

right now that a 

sitting judge would be prosecuted for perjury based on

what we know. But 

there is certainly reason for the FBI to be investigating that

issue. And 

that investigation, by the way, Ari, is going to go on,

whether it occurs 

before the vote or afterwards. It`s not like the wrongdoing

goes away just 

because of the vote.

MELBER: Senator, stay with me, as I turn to another

former Senator. And 

Senator Braun, I want to play for you a little sound from
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two other 

senators. I`m sure you know the expression ain`t no party

like a senator 

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know that 

one? It`s an oldie but a goody.

CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN, FORMER SENATOR (D)

ILLINOIS: It`s been said but not 

everybody said it.

MELBER: Exactly. But this is relatively short for a senatoron-senator

analysis. A Republican and Democrat in a much-watched

or much-intrigued 

“60 Minutes” appearance last night about potential false

statements by 

Kavanaugh. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SCOTT PELLEY, HOST, 60 MINUTES: If Judge

Kavanaugh is shown to have lied 

to the committee, the nomination is over?

SEN. JEFF FLAKE (R), ARIZONA: Oh, yes.

SEN.CHRIS COONS (D), DELAWARE: I would think so.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: You saw the Republican there Jeff Flake

nodding his head 

vigorously. The Democrats who seem more critical here

have certainly held 

that view. Do you hold that view? Do you think that he was

evasive, as 

Senator Blumenthal has just said, or something more

directly false?

MOSELEY BRAUN: Well, the United States Constitution

calls on the Senate to 

advise and consent. So this is supposed to be a search for

truth and not 
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just a matter of a pure power play and patronage politics,

which frankly it 

may come down to be. It may be that the majority leader in

the Senate will 

try to just ram this thing through without regard to the

outcome of the FBI 

investigation or any other evidence.

So the question is whether or not the Senators will

discharge their 

constitutional duty, and I think they will, and actually

examine the – all 

of the facts of this case. It`s not a criminal case, it`s an

advice and 

consent so there`s a different standard. But it should not

be allowed to 

become patronage politics and be a straight up power play

over whether or 

not this is the spoil system and the Supreme Court can go

to whatever party 

is in power. It shouldn`t be that. It should be a search for

the truth 

and a search to get to the bottom of what all has occurred

here.

MELBER: And Senator Moseley Braun, the other issue is

not only how Brett 

Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford conducted themselves, much

has been made all the way 

out to “SNL” on how it was the accuser who seemed so

measured and calm, and 

the person being accused who seemed so, at times,

emotional and upset.

MOSELEY BRAUN: Right.

MELBER: But even if you wanted to be charitable and say

people may respond 

differently to different things, he`s also a sitting judge who

has to 

return to the bench no matter what happens. And so I

wonder for your 
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analysis if we could compare that to what we might call the

Kavanaugh

standard, what he had said a judge is ought to do and how

they ought to 

act. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KAVANAUGH: To be a good judge and a good umpire, it`s

important to have 

the proper demeanor. Really important, I think. And to

keep our emotions 

in check, to be calm amidst the storm. On the bench, to

put it in the 

vernacular, don`t be a jerk. I think that`s important.

There`s a danger 

of arrogance as for umpires, referees but also for judges.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: Do you think he followed his own advice last

week?

MOSELEY BRAUN: He clearly did not. I mean that`s the

reality there. He 

just lost it and attacked the Senators who were on the

panel, which was 

just I thought inappropriate and did not show judicial

temperament. But 

having said that, what concerns me is why Republican

women are not more 

outraged, because the Republican side of the committee,

they couldn`t even 

have – they didn`t have a female member of the

Republican side of the 

aisle on that committee. They had to go and rent a person

to come and to 

be the stand-in female to do the questioning.

And I just think that that ought to energize Republican

women to say why 

aren`t there more Republican women sitting on that other

side of the Senate 
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Judiciary Committee, or in the Senate, period? So I think

that is a very 

important issue here.

MELBER: Senator Moseley Braun and Blumenthal, thanks

to both of you.

I want to turn now to Mara Gay for “The New York Times”

editorial board and 

an MSNBC analyst. She has a new article writing about

her own experience 

as a sexual assault survivor. And also here, Lisa Lerer, a

political

reporter for “The New York Times”, as well as Eugene

Robinson, a Pulitzer 

Prize Winning Columnist for “The Washington Post.” My

thanks to all of 

you.

Lisa, starting with you. What do you think is important

now? We are long 

ways, as I mentioned in the open, from Donald Trump

claiming either this 

isn`t what the FBI does or they should do it only with a

narrow account of 

who they can talk to.

LISA LERER, POLITICAL REPORTER, THE NEW YORK

TIMES: Look, what`s important 

is what has always been important which are the votes of

Senator Flake, 

Collins, Murkowski, maybe Manchin or Heitkamp. In the

end, you know, it`s 

hard to believe that a time-limited investigation can close

every door and 

every eye, especially as more issues seem to come out

every day. But in 

the end, that may not matter. If Mitch McConnell feels he

has the vote to 

push this thing through, he will push it through.

So the deciding voices on this will be that said of three or

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week, then he`ll 

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it`s hard 

to see how – then Republicans are in a pretty tough spot.

MELBER: Right. And Eugene Robinson, I want to play a

little more from 

Donald Trump today because what Lisa is referring to is

the fact that this 

is a somewhat public, messy process. No one is claiming

it`s all that 

logical and rational. Although, as I was pushing the

Senator on it, if you 

want more time and more witnesses, this would seem to

be going in that 

direction. Take a look at the president today.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TRUMP: I want them to do a very comprehensive

investigation. With that 

being said, I would like it to go quickly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just for clarity, will you instruct the

White House 

Counsel, Don McGahn, to give the FBI free reign to

interview whomever they 

feel is necessary?

TRUMP: Well, I have so instructed him, but I did also say

within the 

bounds of what the Senate wants. We don`t want to go on

a – to use an 

expression often used by me, we don`t want to go on a

witch hunt.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: Eugene, he had to get that in there. Please

don`t feel any need 

to respond at that particular phraseology. But what do you

think about 
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that direction the president – look, you could say low bar,

you can say 

low expectations but something has moved the president,

maybe just the raw 

political pressure of needing a couple of votes.

EUGENE ROBINSON, COLUMNIST, THE

WASHINGTON POST: Well, at the very least, 

we have a good cop, bad cop routine going on in here,

where the president, 

for a change, is the good cop who is saying, “Have an

investigation. Look 

into everything. Talk to anybody you need to talk to. This

is what I want 

the FBI to do.” And on the other end of Pennsylvania

Avenue, you have 

Mitch McConnell saying, “We`re going to vote this week.

I`m going to call 

a vote and we are going to put it up.”

Now that is, I think, in part a bluff because he certainly will

not bring 

it up for a vote if he doesn`t think he has the votes to pass,

to get Judge 

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And I`m as 

confused as everybody else about how thorough this

investigation will be, 

how quickly it can be done, and what the standard is,

what`s the cutoff?

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substantiate the sexual 

assault charges, what do you do? Is that enough for Jeff

Flake or is that 

not enough for Jeff Flake?

MARA GAY, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, THE NEW

YORK TIMES: Yes. You know I 

don`t want to get too caught up in the FBI investigation,

because I do 

think it`s important because it means that Dr. Blasey
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Ford`s claims are 

being taken seriously and that`s good. But we already

have a lot of 

information before us even without the FBI investigation,

that suggests 

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pieces of 

evidence is Dr. Blasey Ford herself. Her testimony is

credible. Brett 

Kavanaugh`s testimony is not credible.

And there are reasons for that. And one of those reasons

is because he`s 

been misleading and injudicious and temperamental and

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national television. You know that is not what we want in a

Supreme Court 

Justice. And I think that, you know, we should kind of

remember that, 

because rather than fall into the trap of, let`s see whether

it`s possible 

to prove that Dr. Blasey Ford is telling the truth – I mean it

may be that 

there`s no evidence 36 years later that can prove all of the

claims that 

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her testimony 

credible. And frankly, Brett Kavanaugh`s not credible.

MELBER: And Lisa, doesn`t that go to the very peculiar

maleness or male 

privilege that he would seem to inhabit, which has been, of

course, a part 

of the discussion for many days now, which is it is hard to

imagine a 

female judge, candidate, nominee, or Senator, necessarily

being given the 

same dispensation if they comported themselves over

several hours like 

that?

LERER: I`m smiling because it`s not hard to imagine. It`s
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completely

inconceivably impossible to imagine.

MELBER: I do a little bit of understatement on the show.

LERER: Right. You`re a little understanding. We`d be

talking about 

temperament. We`d be talking about all kinds of things. So

clearly, there 

is a double standard at play. That seems fairly obvious for

Anyone who has 

watched these testimonies, who has watched Washington,

who has watched 

Politics.

I also think there`s another thing going on that`s important

to remember, 

which is that – let`s say this all works for Mitch McConnell

and he gets 

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the institution 

of the court? You have this highly controversial nominee.

You have a 

broad swath, a growing swath based on the polling of the

American public, 

who are not comfortable with him, and then you have

future potential 

Justice Kavanaugh who is going to be on the court ruling

potentially on 

issues of women`s rights, on sexual harassment.

I think it could be very – and then there`s the temperament

issues,

there`s this – the openly partisan statements he made in

his testimony 

that could be something that`s really damaging for the

court as an 

institution.

MELBER: Right. And that also goes to Eugene, something

I want to read to 

you that really cuts into, I think, another heart of this
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debate, which is 

what is the right ratio? And I don`t think anyone has the

perfect answer 

but what is the right ratio between the age of an allegation

and the 

seriousness of an allegation?

Because the older and less serious at some extreme, you

say, “Oh, 

jaywalking, and it was 60 years ago, you know. And it was

in a horse and 

buggy jaywalking situation. People will say, “You know

what, never mind 

the horse,`” versus something super serious or super

recent.

I want to read to you from some of the new accounts that

are coming out. 

“The Washington Post” quoting on the record Charles

Ludington, a declared 

friend of Kavanaugh`s from Yale says, “Look, when Brett

got drunk, he was 

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one of our 

mutual friends in jail.”

Any time you have the intersection of criminal law or the

alcohol mixed 

with allegations of violent or criminal conduct, right, you`re

in a little 

bit of a different space than just what some people like to

say. Oh, 40 

years ago these were “Wild parties.” How do you see

these accounts 

affecting it?

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attention, but I want 

to go back to the point that Mara was making which is that

Dr. Blasey 

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enough that there`s not a statute of limitations on that,

both literally 

and I think in terms of consideration for the Supreme

Court.

And second, her testimony is evidence. It is powerful. I

mean she is an 

incredibly credible witness. I don`t know anyone who

listened to her last 

Thursday and said she was anything less than believable.

So if you`re 

going to say she`s believable, then we should believe her.

We should 

certainly give her more of a presumption of truthfulness

than is being 

given her now. And when we say in the Me Too era

believe the woman, that 

doesn`t mean believe the woman for, you know, half a day

and then tell her 

to go away and shut up.

MELBER: Right. And it also goes to the procedural point

that`s in the 

news tonight which is she came out, spoke under oath in

public. Mark Judge 

speaking in private and only speaking under oath because

of what Jeff Flake 

and others pushed for. I mean that wasn`t at all

guaranteed.

Eugene Robinson, Lisa Lerer and Mara Gay, as always,

appreciate your 

expertise.

Coming up, as I mentioned, something quite new. The

NBC`s Kate Snow has an 

exclusive interview with Kavanaugh accuser Julie

Swetnick who we broadcast 

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Later, a deep dive into what FBI agents might be looking

at as they review 
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the record of Mark Judge. And later, Bob Mueller in court

defending his 

authority and talking about Rod Rosenstein. We`re also

going to tell you 

later why there are right now more immigrant children than

ever in a Tent 

City in Texas, an important story we`ll be covering later.

I`m Ari Melber. You`re watching THE BEAT on MSNBC.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MELBER: Today, the White House authorized the FBI to

expand its 

investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against

Judge Brett 

Kavanaugh. Two accusers, Dr. Christine Ford, and

Deborah Ramirez have 

talked to the FBI as part of this probe. Now, a third who

came forward 

recently, Julie Swetnick, was not on the original list of FBI

interviews

and she has not spoken in public since releasing a written

statement, until 

now.

NBC News` Kate Snow is reporting this story and just

interviewed Ms. 

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Kate.

KATE SNOW, JOURNALIST, NBC NEWS: Ari, thanks.

What we want to do here is 

lay out all that she said, her story, our reporting. We want

to be very 

transparent because these are very serious allegations.

Kavanaugh has 

called Julie Swetnick`s story nonsense and a farce. The

president today 

questioned her credibility. And NBC News, for the record,

has not been 

able to independently verify her claims.
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There are things that she told us on camera that differ

from her written 

statement last week. We`ve been trying independently to

reach out to 

anyone who remembers attending parties with Julie

Swetnick and Brett 

Kavanaugh, and we`ve been asking her attorney for

names. So far, we`ve not 

found anyone who remembers that. She`s also unclear

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decided to come forward.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Why are you sitting here today?

JULIE SWETNICK, ACCUSER OF BRETT KAVANAUGH:

Well, I`m quite a shy person 

and quite a private person. And I wouldn`t be here today

except for about 

six weeks ago, I happened to learn about Brett Kavanaugh

becoming one of 

the people who was shortlisted to go to the Supreme

Court.

SNOW: This is in July, summer?

SWETNICK: I don`t remember exactly but it was about six

weeks ago. And 

then I became aware of Dr. Ford and her description of

what had happened to 

her at a party one time, that also had Brett Kavanaugh

involved. And I 

started to think back to my days when I was in the early

`80s in Montgomery 

County in Maryland and I thought that I might have some

information that 

might corroborate some of the things that she had stated.

SNOW: So you only thought about coming forward when

you learned about Dr. 

Ford?
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SWETNICK: Yes. Because I did not know how close Brett

Kavanaugh was to 

possibly becoming the next Supreme Court Justice.

SNOW: I just want to get the timeline right about this

because he was 

nominated in July. Christine Ford, Dr. Christine Blasey

Ford, came forward 

in “The Washington Post” more recently in September. So

was it in 

September that you –

SWETNICK: It`s been several weeks. But I`m not

somebody who follows the 

news. I`m not political at all.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Julie Swetnick says she was in Community

College when she started 

attending house parties that included high schoolers.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: You graduated in 1980 -

SWETNICK: Correct.

SNOW: – from high school, from Gaithersburg High

School. So you would 

have been out of high school. So a lot of people wondered

what are you 

doing at a high school party if you`re already –

SWETNICK: It wasn`t a high school party. These parties

had everybody 

between about an age range of 15, 16 to 25, maybe even

more.

SNOW: How did you meet Brett Kavanaugh? Did you

actually meet him?

SWETNICK: I did actually meet him. I remember meeting

him because I 

remember – he`s got a very distinctive face, very
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distinctive face and as 

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him, being introduced 

to him.

SNOW: Did you know anything about Brett Kavanaugh?

SWETNICK: No. I believe he might have been wearing a

Georgetown Prep 

uniform, which a lot of the boys used to wear at least a

uniform or parts 

of their uniform.

SNOW: At the party?

SWETNICK: Sometimes. I think they were very proud.

SNOW: In your statement to the Judiciary Committee, you

described a range 

of behavior.

SWETNICK: Mm-hmm.

SNOW: And you say you saw –

SWETNICK: Oh, yes.

SNOW: – Brett Kavanaugh do these things. Can you

describe to me what you 

saw him do?

SWETNICK: He was very aggressive, very sloppy drunk,

mean drunk. I saw 

him go up to girls and paw on them, try to, you know, get a

little too 

handsy, touching them in private parts. I saw him try to

shift clothing.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Later in the interview, she went further.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SWETNICK: I saw him push girls against walls. He would

pretend to stumble 
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and stumble into them and knock them into a wall. He

would push his body 

against theirs. He would grope them.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: There are some differences between Swetnick`s

sworn statement last 

week and what she told us. In that statement, Swetnick

said she became 

aware of efforts by Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge

to spike punch at 

parties. In our interview, she said she saw them near the

punch but did 

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(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Did you see Brett Kavanaugh, you know, spiking

the punch–

SWETNICK: Well, I saw him giving red solo cups to quite

a few girls during 

that time frame. And there was grain punch at those

parties. And I would 

not take one of those glasses from Mark Kavanaugh –

Brett Kavanaugh, 

excuse me. I saw him around the punch, I won`t say bowls

or the punch 

containers. I don`t know what he did but I saw him by

them, yes.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: In her declaration, Swetnick wrote, “I also

witnessed efforts by 

Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh, and others, to cause girls

to become 

inebriated and disoriented so they could then be gangraped in a side room 

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recollection of 

seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these
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parties, waiting for 

their turn with a girl inside the room. These boys included

Mark Judge and 

Brett Kavanaugh.”

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: What did you see?

SWETNICK: Well, until what happened to me happened to

me, I didn`t put two 

and two together. But I would see boys standing outside of

rooms,

congregated together, sort of like a gauntlet. And I didn`t

know what was 

occurring but I would see them laughing, a lot of laughing.

SNOW: Standing in lines outside of rooms?

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didn`t understand 

what it could possibly be.

SNOW: And in your declaration, you described Brett

Kavanaugh and his 

friend Mark Judge, standing outside, see them standing

outside a door?

SWETNICK: Yes, with other boys.

SNOW: So you`re suggesting that in hindsight –

SWETNICK: Yes.

SNOW: – you think he was involved in this behavior?

SWETNICK: I would say yes. It`s just too coincidental.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: She says she had no idea exactly what that

behavior was until she 

herself was attacked.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Can you tell me what happened? As much as
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you`re comfortable 

telling us?

SWETNICK: What happened to me is probably the most

horrendous, awful thing 

that could happen to any human being. My body was

violated. My soul was 

broken. I was not able to have somebody stop when I

said, “No, stop.” I 

felt like somebody took me and basically said, “You`re

worthless. You are 

nothing to us. You are disposable.”

I was at a party and I remember I started not to feel very

well. And next 

thing I know, I was shoved into a room, and I`m having my

clothes torn in 

different directions. I was touched everywhere. I was

physically

assaulted in every way you can physically assault a

woman. It was 

horrible. I had no way to fend them off.

SNOW: You know what I`m going to ask. Everyone is

wondering if one of 

those people was Brett Kavanaugh.

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the ones who 

assaulted me. But before this happened to me, at that

party, I saw Brett 

Kavanaugh there. I saw Mark Judge there. And they were

hanging about the 

area where I started to feel disoriented and where the

room was, and where 

the other boys were hanging out and laughing. I could

hear them laughing 

and laughing.

It`s very hard for me to talk about this but it`s important

that somebody 

says something because if Brett Kavanaugh was one of
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those people that did 

this to me, there is no way in the world that he should go

scot-free on 

this and that he should be on the Supreme Court. He just

– it`s just 

unthinkable to me. If he does, there`s no justice in the

world.

SNOW: After you`re – what you describe is this attack on

you and a rape, 

did you tell anyone?

SWETNICK: Oh yes I contacted the Montgomery County

Police.

SNOW: You did?

SWETNICK: And I also I told my mother and she cried

with me. She held me 

the next day. I was so distraught I would – she wanted me

to go to the 

police immediately. She was just outraged. She was so

hurt for me.

SNOW: Do you remember who you spoke to?

SWETNICK: They – I vaguely remember people but I`m

not quite sure, not 

100 percent.

SNOW: Swetnick`s mother has since passed away.

Swetnick also named one of 

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said today it could take up to a month for them to respond.

BRETT KAVANAUGH, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

NOMINEE: It`s not true. It`s not 

true.
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SNOW: Judge Kavanaugh has said he doesn`t know who

Swetnick is and her 

allegations are from the twilight zone.

I want to play you a little bit of what he said on Thursday.

KAVANAUGH: The Swetnick thing is a joke. That is a

farce. I`ve never met 

her, don`t know who she is. There was a letter released

within two hours 

of that breaking yesterday from like 60 people who knew

me in high school 

men and women and said, it was their words, nonsense.

Totally you know, 

the whole thing. That`s totally ridiculous.

SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R), LOUISIANA: None of these

allegations are true?

KAVANAUGH: Correct.

KENNEDY: No doubt in your mind?

KAVANAUGH: Zero. I`m 100 percent certain.

KENNEDY: Not even a scintilla.

KAVANAUGH: Not a scintilla. 100 percent certain,

Senator.

KENNEDY: You swear to God?

KAVANAUGH: I swear to God.

SWETNICK: You know what I said to that? He`s a liar.

SNOW: Mark Judge put out a statement. He said – he

said under oath that 

your allegations are bizarre and that he would remember

actions so 

outlandish even when suffering from an addiction, he`s

talked about how he 

has an addiction to alcohol, he categorically said he

denies your 

allegations. He says he doesn`t know you. What do you
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say to that?

SWETNICK: What I say about that is he`s an admitted

blackout drunk and 

drug addict. What does he know – how would you know

what you`ve forgotten 

if you blacked out?

SNOW: On Sunday Senate Republicans questioned

Swetnick`s credibility and 

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former employer.

The company said you lied about graduating from Johns

Hopkins University 

and about your work experience.

SWETNICK: That`s total (INAUDIBLE) and that never – I

mean I remember 

when this happened and it was just ridiculous and that`s

why they dismissed 

it and it didn`t ever go anywhere.

SNOW: You didn`t – you didn`t lie.

SWETNICK: No. It didn`t go anywhere.

SNOW: Education or your work experience.

SWETNICK: No, it was just total fabricated.

SNOW: What was it about? What the lawsuits says, let me

just – the 

lawsuit by your former employer said that you engaged in

“unwelcome sexual 

innuendo and inappropriate conduct after three weeks on

the job toward 

other employees.”

SWETNICK: It never happened, that`s why it didn`t go

anywhere and that`s 

why it was dismissed.

SNOW: Senate Republicans and other critics have also

noted a restraining 
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of. It was effective for I think 12 days.

SWETNICK: That is absolutely preposterous and honestly

I never received a 

restraining order.

SNOW: Court records show the petition for the restraining

order was 

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represented by Michael 

Avenatti who also represents Stormy Daniels and is an

outspoken critic of 

the President. She says she reached out to him after a

friend who went to 

law school with Avenatti recommended him.

SWETNICK: My best friend went to George Washington

Law School with him, 

and Michael knows Washington. I wanted an attorney who

knew Washington and 

who was recommended.

SNOW: But as you know, some people, actually probably

a lot of Americans 

have expressed doubt about your stories simply because

of how it came out 

and who represents you.

SWETNICK: I cannot speak for other people and why they

would form certain 

opinions. I just know that I wanted to have good

representation and I 

think I found it.

SNOW: I asked Swetnick if any of her friends from the 80s

remember going 

to these parties with her.

Are their friends who remember these parties too and

remember you go –
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SWETNICK: Oh, I think everybody in the county

remembers these parties.

SNOW: Because we haven`t – we haven`t heard from

those friends so I`m 

asking you know, are there people alive today who would

say yes, I went to 

those parties with Julie.

SWETNICK: Yes, I have – yes there are people that know

about those 

parties.

SNOW: This morning Swetnick provided four names of

friends she says went 

to the parties with her. One of them said he does not recall

a Julie 

Swetnick. Another of the friends she named his deceased.

We`ve reached 

out to the other two and haven`t heard back. Swetnick

says after the 

alleged attack on her when she was 19, she never

returned to those big 

house parties.

You said it was the last party you remember going to?

SWETNICK: That was the last party I consciously

remember going to. It was 

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County. The next 

year I remember being at beach week in Ocean City

during beach week. I 

wasn`t there for beach week, I just happened to be there

vacationing and I 

bumped into some friends and somehow we ended up

going to a get together in 

Ocean City. And at that party I did see Brett Kavanaugh

there again and it 

crushed me. I was – I fell apart and I had to get out of

there.
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(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Swetnick told me that if she had known what had

– what was 

happening to her had possibly happened to other women

or men, she would 

have absolutely tried to break into that room, this is a

quote, and save 

whoever the person was at those parties. She would

contact authorities as 

well she said. Again, Judge Kavanaugh has said that he

does not know Julie 

Swetnick and has called her claims, Ari, nonsense.

Apologies for my voice.

MELBER: Well, even working hard, Kate Snow. It`s a – it`s

a big story 

that touches a lot of things. I want to ask you some

questions about it. 

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seconds, and when 

I`m back I`ll be back with Kate Snow.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MELBER: Welcome back to THE BEAT. I am here with

NBC News` Kate Snow. We 

just aired her exclusive interview with a Kavanaugh

accuser who is speaking 

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reporting.

There`s a lot for people to see there.

SNOW: There`s a lot in there.

MELBER: And there are things that go in different

directions as often 

happens when you report out a story like this. You press

her on the 

timeline of when she decided to come forward.

SNOW: Right. Well, you saw that at the top of the piece

and frankly we 
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being on a short 

list and that happened in July. You heard me ask her, that

wasn`t that in 

July and she said yes and I think she said that was six

weeks ago but 

actually July is about three months ago.

And then she mentioned Dr. Ford and being inspired by

her and wanting to 

support her and corroborate some of what she was

hearing Dr. Ford`s say, 

but just for the record that was in September. So there`s a

little

haziness around why she decided and when she decided

to come forward.

MELBER: How does your reporting effort to account for

her secondhand 

sources or validators compare to other stories like this that

you`ve

covered?

SNOW: Well, that`s a good question. Here`s what I can

tell you. We found 

out about – I`m going to be fully you know, disclose

everything here. We 

found out about this, I found out about this interview on

Friday night. On 

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attorney Michael 

Avenatti. We asked him – I asked him at that point, can

you provide us 

with any names of people who went to the parties with her

just because we 

couldn`t place her – NBC News has not since last week

been able to place 

her in that time period at those house parties in that group

of friends. 

There aren`t other people coming forward as happens in
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many other stories 

we cover who say yes I was there too.

And we`re not you know, discounting what she said in any

way. We`re just 

trying to do our reporting and make sure that there were

people who said 

she was there. And to date, as of today, we haven`t been

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anyone who says yes I saw her in the same room with

Brett Kavanaugh. And 

of course, Judge Kavanaugh says he was not in the same

room with her. He 

doesn`t even know who she is.

MELBER: And while some of her allegations overlap with

things we`ve heard 

from other multiple sources that has been part of the

vetting of Judge 

Kavanaugh, it seems that both in her sworn statement and

now in this 

interview, she is not alleging individual misconduct by

Brett Kavanaugh 

attacking her.

SNOW: Well, she`s not sure about that. Yes, that`s right

she`s not sure 

whether – she said he she thought she saw him in the

vicinity and then her 

description is that she got pushed into a room and was

sort of out of it 

and there were a number of men in that room and I won`t

get into details 

but you know, she says she`s not sure who was there.

MELBER: Right.

SNOW: I think we should just also say that you know

we`ve been trying to 

verify everything she said you know, as much as we

possibly can. The 

resources of NBC News are way beyond me, Ari. As you
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know, there are a lot 

of people in this newsroom working on this. And again,

you know, we`re 

interested in talking to anyone else who may have seen

what she says she 

saw. I should also note that she did describe not direct

behavior against 

her but you heard her in the interview described behavior

against other 

women she says she observed. She says she observed

Judge Kavanaugh 

behaving inappropriately pushing women against walls,

you know, talking to 

them in a demeaning way. So she`s making some very

serious allegations 

here and I think it`s up to the viewers to decide what they

make of this.

MELBER: Right. About what she said she saw and within

this process as 

more information and more accounts come out those will

be weighed through 

the process. NBC News Kate Snow, thank you for sharing

your reporting with 

us. We want to turn to another development in this story

right now. A key 

friend of Brett Kavanaugh who has been effectively laying

low Mark Judge, 

now, he has been interviewed by the FBI. Mark Judge is

important because 

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potentially

part accomplice in her original allegation.

Now, he had responded by saying that “he doesn`t recall

the events 

described by Dr. Ford in her testimony and he never saw

Brett act in the 

manner Dr. Ford describes” Now, until today that written

statement was 

basically all anyone had directly from Mark Judge,
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meaning he was facing 

far less scrutiny or questions than Kavanaugh or Ford.

She of course had 

detailed her memories about Mark Judge and Brett

Kavanaugh that night.

Brett and Mark were visibly drunk early in the evening. I

went up a very 

narrow set of stairs leading from the living room to a

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the restroom. When I got to the top of the stairs, I was

pushed from 

behind into a bedroom across from the bathroom. I

couldn`t see who pushed 

me. Brett and Mark came into the bedroom and locked the

door behind them. 

There was music playing in the bedroom. It was turned up

louder by either 

Brett or Mark once we were in the room. I was pushed on

to the bed and 

Brett got on top of me he began running his hands over

my body and grinding 

into me.

I yelled hoping that someone downstairs might hear me.

Both Brett and Mark 

were drunkenly laughing during the attack. They seemed

to be having a very 

good time. Mark seemed ambivalent at times urging Brett

on and at times 

telling him to stop. A couple of times I made eye contact

with Mark and 

thought he might try to help me but he did not.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: That is what everyone watching heard last

week. Now, Mark Judge 

would presumably have strong views about that allegation

as it ricocheted 

effectively across the country. And even if he genuinely

does not recall 
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that night one way or the other, the FBI would potentially

want his view on 

many of these wider questions that Kavanaugh already

faced under oath about 

their alleged drinking together in their parties. And for

Judge

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seeing her after the 

incident she details, and Judge could also have plenty to

say about 

excessive drinking in blackouts because he did later write

about his own 

battles with alcoholism and recovery.

RACHEL MITCHELL, HEAD, SPECIAL VICTIMS

DIVISION, MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY`S 

OFFICE: Have you ever passed out from drinking?

KAVANAUGH: Passed out would be no but I`ve gone to

sleep.

SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D), RHODE ISLAND:

They relate to alcohol.

KAVANAUGH: I like beer – I like beer. I don`t know if you

like beer, 

Senator, or not? What do you like to drink?

SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D), MINNESOTA: So you`re

saying there`s never been a 

case where you drink so much that you didn`t remember

what happened the 

night before or a part of what happened?

KAVANAUGH: It`s – you`re asking about you know,

blackout. I don`t know, 

have you?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: In Mark Judge`s book God and Man at

Georgetown Prep, he writes 

about a pledge that he and his friends made in high school

to drink a 
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hundred kegs of beer before graduation. On their way to

that goal, there 

was a “disastrous party at his house. The place was

trashed. And 

Kavanaugh listed himself in the class yearbook as

treasurer of the hundred 

kegs or bust club.” There`s also a 1997 memoir Wasted:

Tales of a Gen X 

Drunk where Judge writes about a “beach week” and has

this passage “Do you 

know Bart O`Kavanaugh “yes, he`s around here

somewhere.” “I heard he puked 

in someone`s car the other night.” “Yes, he passed out on

his way back 

from a party as the exchange.”

So many would ask well, is that Bart O`Kavanaugh name

or character a 

reference to Brett Kavanaugh?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KAVANAUGH: Mark Judge was a friend of ours in high

school who developed a 

very serious drinking problem, an addiction problem that

lasted decades and 

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SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D), VERMONT: I`m trying to get

a straight answer from 

you under oath, are you Bart Kavanaugh that he`s

referring to, yes or no.

KAVANAUGH: You`d have to ask him.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: You`d have to ask him. Now that`s Judge

Kavanaugh docking so 

another Judge, if you will, would take the question. One

can now imagine 

the FBI doing exactly that asking him in its new

questioning as well as of 
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course his recollection of the account about running in to

doctor Ford.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FORD: Yes, I was going to the Potomac Village Safeway,

this is the one on 

the corner of Falls and River Road, and I was with my

mother and I was a 

teenager so I wanted her to go in one door and me go in

the other. So I 

chose the wrong door because the door I chose was the

one where Mark Judge 

was – looked like he was working there and arranging the

shopping carts. 

And I said hello to him and his face was white and very

uncomfortable

saying hello back, and we had previously been friendly at

the times that we 

saw each other over the previous two years, albeit not

very many times we 

had always been friendly with one another. I wouldn`t

characterize him as 

not friendly, he was just nervous and not really wanting to

speak with me. 

He looked a little pale.

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D), ILLINOIS: How long did this

occur after the 

incident. I would estimate six to eight weeks.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: The FBI may want to ask about that non-drunk

alleged encounter. 

Mark Judge`s book does validate parts of Ford`s timeline

saying it was the 

summer before senior year and even though I wasn`t

drinking every day, I 

was completely hooked going a week without getting

drunk was unthinkable. 

I was spending between four and seven nights with the
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gang either at a 

party or at O`Rourke`s. And a former girlfriend of Mark

Judge is telling 

the New Yorker the Judge had told her ashamedly of an

incident that 

involved him and other boys taking turns having sex with a

drunk woman.

Also the kind of question the FBI might want to explore in

the context of 

this vetting. Now, Dr. Ford was asked a simple question

that many remember 

in her hearing last week.

SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D), CONNECTICUT:

Would you like Mark Judge to be 

interviewed in connection with the background

investigation and the serious 

credible allegations that you made?

FORD: That would be my preference.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MELBER: That would be my preference. Simply stated,

measured, modest even 

the way she was throughout much of the hearing. What`s

easy to forget 

because a lot is happening at once these days is when

she gave that answer 

under oath and then when Kavanaugh came in after and

then the next day, no 

one knew whether this would ever happen. In the space

from her answer to 

today, a span of a few days political pressure and activism

have changed. 

So now Mark Judge has been interviewed by the FBI. That

wasn`t the 

original plan. And Mark Judge now because of all that, his

testimony true 

or false, the FBI will make its determination, could be key

to unlocking so 
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many open questions right now.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MELBER: Some other big news today. Trump`s former

campaign chair Paul 

Manafort in the hot seat today. Bob Mueller`s people sat

him down for a 

meeting all part of his ongoing cooperation with the

Special Counsel probe. 

I`m joined by David Corn, Mother Jones` Washington

Bureau Chief and 

specialist in the Special Counsel probe. What do you

make of this 

development and also the push coming from the

Republican side to meet with 

Rod Rosenstein?

DAVID CORN, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF,

MOTHER JONES: Well, one is a true 

matter, the other is a distraction. Finally, Mark – excuse

me – Paul 

Manafort is sitting down with Mueller. Remember, we

haven`t heard a lot 

from Mueller in the last couple of weeks. It might be

because we`re 

nearing an election and he doesn`t want to do too much

before that and be 

accused of playing partisan politics. But what Manafort

knows, well he 

know about the Trump campaign but also about lobbying

for the Ukraine but 

Russian oligarchs.

I mean this could be hours, and hours, and hours, of

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Mueller`s investigators who then go out and dig and look

and come back to 

Manafort and say what about this, what about that. It`s a

very long 

process. At the same time, they`re also doing this with a

guy named 
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Michael Cohen. So you know, they have a lot more work

to be done on these 

two fronts and it`s serious it`s – you know, we`ve seen

Mueller and his 

team they are painstakingly thorough and that sometimes

takes a while. So 

there may be weeks months before we see any signs of

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with Cohen and Manafort are bringing forth from an

investigative point of 

view.

MELBER: Do you think – do you think with the White

House saying well, 

maybe this famed Rod Rosenstein, Donald Trump

meeting will get delayed even 

further, do you think that New York Times report has not

aged well as we 

say in the business?

CORN: Well, let me look at it from Trump`s perspective

here. He shows –

MELBER: As you always do.

CORN: He has shown amazing self-restraint on this front

and has not 

tweeted that much about it, you know, calmly noted last

week that he would 

not bring this up on the day of the testimony of Christine

Ford and Brett 

Kavanaugh, and not create even more chaos. We know

he likes to create 

chaos. And –

MELBER: Are you – are you low key complimenting

Donald Trump right now?

CORN: Well, listen if you ever just called Donald Trump a

sane,

reasonable, human being it`s not necessary a compliment.

MELBER: I just – this is Mike Pence, Kanye West side of
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you I didn`t know 

about.

CORN: You know, putting those two together kind of

blows my mind 

especially –

MELBER: They`re both saga, they`re both saga, baby.

CORN: I know, I know. I`d like to see Mike Pence dancing

around in a 

Perrier bottle. But putting that aside, Ari, your distraction

here, it 

could – it could well be that Trump doesn`t want to make a

move on 

Rosenstein or Sessions until after the election. He`s been

convinced that 

be bad politics for the Midterm.

MELBER: So you`re saying it could be a rational thing and

that doesn`t 

give him a ton of credit but that would be rationally

reasonable or it 

could be a bait and switch to then do something attacking

the rule of law 

after election day.

CORN: I know the odds are low on this but yes it could be

a rational 

decision.

MELBER: Great. And thank you for the SNL Perrier

reference. Do you know 

who the artist was performing in the Fiji Water bottle

adjacent to West?

CORN: Coochi – what – something named like that.

That`s all I know.

MELBER: Lil Pump, David.

CORN: Lil Pump, OK, I was –

MELBER: Come on, man.
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MELBER: You were so close.

CORN: OK, I was – next time I`ll the would be a lifeline,

you know. 

Kanye –

MELBER: We`re out of time. David Corn –

CORN: Kanye is not on my playlist.

MELBER: Thank you as always. We`ll be right back.

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you to see. The Trump administration right now secretly

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migrant children to tent cities. This is all happening in the

middle of 

the night. They force the kids on buses for relocation to a

tent city in 

South Texas often without warning. 1,600 children moved

under darkness 

because they are less likely to try to run away, that`s

according to a new 

account in “The New York Times.” And these facilities

appear worse for 

children than where they were staying because they have

no school, they 

have less access to legal services to protect their rights.

And while some 

potential caretakers are arrested by ICE, they have less

caretakers.

The Trump administration had set regulations for the new

tent camp but 

let`s be clear, that means fewer protections than where

the children were 

previously housed, places regulated by state child welfare

authorities. We 

wanted you to see that story and we`ll have more on it in

the days ahead. 
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Exhibit 40 
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New questions raised about Avenatti 

claims regarding Kavanaugh 

Kate SnowKate Snow is a national correspondent for NBC News. 

6-7 minutes 

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Oct. 25, 2018 I 6:53 PM EDT 

By Kate Snow and Anna Schecter 

When Sen. Chuck Grassley referred attorney Michael Avenatti and 

his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice Department for criminal 

investigation Thursday, he cited Swetnick's interview with NBC 

News as evidence the two were trying to mislead the Senate 

Judiciary Committee. 

In the NBC News interview that aired on Oct. 1, Swetnick backtracked on or contradicted parts of her sworn statement where she 

alleged she witnessed then-Supreme Court nominee Brett 

Kavanaugh "cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so 

they could then be 'gang raped' in a side room or bedroom by a 

'train' of boys." 

NBC News also found other apparent inconsistencies in a second 
sworn statement from another woman whose statement Avenatti

provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a bid to bolster

Swetnick's claims.

In the second statement, the unidentified woman said she

witnessed Kavanaugh "spike" the punch at high school parties in

order to sexually take advantage of girls. But less than 48 hours

before Avenatti released her sworn statement on Twitter, the same

woman told NBC News a different story.

Referring to Kavanaugh spiking the punch, "I didn't ever think it was

Brett," the woman said to reporters in a phone interview arranged

by Avenatti on Sept. 30 after repeated requests to speak with other

witnesses who might corroborate Swetnick's claims. As soon as the

call began, the woman said she never met Swetnick in high school

and never saw her at parties and had only become friends with her

when they were both in their 30s.

When asked in the phone interview if she ever witnessed

Kavanaugh act inappropriately towards girls, the woman replied,

"no." She did describe a culture of heavy drinking in high school

that she took part in, and said Kavanaugh and his friend Mark

Judge were part of that group.

In a statement Thursday about his referral of Swetnick and Avenatti

for a criminal investigation, Grassley said, "When a well-meaning

citizen comes forward with information relevant to the committee's

work, I take it seriously....But in the heat of partisan moments,

some do try to knowingly mislead the committee. That's unfair to

my colleagues, the nominees and others providing information who

are seeking the truth."

Avenatti responded in a statement to NBC News saying, "Senator
Grassley has just made a major mistake. Let the investigation into 

Kavanaugh and his lies begin." 

Kavanaugh and Judge denied the allegations leveled by Swetnick 

and other women. Avenatti, asked about the inconsistencies within 

the second woman's account, said: "It is a sworn declaration that 

she read and signed and repeatedly stood behind." 

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-lowa, 

speaks to reporters as he leaves the chamber following a 

procedural vote to advance the confirmation of Supreme Court 

nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 5, 

2018.J. Scott Applewhite I AP 

According to the second woman's declaration that Avenatti 

provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she said: "During the 

years 1981-82, I witnessed firsthand Brett Kavanaugh, together 

with others, 'spike' the 'punch' at house parties I attended with 

Quaaludes and/or grain alcohol. I understood this was being done 
for the purpose of making girls more likely to engage in sexual acts 

and less likely to say 'No."' 

The statement also said that Kavanaugh was "overly aggressive 

and verbally abusive to girls. This conduct included inappropriate 

physical contact with girls of a sexual nature." 

But reached by phone independently from Avenatti on Oct. 3, the 

woman said she only "skimmed" the declaration. After reviewing the 

statement, she wrote in a text on Oct. 4 to NBC News: "It is 

incorrect that I saw Brett spike the punch. I didn't see anyone spike 

the punch ... l was very clear with Michael Avenatti from day one." 

When pressed about abusive behavior towards girls, she wrote in a 

text: "I would not ever allow anyone to be abusive in my presence. 

Male or female." 

Julie SwetnickMichael Avenatti I via AP 
Shortly after tweeting out the woman's allegations on Oct. 2,

Avenatti confirmed to NBC News that it was the same woman

interviewed by phone on Sept. 30. But when questioned on Oct. 3

about the discrepancies between what she said in the phone

interview and the serious allegations in the sworn declaration,

Avenatti said he was "disgusted" with NBC News. At one point, in

an apparent effort to thwart the reporting process, he added in the

phone call, "How about this, on background, it's not the same

woman. What are you going to do with that?"

After NBC News received text messages from the woman refuting

some of the claims in the declaration, NBC reached out again to

Avenatti, who defended the declaration.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," he said in a text. "I

have a signed declaration that states otherwise together with

multiple audio recordings where she stated exactly what is in the

declaration. There were also multiple witnesses to our discussions."

He sent a follow-up message moments later: "I just confirmed with

her yet again that everything in the declaration is true and correct,"

Avenatti said. "She must have been confused by your question."

Roughly five minutes later, the woman sent a formally-worded text

backing Avenatti. "Please understand that everything in the

declaration is true and you should not contact me anymore

regarding this issue," the text read.

But when reached by phone minutes later, the woman again

insisted that she never saw Kavanaugh spike punch or act

inappropriately toward women. She said she's "been consistent in

what she's told Michael."

In a subsequent text on Oct. 5, she wrote, "I will definitely talk to
you again and no longer Avenatti. I do not like that he twisted my 

words." 

Anna Schecter 

Anna Schecter is a producer for the investigations unit of NBC 

News. 

Rich Schapiro contributed. 
Exhibit 41 
October 2, 2018 

My name is Dennis Ketterer. 

I am a former weeknight meteorologist for Channel 7 (WJLA) in 

Washington, D.C., and won an EMMY in 1995. 

I want to preface this by saying, I am neither proud of nor guiltless 

in the actions about to be mentioned in this letter. I hope my 

family, friends, and church members can forgive me. 

I first met Julie Swetnick in 1993 at a Washington, D.C. bar near 

Wisconsin Circle. I was at a going-away party for channel 7 

anchor Dale Solly. I left the party to go to the bar to buy a soda. I 

haven't drunk alcohol since my 18th birthday. 

As I sat alone at the end of the bar, Julie approached me. She 

was alone, quite beautiful, well-dressed and no drink in hand. 

Consequently, my initial thought was that she might be a high end 

call girl because at the time I weighed 3501bs so what would 

someone like her want with me? 

But, there was no conversation about exchanging sex for money 

so I decided to talk with her a few minutes. I had never been hit 

on in a bar before. 

I didn't leave with her that night, although we talked about getting 

together. Over the next couple of weeks we met at what I believed 

and still believe was Julie's place. From the beginning Julie knew 

I was married and that I was having marital issues. 
As we shared conversations, my lasting impression of Julie was 

that she was smart, fun and funny. But she was also an 

opportunist. I felt she only had interest in my 3501b self because I 

was on television and well known. 

Although we were not emotionally involved there was physical 

contact. We never had sex despite the fact she was very sexually 

aggressive with me. I'm not implying I didn't like her advances, I 

just wasn't ready to make the jump. It came to a head so we 

talked about sex. 

During a conversation about our sexual preferences, things got 

derailed when Julie told me that she liked to have sex with more 

than one guy at a time. In fact sometimes with several at one 

time. She wanted to know if that would be ok in our relationship. 

I asked her if this was just a fantasy of hers. She responded that 

she first tried sex with multiple guys while in high school and still 

liked it from time-to-time. She brought it up because she wanted 

to know if I would be interested in that. 

A.I.D.S. was a huge issue at the time. And I had children. Due to 

her having a directly stated penchant for group sex, I decided not 

to see her anymore. It put my head back on straight. That was the 

last conversation we had. 

Julie never said anything about being sexually assaulted, raped, 

gang-raped or having sex against her will. She never mentioned 

Brett Kavanaugh in any capacity. 

In 1996 I decided to run again for Congress in Maryland's ath 

district as a Democrat. I thought Julie could help my primary 

campaign in some way because of her personality, great smile 
and good looks. Also, in the course of our past conversations, she 

told me that she too was a Democrat. 

Because I had lost Julie's number I called her father to get it. 

When I talked to him about possibly bringing her on to help with 

my campaign, he told me that she had psychological and otherproblems at the time. When I asked he would not go into detail 

and said that I wouldn't want her to work on my campaign. His 

response was rather abrupt. He hung up on me. 

That was the end of my Julie saga ... or so I thought. 

On Wednesday, September 26t\ I heard that Mr. Kavanaugh had 

a third accuser. When Julie's name was mentioned as the 

accuser, and due to the type of accusation, I was deeply troubled 

and felt a moral dilemma. Do I reach out and tell the truth of what 

I knew and risk family relationships, or remain silent. 

The whole Kavanaugh confirmation process over the last few 

days brought out very deep issues within me. I know what it's like 

to be sexually assaulted and not be believed. I was 9 years old 

when it happened at the hands of my grandfather's best friend. 

I also know what it's like to be accused of something significant 

that I didn't do and not be believed. Because of this and eternal 

considerations, the pressure on me built throughout the afternoon 

and early evening. 

That evening was very difficult for me as I had to explain to my 

wife of three years what had happened 25 years ago, before we 

met and long before we were married. I explained my situation 

and she said she knew that if I didn't do the right thing, I couldn't 

live with myself. 
Because of my less than perfect past, and having repented of 

this, I felt the need for spiritual guidance. I reached out to a 

church leader. We talked for a while. I explained that I felt horribly 

about this more-than-indiscretion. I knew if I came forward that in 

addition to me, it would affect my children, my grandchildren, my 

ex-wife, my wife, Julie, the Kavanaughs. 

Finally, after much thought and frankly tears of remorse, I decided 

to be forth-coming with what I knew first-hand. I had to take the 

advice I'd always given my children. That is; Doing the right thing 

is almost never the easy thing, but it's always the right thing. 

My heart felt very heavy because of the possible familial risks. 

But I knew I had to do the right thing. At my request, he put me in 

touch with another church leader we knew, who then reached out 

to Senator Hatch's Salt Lake office in my behalf. 

As I watched part of the afternoon confirmation hearing the next 

day, and saw Mrs. Kavanaugh looking so sad I felt that she 

needed to know that in this instance, her husband was being 

mischaracterized. 

My heart still feels heavy, for me as well as Julie and the 

Kavanaughs. That said, based on my direct experience with Julie, 

I do not believe her allegations against Mr. Kavanaugh. 

Sincerely, 

~ 7eJ?= 

Dennis Ketterer 
Exhibit 42 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

October 4th, 2018 

STATEMENT OF RICHARD VINNECCY 

For the Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation 

I, Richard Vinneccy, do hereby swear and affirm that all of the statements made herein are true 

and accurate to the best of my knowledge. 

First and foremost, I never wanted to come out publicly on this issue. However, numerous media 

outlets bombarded me with phone calls and questions when someone discovered the history of 

the restraining order I had sought against Ms. Swetnick in Miami, Florida. Unfamiliar in this 

arena, I mistakenly spoke to Politico, made a short two phrase statement to them which was then 

transmitted nationwide without my authority. Thereafter, I was thrown into the national spotlight 

and, consequently, I felt compelled to set the record straight against false accusations made by 

Ms. Swetnick’s lawyer and, more importantly, to exercise my civic duty and attest to the 

credibility or lack thereof of Ms. Swetnick.

I was involved in a romantic relationship for 7 years with Julie Swetnick. For 2 out of those 7 

years we lived together in Bethesda, Maryland. Thereafter, my work transferred me 

internationally to Panama and ultimately to Miami. Thus, due to geographics much of the 

relationship was long distance.

Despite the distance, we remained close and not once did Ms. Swetnick ever mention that she 

had been raped or sexually assaulted. Not once did Ms. Swetnick ever mention that she had 

attended any parties where she witnessed, train rapes, gang rapes, or other sordid sexual activity. 

Not once did she ever mention Brett Kavanaugh. 

As to her mental stability, or lack thereof, throughout the relationship, I noticed odd behaviors 

exhibited by Ms. Swetnick. For the most part she was financially unstable and always seeking 

financial gain from frivolous law suits. She was abnormally possessive and jealous of me. She 

always wanted to be the center of attention and exaggerated everything in her life. When we 

would have disagreements she would try to provoke me to hit her. As to why she did that, I can 

only believe it was to instigate me to do something physically violent to her so that she could 

play the victim, contact the police and have me arrested. At times she threatened me not to 

mistreat her because she could do to me what she had done with her ex-boyfriend. While I do not 

know the entire story, I recall her telling me that her ex-boyfriend was in jail. Perhaps one of the 

most bizarre things about her was a closet that she kept in our Bethesda home. The closet was 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

“off limits” to me, however, one day I opened it and found three large boxes filled with years and 

years of receipts from grocery stores.

Looking back, I am not sure why I stayed in this relationship for so long. As a 60 year old wiser 

and more experienced man now, I can only blame inexperience, immaturity and whatever else it 

is that causes one to stay in an unhealthy relationship for too long. Ultimately, once I was 

transferred to Miami, I finally decided it would be best to end the relationship. I did and 

thereafter, Ms. Swetnick harassed and stalked me for almost 2 months via telephone and

appeared at a trade show conference in Seattle that I was attending, unannounced and uninvited. 

For obvious reasons this was difficult and uncomfortable for me, but even more so since I began 

a new relationship with the woman who would ultimately become my wife of 12 years and with 

whom I had two children. Finally, I told her to stop the calls, that I had moved on, that I had met 

someone and that we were expecting a baby.

Ms. Swetnick’s reaction was scary, frightening and bizarre causing me to fear for my life and 

that of my new girlfriend and our unborn child. In a nutshell she: 1) told me that she was going 

to kill me, my girlfriend and our unborn child; 2) she was going to report me to the FBI and have 

me deported; 3) she was going to tell the police that I raped her in Seattle; 4) she was not going 

to grant me a divorce and; 5) that she was pregnant with twins. 

• I have been a citizen of this country since the 80’s so as far as deporting me, this 

did not make sense.

• I have never raped Ms. Swetnick.

• Ms. Swetnick and I were never married however in her opinion we were due to a 

Maryland statute, which she claimed, qualified us as a married couple since we 

co-habitated in that state for 2 years.

• I asked Ms. Swetnick for the medical records proving that she was pregnant with 

twins and after consulting with her “doctor”, I confirmed the story was a complete 

fabrication and that there was no pregnancy. 

I decided to file a restraining order in Miami, Florida because that is where I was residing and I 

was afraid she was going to come to Miami to do harm to my family and I as she had threatened. 

The temporary injunction was granted. (In Florida, the legal process to obtain a restraining order 

consists of a two phase process. First, one applies for a temporary injunction via a petition. A 

judge then reviews the petition and if that is granted, a temporary injunction is put in place until 

a hearing for a permanent injunction is held.) 

Ultimately, I did not go through with the hearing on the permanent injunction for several 

reasons. First, not being a lawyer and never having done this before, I did not know that the final 

step to obtain the permanent injunction would entail confronting Ms. Swetnick personally in 

court at the hearing. When I found out about this, I thought it over with my girlfriend at the time 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

who was fearful for her own life, and together we determined not to perpetuate my connection 

with Ms. Swetnick or instigate her any further. I was not sure how Ms. Swetnick was going to 

retaliate if she was forced to fly down to Miami and confront me in court in front of a judge. So, 

instead we moved to a new residence and changed our telephone numbers in hopes that we 

would never have to see Ms. Swetnick again.

Thankfully, we never did see or hear from her again. 

Based on my history with Ms. Swetnick, I do not believe her allegations against Judge 

Kavanaugh and it is my opinion that she is perpetuating a fraud against him. Her motives may 

be for financial gain or notoriety but they are certainly not to expose the truth. 

 ____________________________________ 

 Richard Vinneccy 

 Date: ________________ 1EV  
Exhibit 43 
From:-(Judiciary-Dem) 

Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:25 PM 

To: (Judiciary-Rep) 

Subject: 

AllPlease find attached a letter from Senator Whitehouse to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member 

Feinstein. I believe he handed your bosses hard copies at the vote. Below is a summary of the substance 

of the allegations referenced in the letter: 

Our office received a call this morning from a Rhode Island constituent, , who made 

a llegations regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. reported that early on a 

Sunday morning in August of 1985, a close acquaintance of the constituent was sexua lly assaulted by 

two heavily inebriated men she referred to at the time as "Brett and Mark." The event took place on a 

36' maroon and white boat in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, after the three had met at a local 

bar. Accord ing to- , when he learned of the assau lt at approximately 5:00 a.m. that same 

morning, he and another individual went to the harbor, located the boat the victim had described, and 

physica lly confronted the two men, leaving them with significant injuries.- recently realized that 

one of the men was Brett Kavanaugh when he saw Kavanaugh's high school yearbook photo on 

television over the weekend. He promptly reported the incident to our office on Monday morning, 

September 24, 2018. 

If your office wishes to pursue this matter, we can provide contact information for Mr.- . It is not 

clear that the victim is aware that Mr.- has brought these allegations forward or that she wishes 

to come forward herself. 

Thanks, 

• 

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 

Subcommittee on Crime & Terrorism 

Senate Committee on the Jud iciary 
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Exhibit 46 
Sept. 22, 2018 

Denver, Colorado 80211 

Dear Cory Gardner, 

I will remain anonymous but f feel. obfig·ated to. inform you of this 1998 

incident involving l3rettKava:n~ugh: 

When he was author of the Starr Report, my d.~ughter (from Boulder 

ColoJado) occasionally socialized with Br:ett Kavanaugh. She and a. gtoup 

of tour {including Kavanaugh, met.in a Washin~ton D~C. bar): . 

.Her friend·was0datin,9 him. When. they left·the .bar (under the in.fhience of 

alcohol) they were .. all shockedw,hen Bt.ett Kavanaugh.shoved her fr.lend up 

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There were at least-four. witnesses-including -my daughter. 

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wondering what to due about it 

"They decided to remain anonymous. 
Exhibit 47 
September 26, 2018 

The lionorablc Charles (}rassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

The lfonorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein, 

I write in response to a phone call I received this evening from Mike Davis, Chief Nominations 

Counsel for the Committee. In our phone call, Mr. Davis read to me an anonymous letter sent to 

Colorado Senator Cory Gardner dated September 22, 2018. 

Mr. Davis asked me (1) whether I dated Brett Kavanaugh in 1998 and (2) whether he ever 

shoved me against a wall. Mr. Davis also emailed me the attached letter and asked me to provide 

an immediate and written response to the Committee. 

As I informed Mr. Davis, I dated Brett Kavanaugh in 1998. To the extent the attached letter is 

referring to me as the "friend [who] was dating him," the allegations it makes arc both offensive 

and absurd. At no time did Brett ever shove me against a wall, including in an "aggressive[] and 

sexual[]" manner. When we dated, Brett always treated me with the utmost respect, and we 

remain friends to this day. I have never observed (nor am I aware of) Brett acting in a physically 

inappropriate or aggressive manner toward anyone. 

Sincerely, 

Dabney L. 
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From: Judy Munro-Leighton 

Date: October 3, 201 8 at 6:4 :35 

To: 

To all Republican Senators, 10/3/18 

My name is Jane Doe, from Oceanside CA. I am sharing with you the story 

of the night that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped 

me in his car. Here is the letter that I sent to Sen. Kamala Hanis on Sept. 19 

with details of this vicious assault. The Senate Judiciru.y Comm had a phone 

interview on Sept. 26 with Kavanaugh to ask him about my letter. 

I refuse to allow Donald J. Trnmp to use me or my sto1y as an ugly chant at 

one of his Republican rallies. I know that Jane Doe will get no media attention, 

but I am deathly afraid of revealing any info1mation about myself or my family. 

I watched in hon or as Trnmp vilified Dr. Blasey-Ford. I will not allow this abuse 

to be directed toward me. 

Dear, Senator Grassley, et al. 

The cmTent situation regarding the accusations made by Dr. Ford against Brett Kavanaugh have 

prompted me to write you today. I have moved on with my life since he forced himself on me as 

well. The times were so different, and I didn't expect to be taken seriously, embanass my family, 

be believed at all. I was at a party with a friend. I had been drinking. She left with another boy, 

leaving me to find my own way home. Kavanaugh and a friend offered me a ride home. I don't 

know the other boy's name. I was in his car to go home. His friend was behind me in the 

backseat. Kavanaugh kissed me forcefully. 

I told him I only wanted a ride home. Kavanaugh continued to grope me over my clothes, forcing 

his kisses on me and putting his hand under my sweater. 'No,' I yelled at him. The boy in the 

backseat reached around, putting his hand over my mouth and holding my aim to keep me in the 

car. I screamed into his hand. Kavanaugh continued his forcing himself on me. He pulled up my 

sweater and bra exposing my breasts, and reached into my panties, inse1i ing his fingers into my 

vagina. My screams were silenced by the boy in the backseat covering my mouth and groping 

me as well. Kavanaugh slapped me and told me to be quiet and forced me to perfo1m oral sex on 

him. He climaxed in my mouth. They forced me to go into the backseat and took tmns raping me 

several times each. 

They dropped me off two blocks from my home. 'No one will believe if you tell. Be a good girl,' 

he told me. Watching what has happened to Anita Hill and Dr. Ford has me petrified to come 

fo1w ru.·d in person or even provide my name. A group of white men, powerful senators who 

won't believe me, will come after me. Like Dr. Ford, I'm a teacher, I have an education, a 

family, a child, a home. I have credibility. Just because something happens a long time ago, 
because a rape victim doesn’t want to personally come forward, does not mean something can’t 

be true.

Jane Doe, Oceanside, California.
Exhibit 50 
September 29, 2018 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 

The Honorable Jeff Sessions 

Attorney General 

U.S. Department of Justice 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20530 

The Honorable Christopher A. Wray 

Director 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20535 

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray: 

 

 As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committee recently processed the nomination of Judge Brett 

M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. As part of that process, the 

Committee has been investigating various allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh. The Committee’s 

investigation has involved communicating with numerous individuals claiming to have relevant 

information. While many of those individuals have acted in good faith in providing the Committee 

information during the investigation, unfortunately it appears some have not. As explained below, I

write today respectfully referring Mr. for investigation of potential violations of 18 

U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1505, for materially false statements Mr. made to the Committee as part of 

its investigation of allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. 

 According to Senator Whitehouse and his Committee staff, on the morning of September 24, 

2018, Mr. contacted the Senator’s office to report an allegation of sexual misconduct by Judge 

Kavanaugh. Mr. claimed that in August of 1985, Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a close 

acquaintance of Mr. on a boat in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island. Committee staff took 

Mr. ’s allegation seriously, and asked Judge Kavanaugh numerous questions about it under 

penalty of felony during an interview on September 25, 2018. He categorically denied the allegation. 

On September 26, 2018, the Committee publicly released a redacted transcript of that interview, with 

Mr. ’s name redacted. Afterwards, at 7:51 pm that same evening, Mr. “recanted” and 

apologized for his allegation via social media. I have enclosed the relevant materials documenting these 

facts. 

 Committee investigations in support of the judicial nomination process are an essential part of 

the Committee’s constitutional role. The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with 

relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know. 

But when individuals provide fabricated allegations to the Committee, diverting Committee resources 
 Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

September 29, 2018 

Page 2 of 2 

during time-sensitive investigations, it materially impedes our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they 

are potentially illegal. It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to 

Congressional investigators. It is illegal to obstruct Committee investigations. 

 Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actions pose 

to the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give this referral the utmost 

consideration. 

 

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please contact a

professional staff investigator in the Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Unit at (202) 224-5225. 

Sincerely, 

A 

Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

Enclosures: 

 Letter from Senator Whitehouse to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein 

Email from Senator Whitehouse’ Staff

 Transcript of Kavanaugh Interview 

 Tweet by Mr. 

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse 

Ranking Member 

Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 

Committee on the Judiciary 
SHELDON W HITEHOUSE 

RHODE ISLAND 

COMMITIEES: 

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ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 

FINANCE 

tinitcd ~rates ~cnatc JUDICIARY WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3905 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

September 24, 2018 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

http://whitehouse.senate.gov 

(202) 224-2921 

TTY (202) 224-7746 

170 WESTMINSTER STREET. SUITE 200 

PROVIDENCE, RI 02903 

(401) 453-5294 

This morning, a constituent contacted my office to report another allegation of sexual 

misconduct by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the United States. At the constituent's request, I provided the constituent with the contact 

information of a reporter who might investigate the allegation. I have also alerted the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation. 

I look forward to hearing what further action you would like to take. 

PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 
From:-(Judiciary-Dem) 

Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:25 PM 

To: (Judiciary-Rep) 

Subject: 

AllPlease find attached a letter from Senator Whitehouse to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member 

Feinstein. I believe he handed your bosses hard copies at the vote. Below is a summary of the substance 

of the allegations referenced in the letter: 

Our office received a call this morning from a Rhode Island constituent, , who made 

a llegations regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. reported that early on a 

Sunday morning in August of 1985, a close acquaintance of the constituent was sexually assau lted by 

two heavily inebriated men she referred to at the time as "Brett and Mark." The event took place on a 

36' maroon and white boat in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, after the three had met at a loca l 

bar. Accord ing to- , when he learned of the assault at approximately 5:00 a.m. that same 

morning, he and another individual went to the harbor, located the boat the victim had described, and 

physically confronted the two men, leaving them with significant injuries.- recently rea lized that 

one of the men was Brett Kavanaugh when he saw Kavanaugh's high school yearbook photo on 

television over the weekend. He promptly reported the incident to our office on Monday morning, 

September 24, 2018. 

If your office wishes to pursue this matter, we can provide contact information for Mr.- . It is not 

clear that the victim is aware that Mr.- has brought these a llegations forward or that she wishes 

to come forward herself. 

Thanks, 

• 

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 

Subcommittee on Crime & Terrorism 

Senate Committee on the Judiciary 
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1 [Telephone ringing.] 

2 Hello?

3 Hi, this is from the Senate 

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5 Oh, hi, How are you?

6 Great.

7 This is I'll put you on 

8 speaker with the judge. I'm with Alex Walsh, his counsel, 

9 and then the rest of us will head out of the room.

10 Okay. Thank you.

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14 Yes. Can you hear us?

15 Yes, it's a little quiet.

16 Is this any better?

17 Judge Kavanaugh. I can hear you. This is Brett 

18 Kavanaugh. And Alex Walsh is here. It sounds like you're 

19 in kind of a wind tunnel, but -- 

20 Okay. I'm not sure how to fix that.

21 Why don't we try calling them back?

22 We're happy to try one more time. We'll 

23 just dial the number one more time and see if it's a better 

24 connection.

25 Judge Kavanaugh. Okay. Great. 
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1 [Pause.] 

2 [Telephone ringing.] 

3 Judge Kavanaugh. Hello? 

4 Hi, it's Is this any better?

5 Judge Kavanaugh. It sounds like it. Let me put you 

6 on speaker. 

7 You there? 

8 Yes, how is it?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. We'll make do. 

10 Female Speaker. Yeah, it's fine. We can hear you. 

11 All right. Well, we apologize. If 

12 there's any question you need us to repeat because you 

13 didn't hear it very well, please just let me know.

14 Okay. Well, again, thank you very much for jumping on 

15 the phone with us today. 

16 I am here with several colleagues. I'll let them 

17 introduce themselves, and then we will get started. 

18 I'm I'm 

19 for Chairman Grassley.

20 

21 for Chairman Grassley.

22 Hi, Judge. with the 

23 minority. We've spoken in the past.

24 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

25 Hi, Judge. We've also 
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1 spoken. I'm with the ranking member. 

2 Judge Kavanaugh. Yeah, thanks, 

3 Hi, Judge. It's I'm a 

4 for the ranking member.

5 Judge Kavanaugh. Okay. Thank you. 

6 Before we begin, I just want to make clear 

7 that the Democratic members have asked the FBI to 

8 investigate these allegations, and they believe that's 

9 necessary to a fair process and fairness more generally. 

10 The Democratic members do not believe that it's appropriate 

11 for staff to be discussing allegations with you that have 

12 not yet been investigated.

13 Also want to make clear that we just learned about the 

14 possibility of this phone call today at 11:15 a.m. and 

15 weren't advised that it would be happening at 12:30 p.m. 

16 until about 11:50 a.m. today. So it's likely that we will 

17 primarily be listening during this call. 

18 And again, I just want to reiterate that the 

19 Democratic members do not believe that this is a fair or 

20 sufficient process, and this is not how the committee 

21 usually handles allegations of this sort. 

22 I would just say -- this is I 

23 would just say that we can have these political discussions 

24 offline. Our job today is to gather evidence in the form 

25 of Judge Kavanaugh's testimony, and that's how we're going 
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1 to proceed. And we can have the political discussions 

2 offline. 

3 Judge, for your knowledge, this is being 

4 transcribed as well.

5 Okay. So we are here because we have received in 

6 various forms, but not through the normal BI process, 

7 various allegations. And when we receive allegations, we 

8 typically go to the nominee to get their take on it. So 

9 I'm going to run through some questions, and if anyone has 

10 follow-up or clarifications, feel free to jump in. 

11 Judge Kavanaugh, by now we assume that you've heard 

12 about the New Yorker article published on Sunday. Have you 

13 reviewed the article? 

14 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

15 The article alleges that during your 

16 freshman year at Yale, you attended a -- and I quote -- "a 

17 drunken dormitory party at which you exposed yourself, 

18 thrust your penis in Deborah Ramirez's face, and caused her 

19 to touch it without her consent as she pushed you away."

20 Did that happen? 

21 Judge Kavanaugh. That did not happen. 

22 Do you know Deborah Ramirez?

23 Judge Kavanaugh. I do. 

24 When did you meet her?

25 Judge Kavanaugh. I knew her in college. 
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1 And when did you last talk to her?

2 Judge Kavanaugh. Many, many years ago. 

3 Would you say that was post college?

4 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm pretty sure we were at a wedding 

5 together. and wedding, 

6 which I believe was in 1997 in the Baltimore area. And I 

7 don't think I've seen her since then.

8 Okay. Will you describe your 

9 relationship with her?

10 Judge Kavanaugh. I knew her. Friendly. Friendly, 

11 but not friends. 

12 Okay. So we're on the same page, I'm 

13 going to define "sexual or romantic behavior" as kissing, 

14 touching, or penetrating her genitals, anus, or breasts; 

15 touching or penetrating your -- her touching or penetrating 

16 your genitals or anus; seeing her genitals, anus, or 

17 breasts; or her seeing your genitals or anus.

18 With that definition in mind, did you have any sexual 

19 or romantic encounters with Deborah Ramirez? 

20 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

21 Are you aware of any reason Deborah 

22 Ramirez would lie about you?

23 [Pause.] 

24 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't want to speculate. 

25 Okay. Ms. Ramirez says that she was 
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1 invited by a friend on the women's soccer team to a dorm 

2 room party that occurred at Lawrence Hall. And again, she 

3 says this occurred when you were both freshmen. 

4 Did you attend any such party? 

5 Judge Kavanaugh. I lived in Lawrence Hall freshman 

6 year in the basement, and I have no recollection at all of 

7 the party she's describing. And of course, I've said the 

8 incident, the specific incident didn't happen. 

9 So did you attend any such party with 

10 Ms. Ramirez?

11 Judge Kavanaugh. I -- I don't know all the parties in 

12 Lawrence Hall or get-togethers in Lawrence Hall that might 

13 have occurred. What I do know is this incident, this 

14 specific incident alleged did not happen, and I don't 

15 recall the general party that she's describing in 

16 particular. 

17 Okay.

18 Judge Kavanaugh. But people got together, of course, 

19 in the dorm rooms, if that's the question. So I don't want 

20 to imply that people weren't in the dorm rooms. 

21 And the dorms had common rooms, just so you know. So 

22 there were not my -- not the room I lived in, but some of 

23 the other rooms in Lawrence Hall were six rooms off a 

24 common room in a what was called a suite. So in the common 

25 rooms, there would often be people just hanging out. 
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1 Okay. Ms. Ramirez says at the party she 

2 identified, a small group of students decided to play a 

3 drinking game together at which students were sitting in a 

4 circle, and people would pick who drank. She says that she 

5 was chosen repeatedly to the point that she later was on 

6 the floor, foggy and slurring her words.

7 Did you attend any such party? 

8 Judge Kavanaugh. I have no recollection of that. 

9 Ms. Ramirez says that at one point during 

10 the drinking game at the party she identified, a male 

11 student pointed a gag plastic penis in her direction.

12 Did you attend any party at which a male student 

13 pointed a gag plastic penis at Ms. Ramirez? 

14 Judge Kavanaugh. I have no recollection of that. 

15 Ms. Ramirez says that after she was on 

16 the floor, foggy and slurring her words, a male student 

17 exposed herself -- himself to her. She says, "I remember a 

18 penis being in front of my face. I knew that's not what I 

19 wanted, even in that state of mind."

20 According to the article, she recalled remarking, 

21 "That's not a real penis," and the other students laughing 

22 at her confusion and taunting her, one encouraging her to 

23 kiss it. She said that she pushed that person away, 

24 touching it in the process. 

25 Did you attend a party at which any of this happened, 
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1 whoever that student was? 

2 Judge Kavanaugh. I know that -- I couldn't hear all 

3 of the question. 

4 Repeat it.

5 Judge Kavanaugh. I guess, I have no recollection of 

6 what you're describing generally, and of course, no -- did 

7 not -- the specific incident you're describing didn't 

8 happen. I never saw anything like that. 

9 Judge, we're going to repeat the question.

10 Judge Kavanaugh. Okay. 

11 Ms. Ramirez says that after Ms. Ramirez

12 was on the floor, foggy and slurring her words, a male 

13 student exposed herself -- himself to her. She says, "I 

14 remember a penis being in front of my face. I knew that's 

15 not what I wanted, even in that state of mind."

16 According to the article, she recalled remarking, 

17 "That's not a real penis," and the other students laughing 

18 at her confusion and taunting her, one encouraging her to 

19 kiss it. She said that she pushed that person away, 

20 touching it in the process. 

21 Did you hear all of that? 

22 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. And the question is? 

23 Did you attend a party at which any of 

24 this happened, whoever that student was?

25 Judge Kavanaugh. Never -- I never saw anything like 
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1 that. 

2 Ms. Ramirez says that after this event 

3 occurred, she remembers you standing to her right and 

4 laughing, pulling up your pants. According to her, you 

5 were laughing, and she can still see your face and your 

6 hips coming forward like when you pull up your pants.

7 She states that another student shouted about the 

8 event, "Somebody yelled down the hall, 'Brett Kavanaugh 

9 just put his penis in Debbie's face.' It was his full 

10 name. I don't think it was just 'Brett,' and I remember 

11 hearing and being mortified that this was out there." 

12 Did this ever happen? 

13 Judge Kavanaugh. That did not happen. 

14 The article reports that an anonymous 

15 classmate is 100 percent sure that he was told at the time 

16 that Kavanaugh was the student who exposed himself to 

17 Ramirez and that he independently recalled many of the same 

18 details offered by Ramirez, including the party's location. 

19 The article also suggests that some of your classmates have 

20 discussed this alleged event.

21 At any point, have you ever heard a rumor that you 

22 exposed yourself to Ms. Ramirez? 

23 Judge Kavanaugh. No, and I would have, because it 

24 would have been the talk of campus. 

25 Okay. The article identifies Mr. James 
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1 Roche as your roommate. Is that his -- how do you 

2 pronounce his name? 

3 Judge Kavanaugh. Roche. Jamie. 

4 Roche. Okay.

5 Judge Kavanaugh. Jamie is what he went by then. 

6 Okay. Generally speaking, he supports 

7 Ms. Ramirez's account of the story. When did you first 

8 meet Mr. Roche?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. Can you hold on one second? 

10 Yes.

11 [Pause.] 

12 Judge Kavanaugh. Okay. I'm here. 

13 Great. When did you first meet 

14 Mr. Roche?

15 Judge Kavanaugh. I would have met him when we moved 

16 in to Lawrence Hall in September of 1983 when I was 18. 

17 And when did you last communicate with 

18 him?

19 Judge Kavanaugh. I saw him probably at our 25th 

20 reunion, which would have been 2000 and -- 2012. It might 

21 have been our 20th reunion, but I saw him briefly at one of 

22 those reunions. 

23 And will you describe your relationship 

24 with him?

25 Judge Kavanaugh. So there were three guys who lived, 
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1 in essence, in a room together -- Dave White, Jamie Roche, 

2 and myself. Jamie and Dave White hated each other. They 

3 got in fights, fist fights during the year. One time Dave 

4 White was away for the weekend. Jamie -- when he came 

5 back, Jamie had moved all Dave White's furniture, 

6 everything, like into some other area of Lawrence Hall in a 

7 hallway. 

8 So he came back, and Dave White's room was entirely 

9 empty. They had a very contentious -- they had a 

10 contentious relationship, didn't like each other, at least 

11 as I recall it. 

12 I got -- I was friends with Dave White more than 

13 Jamie. I tried to be civil. Jamie wasn't around a lot. I 

14 don't know, I think his parents lived nearby, and so he was 

15 elsewhere or with a girl, I don't know, a woman at Yale. 

16 He didn't hang out with us very 

17 much, wasn't a great situation.

18 Are you aware of any reason Mr. Roche 

19 would lie about you?

20 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm not going to speculate beyond -- 

21 I'm not going to speculate beyond what I've said. My 

22 understanding, of course, is that he does not corroborate 

23 the incident. 

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12 What is your knowledge about the 

13 relationship between Mr. Roche and Ms. Ramirez while at 

14 Yale?

15 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't think I have much knowledge 

16 of that, or at least not much -- I don't have much 

17 recollection of that. 

18 Do you have any recollection about their 

19 relationship after their time at Yale?

20 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't. 

21 So Mr. Roche says, "Debbie and I became 

22 close friends shortly after we both arrived at Yale. She 

23 stood out as being exceptionally honest and gentle. I 

24 cannot imagine her making this up."

25 Do you have any other understanding about the nature 
1 of their relationship, either then or now? 

2 Judge Kavanaugh . I don ' t . 

3 According to the article, Mr . Roche never 

4 saw you engage in any sexual misconduct, but did recall you 

5 being frequently incoherently drunk . 

6 Were you frequently incoherently drunk in college? 

7 Judge Kavanaugh . No . Like -- like most people in 

8 college, I went to parties and had beers, but that ' s 

9 that's not an accurate description, in my view . 

10 Do you have any understanding of why 

11 Mr . Roche would characterize you as frequently incoherently 

12 drunk in college? 

13 Judge Kavanaugh . I'm not going to speculate on what ' s 

14 going on right now . We ' re in the twilight zone . 

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18 

In a recent interview 

Can I ask a question? 

Of course . 

Let me Jump in here, Judge . Talk about 

19 your academic performance at Yale . 

20 Judge Kavanaugh . Yeah . So two things I was doing the 

21 most at Yale Coll ege were studying and going to class and 

22 working very hard on my academics, doing well enough to get 

23 into Yale Law School, which was not obvious when I arrived 

24 in September of 1983 . I worked my ass off . 

25 And the second thing was basketball . Throughout the 

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1 freshman year when I lived there, I was playing basketball 

2 every day. I tried out for the varsity basketball team. 

3 As soon as we got there, literally the first day, the 

4 workouts started. Not -- not with coaches present because 

5 they weren't allowed by NCAA rules to be present, but the -

6 - the play, the captain-led workouts started immediately. 

7 Butch Graves was the captain of the Yale basketball team. 

8 Chris Dudley was my classmate. 

9 So we had basketball every day. Those were intense, 

10 really intense afternoons, early evenings of basketball. 

11 And then I played JV basketball that year, practice every 

12 day, lots of games, and then in the spring, basketball 

13 again for the same kind of captain-led workouts, which were 

14 every weekday, a lot of running, a lot of lifting. 

15 So the two primary focuses of my life were academics 

16 and basketball. And of course, we all lived on Old Campus. 

17 So, of course, it was also social. I had friends. Louisa 

18 Garry, who testified at the hearing for me, who I met on 

19 the first day of Yale College, the other college women 

20 friends who have written, who joined that letter, talked 

21 about what I was like from the beginning in college. 

22 So thank you for the question. Happy to answer any 

23 follow-up, but I was very focused on doing as well as I 

24 could in school, and I was very focused on trying to be the 

25 best basketball player I could be. 
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1 So, in a recent interview, you denied 

2 ever getting blackout drunk. Would anything about your 

3 college drinking in any way impair your ability to remember 

4 whether you engaged in the conduct Ms. Ramirez identifies?

5 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

6 All right. The article reports Mr. Roche 

7 as saying, "Is it believable that she was alone with a 

8 wolfy group of guys who thought it was funny to sexually 

9 torment a girl like Debbie? Yeah, definitely. Is it 

10 believable that Kavanaugh was one of them? Yes."

11 So did you ever, either alone or with other men, 

12 sexually torment any student at Yale? 

13 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

14 And do you -- do have any understanding 

15 of why your college roommate would make such an accusation?

16 Judge Kavanaugh. Well, I'm not going to speculate. 

17 I've described the contentious relationship in that room 

18 generally and his issues generally. 

19 And his issues you testified being 

20 ?

21 Judge Kavanaugh. That's my understanding. 

22 According to the New Yorker article, 

23 Ms. Ramirez continued to socialize with one of the male 

24 classmates who had egged Kavanaugh on during the party 

25 during college. She even invited the classmate to her 
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1 house for Thanksgiving one year after he told her that he 

2 had nowhere to go. She also attended his wedding years 

3 later as a guest of his wife, and she said that she posed 

4 for photographs with Kavanaugh, smiling. 

5 You mentioned that you believed you were probably at a 

6 wedding with her. So have you interacted with Ms. Ramirez 

7 since you graduated college, including potentially that 

8 wedding or any other time? 

9 Judge Kavanaugh. Yeah, so her best friend was Karen 

10 Yarasavage. Karen Yarasavage said she never heard about 

11 any such incident like this and that she would have heard 

12 about it. That's what she said, as I understand it, in the 

13 story -- or some story. 

14 would have been the person who had 

15 the wedding, marrying , who also lived -- who 

16 was also a student at Yale College at that time. And so, 

17 anyway, I would have been at and -- I was at 

18 and wedding. And like I said, said she 

19 never heard about any such thing as this incident.

20 Did you interact with Ms. Ramirez at the 

21 wedding?

22 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm sure -- I'm sure I saw her 

23 because it wasn't a huge wedding. And at any wedding, you 

24 would see the people that you went to school with. But I 

25 don't have a specific recollection. 
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1 Other than the wedding, have you had 

2 postgraduation interactions with Ms. Ramirez?

3 Judge Kavanaugh. Not that I'm remembering right now. 

4 The incident that she alleges in the 

5 article, was that discussed at the wedding?

6 Judge Kavanaugh. No, because it didn't happen. With 

7 me, or with anyone as far as I know, but not with me. 

8 All right. My last question on this 

9 subject is since you graduated from college, but before the 

10 New Yorker article publication on September 23rd, have you 

11 ever discussed or heard discussion about the incident 

12 matching the description given by Ms. Ramirez to the New 

13 Yorker?

14 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

15 Judge, I want to get your general reaction 

16 to this New Yorker story, including the allegations made in 

17 this story.

18 Judge Kavanaugh. This didn't happen. I've never done 

19 anything like that. The story, as described -- back up. 

20 Karen Yarasavage, her best friend, says she never heard 

21 anything like this. If something like this had happened, 

22 it would have been the talk of campus. 

23 The New York Times says as recently as last week, she 

24 was calling around to other classmates saying she wasn't 

25 sure I had done this. And you know, I think -- I think 
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1 we're -- this is an outrage for this kind of thin, 

2 uncorroborated, 35-year-old accusation to be leveled in 

3 this fashion at this time. I've been in the public eye for 

4 24 years, since I started with the independent counsel in 

5 the fall of 1994, very public at various points in my life. 

6 I've been through six background checks. I worked in 

7 the White House at the highest levels, senior staff, 

8 traveling with the President all over the world, seeing the 

9 most highly sensitive secrets of our Nation for years. I 

10 went through a difficult confirmation process for the D.C. 

11 Circuit that was public with two separate confirmation 

12 hearings in 2004 and 2006. 

13 I've been a judge for 12 years in a very public way. 

14 I've been identified repeatedly as a potential Supreme 

15 Court nominee. Whether that was accurate or not, I've been 

16 publicly identified. My decisions have been publicly 

17 discussed. 

18 I've been very much a presence at the Yale College 

19 reunions. I've been on multiple panels there. So I've 

20 been active in the class. The class newsletter has talked 

21 about me. The people in my class have been at those 

22 reunions and those events. 

23 In all that time, not a word. And then 4 days, you 

24 know, when just right before a vote for the Supreme Court, 

25 after the nomination itself has been pending for months, 
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1 and I've been through the hearings and 65 Senate meetings 

2 and all the written questions, and then -- and then, after 

3 all these years, with all this time, and all these 

4 descriptions with no corroboration and with her best friend 

5 saying she never heard about it, you know, I'm -- I'm 

6 really just, you know, stunned. And outraged. 

7 It's the twilight zone. I guess we're going to get to 

8 a few more of these twilight zone things, but -- 

9 Well, actually, are you aware that the New 

10 York Times passed up on this story before the New Yorker 

11 ran the story?

12 Judge Kavanaugh. That's what I read in the New York 

13 Times. 

14 What's your reaction to that?

15 Judge Kavanaugh. They couldn't -- the New York Times 

16 couldn't corroborate this story and found that she was 

17 calling around to classmates trying to see if they 

18 remembered it. And I, at least -- and I, myself, heard 

19 about that, that she was doing that. And you know, that 

20 just strikes me as, you know, what is going on here? When 

21 someone is calling around to try to refresh other people, 

22 is that what's going on? What's going on with that? 

23 That doesn't sound -- that doesn't sound good to me. 

24 It doesn't sound fair. It doesn't sound proper. It sounds 

25 like an orchestrated hit to take me out. That's what it 
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1 sounds like. 

2 The New Yorker story discussed how 

3 Ms. Ramirez had a lapse of memory related to this incident 

4 until she had several days of conversations with her 

5 attorney. Did you read that?

6 Judge Kavanaugh. I did. Six days of -- 

7 What's your -- what's your reaction to 

8 that, Judge?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. I mean, what is that all about? 

10 What are we talking about here? This is serious stuff, and 

11 they're -- you know, they’re calling around to other people 

12 either to refresh them, or I don't know what's going on in 

13 those conversations, but it takes 6 days to kind of dredge 

14 up something with a lawyer, as I understand it. 

15 And in the context of a highly contentious Supreme 

16 Court nomination where people understandably, and that is 

17 understandably, feel strongly about the Supreme Court. I 

18 don't -- I don't want to say anything -- that's appropriate 

19 in America. It's appropriate in America for people to feel 

20 strongly about the Supreme Court. 

21 It's not appropriate for people to be dredging up 

22 uncorroborated stories and trying to refresh other people's 

23 recollections and then stoke the media and create a feeding 

24 frenzy and destroy my family and destroy my reputation and 

25 take me down. This is not right. It's an outrage. 
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1 Judge, your wife, Ashley, and you recently 

2 did an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum. Is 

3 that correct?

4 Judge Kavanaugh. That is correct. 

5 Everything that you said on that 

6 interview, do you -- do you affirm that today? Do you 

7 adopt that as your testimony today?

8 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

9 And do you understand that what you tell a 

10 reporter is not subject to felony prosecution if you're 

11 lying? Do you understand that?

12 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

13 Do you understand that what you tell 

14 congressional investigators is subject to felony 

15 prosecution for lying? Correct?

16 Judge Kavanaugh. Correct. 

17 So are you saying that you're -- again, 

18 with that in mind, are you adopting today that what you --

19 as your testimony what you told Martha MacCallum on Fox 

20 News?

21 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

22 Hey, Judge. So we have a few more 

23 questions, as we've had a few more allegations. So I just 

24 want to start walking through those with you now.

25 Michael Avenatti has conveyed to the committee and the 
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1 press allegations about your alleged involvement in gang 

2 rape parties while in high school. 

3 Have you had the opportunity to review those 

4 allegations? 

5 Judge Kavanaugh. I've heard about them generally. 

6 Well --

7 Judge Kavanaugh. Happy to -- happy to answer 

8 questions. 

9 So tell us what you've heard about these 

10 allegations, Judge.

11 Judge Kavanaugh. Well, can you just give me an 

12 allegation? I think I saw generally described in an email 

13 the allegations. So if you can ask me -- 

14 So the committee investigators --

15 Mr. Avenatti made allegations that he had secret evidence 

16 against you. Committee investigators reached out to him 

17 immediately via email and asked him for his allegations and 

18 his evidence. The allegations that he made are, to 

19 summarize, he alleged a drug- and alcohol-induced gang rape 

20 that you participated in.

21 Judge Kavanaugh. That is false. I've never 

22 participated in a gang rape. I've never participated in 

23 sexual activity with more than one woman present and me. I 

24 think -- yeah. Just making sure I accurately described 

25 that. In other words, I've never had a threesome or more 
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1 than a threesome. 

2 So, specifically, Mr. Avenatti said, "We are 

3 aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in 

4 the Washington, D.C., area during the early 1980s during 

5 which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, and others would 

6 participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs in 

7 order to allow a 'train of men' to subsequently gang rape 

8 them."

9 Were you involved in any way in such parties? 

10 Judge Kavanaugh. No. And I've never heard of such a 

11 thing. It's an outrageous accusation. Ridiculous. 

12 Okay. So we have some more specific 

13 questions. These are -- these are Mr. --

14 Judge Kavanaugh. Good. 

15 Mr. Avenatti's questions. The first one, 

16 did you ever target one or more women for sex or rape at a 

17 house party?

18 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

19 Did you ever assist Mark Judge or others in 

20 doing so?

21 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

22 Did you ever attend any house party during 

23 which a woman was gang raped or used for sex by multiple 

24 men?

25 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 
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1 Did you ever witness a line of men outside a 

2 bedroom at any house party where you understood a woman was 

3 in the bedroom being raped or taken advantage of?

4 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

5 Did you ever participate in any sexual 

6 conduct with a woman at a house party with whom you 

7 understood to be intoxicated or under the influence of 

8 drugs?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

10 Did you ever communicate with Mark Judge or 

11 anyone else about your participation in a "train" involving 

12 an intoxicated woman?

13 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

14 Did you ever object or attempt to prevent 

15 one or more men from participating in the rape or taking 

16 advantage of a woman at any house party?

17 Judge Kavanaugh. I never saw such a thing. So the 

18 premise, the question is off. 

19 Mr. Avenatti has also conveyed certain 

20 allegations about your yearbook and calendar. First, he 

21 says your yearbook and calendar refer to "FFFFFFFourth of 

22 July," that is "Fourth of July" with a total of seven Fs. 

23 For clarity, I'll just refer to that as the "FFFFFFFourth 

24 of July entry."

25 Does your yearbook contain the "FFFFFFFourth of July 
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1 entry" described by Mr. Avenatti? 

2 Judge Kavanaugh. Can you -- sorry, you were breaking 

3 out. Can you just speak a little closer to the phone and 

4 speak up? 

5 Sure

6 Reread the question, please.

7 Right. Sorry. It's kind of a long one.

8 Mr. Avenatti says that your yearbook and calendar 

9 refer to "FFFFFFFourth of July," that is "Fourth of July" 

10 with a total of seven Fs. For clarity, I'll just refer to 

11 that as the "FFFFFFFourth of July entry." 

12 Does your yearbook contain the "FFFFFFFourth of July 

13 entry" described by Mr. Avenatti? 

14 Judge Kavanaugh. So "FFF," all that refers to is a 

15 friend of ours in the class, when he would say "fuck you," 

16 he would often say it with a wind-up like "fffuck you." 

17 And for reasons that are not clear to me today, at age 15 

18 and 16, the whole group of guys thought that was a funny, 

19 inside thing, and it got shortened to the sound I just made 

20 was a number of Fs rolling together. 

21 And that guy would sometimes get in fights, either on 

22 the football field or otherwise, where he would say "fuck 

23 you" and then, you know, be in a fight. And that was the 

24 reference. 

25 Okay. But what does ""FFFFFFFourth of July"
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1 specifically refer to? 

2 Judge Kavanaugh. That must refer to a specific 

3 incident where that guy -- hold on one second. 

4 [Pause.] 

5 Judge Kavanaugh. Best recollection would be that it's 

6 a specific party where he got in a fight. 

7 But you don't recall that party or that 

8 fight?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't recall the specifics, no. I 

10 think it's referring to Rehoboth Beach. 

11 Okay. Mr. Avenatti says he has reason -- he 

12 has reason to believe that the "FFFFFFFourth of July entry"

13 stands for "find them, French them, feel them, finger them, 

14 fuck them, and forget them."

15 Have you ever used such a reference? 

16 Judge Kavanaugh. That's wrong. It refers to this one 

17 guy and his -- and a joke that everyone had about him and 

18 how he said "fuck you." 

19 Have you ever heard of such a reference as 

20 Mr. Avenatti described it being used?

21 Judge Kavanaugh. I have never heard that as a 

22 reference, and I know for a fact that that was not the 

23 reference with respect to the yearbook. 

24 Why did you include the "FFFFFFFourth of 

25 July entry" in your yearbook and your calendar?
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1 Judge Kavanaugh. I can't remember. The yearbook is a 

2 lot of humor, a lot of farce, a little bit of serious where 

3 you list your activities. But it's a lot of humor and a 

4 lot of farce at a time when the editors of the yearbook 

5 were probably following a model -- model of -- hold on one 

6 second. 

7 [Pause.] 

8 Judge Kavanaugh. Yeah, the yearbook editors, I think, 

9 had a mindset of like "Caddyshack," "Fast Times at 

10 Ridgemont High," "Animal House," or something and made the 

11 yearbook into kind of a farce in that respect. And that's 

12 -- you know, that explains some of the yearbook. 

13 Judge, I just want to get some clarity on 

14 the first question that asked you on this line of 

15 questioning. I just want to make sure that your answer is 

16 what we suspect it is.

17 So let me repeat the question, and then I'm going to 

18 ask you the first question again to get a clear answer. 

19 Mr. Avenatti says he has reason to believe that the 

20 "FFFFFFFourth of July entry" stands for "find them, French 

21 them, feel them, finger them, fuck them, and forget them." 

22 And here's the question. Have you ever used such a 

23 reference? 

24 Judge Kavanaugh. No, never. Nor has anyone else, to 

25 my understanding. And I know for a fact that that is not 
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1 the reference in the yearbook or the reference related to 

2 the person in question talking about his use of it and how 

3 that became a joke among some of the classmates. 

4 Thank you, Judge, for the clarification on 

5 our part, and will continue the questioning.

6 So do you have any understanding of why 

7 Mr. Avenatti would interpret the "FFFFFFFourth of July 

8 entry" as he has?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. No. We all know about -- no, I'm 

10 not going to speculate further. 

11 Well, Judge, tell us about your general 

12 reaction to Mr. Avenatti and his allegations.

13 Judge Kavanaugh. I think it's absurd, outrageous, a 

14 joke, a farce, the twilight zone. 

15 Have you ever met Mr. Avenatti?

16 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

17 We have not received any evidence from 

18 Mr. Avenatti, despite Senate investigators requesting his 

19 evidence for his allegations. We don't even know who his 

20 client is, or clients, he's apparently representing in this 

21 matter.

22 Are you aware of any client or clients of Mr. Avenatti 

23 related to this matter? 

24 Judge Kavanaugh. I am not. 

25 Are you aware of any evidence that 
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1 Mr. Avenatti may have that he says that he's going to 

2 present to us at some indeterminate time in the near 

3 future? 

4 Judge Kavanaugh. I am not. 

5 Okay. So we have a few more questions about 

6 some of these yearbook entries. Mr. Avenatti also says 

7 that your yearbook and calendar include the phrase "devil's 

8 triangle." For clarity, I'll refer to that as the "devil's 

9 triangle entry."

10 Does your yearbook contain the devil's triangle entry 

11 described by Mr. Avenatti? 

12 Judge Kavanaugh. Hold on one second. 

13 [Pause.] 

14 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. I should just clarify, too, 

15 you've referred to my calendars a couple of times. He has 

16 no -- he's never seen my calendars. 

17 You say "he," you mean Mr. Avenatti?

18 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes, Mr. Avenatti, of course, has 

19 never seen my calendars. 

20 And you say that -- you've referred to 

21 your calendars, are you -- you mean -- are you looking at 

22 your calendars today?

23 Judge Kavanaugh. No. I'm just saying your question, 

24 or at least the lead-up to the question, the last two 

25 questions referred to calendar and yearbook, and I'm just 
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1 pointing out that Mr. Avenatti has never seen my calendars. 

2 So we're talking about the yearbook entry. 

3 On the yearbook entry, yes, there is a reference to 

4 devil's triangle. 

5 What does the devil's triangle entry refer 

6 to?

7 Judge Kavanaugh. It refers to a drinking game where 

8 there were three glasses in a triangle. Beer drinking. 

9 Mr. Avenatti says he has -- he has reason to 

10 believe the devil's triangle entry refers to a situation 

11 where two men engage in sex with one woman at the same 

12 time.

13 Have you ever used the term "devil's triangle" to 

14 refer to sexual behavior? 

15 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

16 Have you ever heard "devil's triangle" being 

17 used to refer to sexual behavior?

18 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

19 Why did you include the devil's triangle 

20 entry in your yearbook?

21 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't know. We were 17. 

22 Do you have any understanding of why 

23 Mr. Avenatti would interpret the devil's triangle entry as 

24 he has?

25 Judge Kavanaugh. I think I'll refer back to my prior 
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1 answer about my reaction to his allegations. 

2 Thank you, Judge.

3 This is again. I'm going to jump 

4 to the next set of questions unless you have anything else 

5 to add on that past topic?

6 Judge Kavanaugh. That's fine by me. Thank you. 

7 Okay. Judge Kavanaugh, on September 22nd 

8 of this year, Senator Gardner received an anonymous letter, 

9 apparently sent from Denver, alleging that you engaged in 

10 certain conduct in 1998.

11 Have you had an opportunity to review that letter? 

12 Judge Kavanaugh. I did look at that, I believe, yeah. 

13 Okay. I'm going to read -- read from it. 

14 The letter states, "I will remain anonymous, but I feel 

15 obligated to inform you of this 1998 incident involving 

16 Brett Kavanaugh." When you were the author of the Starr 

17 Report, the author's daughter from Boulder, Colorado, 

18 occasionally socialized with Brett Kavanaugh. She and a 

19 group of four, including Kavanaugh, met in a Washington, 

20 D.C., bar.

21 "Her friend was dating him, and they left the bar 

22 under the influence of alcohol. They were all shocked when 

23 Brett Kavanaugh shoved her friend up against the wall very 

24 aggressively and sexually. There were at least four 

25 witnesses, including my daughter. Her friend, still 
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1 traumatized, called my daughter yesterday, September 21, 

2 2018, wondering what to do about it. They decided to 

3 remain anonymous." 

4 Did the events described in the letter occur? 

5 Judge Kavanaugh. No, and we're dealing with an 

6 anonymous letter about an anonymous person and an anonymous 

7 friend. It's ridiculous. Total twilight zone. And no, 

8 I've never done anything like that. 

9 Just a few more specific questions. At 

10 any point while you were involved in the Starr 

11 investigation, did you ever shove a woman up against a wall 

12 very aggressively or sexually as you left a bar?

13 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

14 At any point while you were involved in 

15 the Starr investigation, did you ever behave violently 

16 toward a woman?

17 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

18 All right. Just one moment, please.

19 [Pause.] 

20 When you were involved in the Starr 

21 investigation, do you recall ever socializing with a woman 

22 from Boulder, Colorado?

23 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

24 While you were involved in the Starr 

25 investigation, do you recall ever dating a woman who would 
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1 fairly fit the description in the letter provided to 

2 Senator Gardner? 

3 The anonymous letter.

4 Judge Kavanaugh. What's the description? 

5 Just based on what I --

6 Judge Kavanaugh. Describe her appearance. 

7 No, it's -- all we have is what I read.

8 Judge Kavanaugh. Well, then I don't know what I'm 

9 responding to then. 

10 Judge, I want to give you the opportunity 

11 again to respond more generally to these series of

12 allegations that are made against you either by 

13 Mr. Avenatti or anonymous sources or others. I just want 

14 to get your general reaction to this.

15 Judge Kavanaugh. I think this is -- this is crazy 

16 town. It's a smear campaign. I've been in the public eye 

17 for 24 years, really public at various points. Certainly 

18 1998, when I was in the Starr investigation, that was a 

19 very public year. In the Bush White House, very public, 

20 especially in 2003 to 2006. Two notable confirmation 

21 hearings in '04 and '06. As a judge for 12 years. Named, 

22 whether correctly or not, a few times as a possible Supreme 

23 Court nominee, very public around those times. 

24 You know, go through this whole process, and the FBI 

25 background, six FBI backgrounds, intense scrutiny, and then 
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1 for something like this and the Avenatti thing are just 

2 absurd and outrageous, coordinated perhaps. I don't know. 

3 Twilight zone. And I don't -- you know, it's just 

4 outrageous. It's trying to take me down, trying to take 

5 down my family. 

6 It's bad -- it's doing damage to the Supreme Court. 

7 It's doing damage to the country. It's doing damage to 

8 this process. It's become a total feeding frenzy, you 

9 know? Every -- just unbelievable. 

10 The committee has received four separate 

11 allegations related to you and sexual misconduct. Is there 

12 a kernel of truth in any of these allegations?

13 Judge Kavanaugh. No. Are we going to talk Rhode 

14 Island? 

15 We are.

16 Judge Kavanaugh. Okay. Let's get that one out of the 

17 way, too. 

18 Okay, Judge.

19 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't mean to cut off questions 

20 about the other one. 

21 Oh, no, I think we were finished. Judge 

22 Kavanaugh, a Rhode Island man named 

23 recently called Senator Whitehouse's office making 

24 allegations concerning a rape on a boat in August of 1985. 

25 Have you had the opportunity to review those allegations?
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1 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

2 So, for the record, the report from Senator 

3 Whitehouse states, "Senator Whitehouse received a call this 

4 morning from a Rhode Island constituent, , 

5 who made allegations regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee 

6 Brett Kavanaugh. reported that early on a Sunday 

7 morning in August of 1985, a close acquaintance of the 

8 constituent was sexually assaulted by two heavily 

9 inebriated men she referred to at the time as Brett and 

10 Mark.

11 "The event took place on a 36-foot maroon and white 

12 boat in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, after the 

13 three had met at a local bar. According to , when 

14 he learned of the assault at approximately 5:00 a.m. that 

15 same morning, he and another individual went to the harbor, 

16 located the boat the victim had described and physically 

17 confronted the two men, leaving them with significant 

18 injuries.

19 " recently realized that one of the men was 

20 Brett Kavanaugh when he saw Kavanaugh's high school 

21 yearbook photo on television over the weekend. He promptly 

22 reported the incident to our office on Monday morning, 

23 September 24, 2018."

24 Judge, did this event happen? 

25 Judge Kavanaugh. No. I was not in Newport, haven't 
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1 been on a boat in Newport. Not with Mark Judge on a boat, 

2 nor all those three things combined. This is just 

3 completely made up, or at least not me. I don't know what 

4 they're referring to. 

5 Did you ever sexually assault a woman or 

6 women in Rhode Island?

7 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

8 Were you ever in a situation where two men 

9 injured you and someone named Mark?

10 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

11 Do you have any knowledge of such a boat?

12 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

13 Do you know ?

14 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

15 appears to have a Twitter 

16 account with the handle . Among other 

17 things, the information identifies the account holder as a 

18 "hippie" from " , Rhode Island."

19 Are you aware that on June 27th of this year, the 

20 account tweeted, "A question, when will the United States 

21 military decided to do what they have vowed and remove the 

22 domestic threat to the Constitution that lives in the White 

23 House?" 

24 Judge Kavanaugh. Can you repeat -- you broke out. So 

25 I just want to make sure I got it. I think I got it, but 
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1 can you repeat it? 

2 Sure. So has a Twitter account 

3 with the handle . Among other things, the 

4 information identifies the account holder as a "hippie" 

5 from " , Rhode Island."

6 Are you aware that on June 27 of this year, this 

7 account tweeted, "A question, when will the United States 

8 military decided to do what they have vowed and remove the 

9 domestic threat to the Constitution that lives in the White 

10 House?" 

11 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm not aware of his Twitter account 

12 or what might be on his Twitter account, if that's the 

13 question. 

14 So you are not aware that on July 8th of 

15 this year, this account tweeted, "Dear Pentagon, please 

16 save my country from the parasite that occupies the White 

17 House. Our you waiting until Russians parachute in like in 

18 Red Dawn? Please help!"

19 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm not aware of that. 

20 So you are also not aware that on August 18 

21 of this year, this account tweeted, "I am making for the 

22 military to do their constitutional duty --"

23 I am asking.

24 "I am asking" -- excuse me. "-- for the 

25 military to do their constitutional duty and protect us 
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1 from the domestic terrorist in the Oval Office. Please, 

2 please, please." 

3 Judge Kavanaugh. I'm not aware of that. 

4 Having heard this information, do you know 

5 or remember, ?

6 Judge Kavanaugh. I don't. 

7 What are your general reactions to this 

8 allegation, Judge?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. It's just totally made up. 

10 Ridiculous. 

11 Okay. So, Judge Kavanaugh, we've asked you 

12 now about a number of very recently made allegations of 

13 sexual misconduct, and I want to make sure that we fully 

14 understand your testimony.

15 Again, you understand that falsely answering my 

16 questions -- our questions can carry criminal penalties. 

17 Correct? 

18 Judge Kavanaugh. I understand that, yes. 

19 Committee investigators previously asked you 

20 about Dr. Ford's allegations. You categorically and 

21 unequivocally denied them.

22 Do you stand by that testimony? 

23 Judge Kavanaugh. I do. 

24 Today, we've ask you about some other 

25 allegations that became public after Dr. Ford's allegations 
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1 became public. You have denied all of them. 

2 Do you stand by that testimony? 

3 Judge Kavanaugh. I do. 

4 Have you ever sexually assaulted anyone?

5 Judge Kavanaugh. I have not. 

6 Have you ever committed any kind of sexual 

7 misconduct?

8 Judge Kavanaugh. No. 

9 Are you looking forward to testifying at 

10 Thursday's hearing?

11 Judge Kavanaugh. I am looking forward to it. And to 

12 reiterate what I said last Monday, now 8 days ago, I wanted 

13 to testify last Tuesday so that I can clear my name, defend 

14 my integrity, defend a lifetime of good work that I have 

15 done and the record I've built as a judge for 12 years, 

16 worked in the White House for 5 1/2, working in public 

17 service, working for Justice Kennedy. I look forward to 

18 defending my name, defending my integrity. 

19 And to reiterate also, listen to all the people who 

20 knew me best. The women I went to high school with who've 

21 spoken. You know, Julie and Suzanne and Meghan and Maura, 

22 and Maura, and I'll go on, who were my friends and are 

23 still my friends, and who knew me then and have known me 

24 since age 13 or 14. And the college friends like Louisa 

25 and Carolyn and Karen, and the people I -- the women I 
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1 worked with in the Bush White House who have repeatedly 

2 spoken on my behalf and signed a letter on my behalf and 

3 talked about how I've always treated women with dignity and 

4 respect throughout my life. 

5 The law clerks that I've hired, and I've been the 

6 leading judge in the United States, Federal judge in the 

7 United States in my time on the bench in promoting women 

8 law clerks to Supreme Court clerkships and hired more women 

9 than men, and they've all spoken out in support of me and 

10 how I've been an advocate for women's equality throughout 

11 my life. 

12 As a coach for the last 7 years of girls basketball 

13 teams, and training and encouraging and inspiring girls to 

14 do -- to have confidence and do better at basketball and 

15 prepare them for life and listen to their moms and dads. 

16 And all this inspired by my mom, who taught me at a 

17 young age to break barriers and who, herself, was a 

18 trailblazer and overcame sexual harassment and barriers 

19 that were omnipresent at that time for women trying to 

20 break into the legal profession. And I watched her do that 

21 and learned from her and was inspired by her. 

22 And one facet of my life that has been important to me 

23 in all aspects is I've always been friends with lots of 

24 people, and I'm blessed by my friends, and I've talked 

25 about that in my opening statement last time. And one of 
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1 the things that's been true throughout my life is how many 

2 women I've been friends with. Not talking about dating 

3 now, talking about friends. 

4 From an early age, Julie Hurson DeVol on TV the other 

5 night talking about how I always helped her with her 

6 homework in high school. Suzanne Hohman Matan and Amy 

7 O'Neill and Kristin Blomquist Treacy and Maura Fitzgerald 

8 and Maura Molloy Kane and Meghan Molloy McCaleb, all 

9 friends from high school who were with me all the time and 

10 were my friends and are still my friends. And I can go on 

11 and on on the names and the people in college. 

12 I've been -- I've been a supporter and promoter of 

13 women's equality, and then the women -- women I've dated 

14 have talked about that as well and how I treated them. And 

15 some of the women on those letters are people I went out 

16 with. Most of them, of course, are friends and never had 

17 that kind -- but they've all talked about how I treated 

18 them with dignity and respect throughout my life. 

19 And you know, who would want to go through this? Who 

20 is ever going to want to go through this in the future? 

21 What is this doing to the Court when -- and the country and 

22 the process when these kind of -- this kind of process 

23 happens where an allegation is held for this long, an 

24 allegation during the process that was known. And then I 

25 have -- known during the process, I mean, by a Senator. 
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2 background check and the individuals meetings, and then 

3 it's sprung in the way it was sprung. And you know, just 

4 to go back to that, that's the summer of 1982. Well, I 

5 wasn't at such thing in the summer of 1982. And the people 

6 who were there say it didn't happen. 

7 And since we last talked, the other -- the woman who 

8 was there says she doesn't know me and has never seen me, 

9 as far as she can remember, at a party. It's just -- it's 

10 a disgrace. It is a total -- what this process has become. 

11 I'll end with that, unless you have further questions. 

12 Just one more.

13 Two more. Go ahead.

14 Two more. Excuse me. Do you object to the 

15 public release of the transcript of this interview?

16 Judge Kavanaugh. I do not object. 

17 And Judge, we had a transcribed interview 

18 with you on Monday, September 17, 2018. Correct?

19 Judge Kavanaugh. Yes. 

20 And in that interview, we discussed the 

21 then-allegations by Dr. Ford contained in the July 30, 

22 2018, letter sent to Senator Feinstein's office. Correct?

23 Judge Kavanaugh. Correct. 

24 Do you -- for purposes of your testimony 

25 today, do you adopt your testimony from September 17th?
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2 And do you object to the public release of 

3 that testimony from September 17th?

4 Judge Kavanaugh. I do not object to that. 

5 So that was during -- that testimony was 

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7 ranking member's staff and the chairman's staff. Do you 

8 understand that?

9 Judge Kavanaugh. I thought it was just the chairman's 

10 staff, that call. Am I wrong about that? 

11 Excuse me. The chairman's staff. The 

12 ranking member's staff was invited, but did not 

13 participate. I stand corrected. But you understand that 

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15 Judge Kavanaugh. Right. That -- 

16 -- part of the BI process?

17 Judge Kavanaugh. That's correct. 

18 So I just want to make sure that this is 

19 crystal clear. You do not object to having that testimony, 

20 that transcript of that testimony attached, because you're 

21 adopting it for purposes of today's testimony, to your 

22 testimony today, and so we can publicly release both 

23 transcripts. Is that correct?

24 Judge Kavanaugh. That is correct. 

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Exhibit 51 
October 25, 2018 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 

The Honorable Jeff Sessions The Honorable Christopher A. Wray 

Attorney General Director 

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20530 Washington, DC 20535 

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray: 

As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committee recently processed the nomination of Judge Brett 

M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, leading to his 

eventual confirmation on October 6, 2018. As part of that process, the Committee has investigated various 

allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh. The Committee’s investigation has involved communicating 

with numerous individuals claiming to have relevant information. While many of those individuals have 

provided the Committee information in good faith, it unfortunately appears some have not. As explained 

below, I am writing to refer Mr. Michael Avenatti and Ms. Julie Swetnick for investigation of potential 

violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001, and 1505, for materially false statements they made to the Committee 

during the course of the Committee’s investigation. 

ALLEGATIONS BY MR. AVENATTI AND MS. SWETNICK

On September 23, 2018, Mr. Avenatti posted a message on social media claiming that he was 

“represent[ing] a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge.”1

 Minutes 

later, Committee staff contacted Mr. Avenatti acknowledging his claim and asking that he “advise [them] 

of this information immediately so that Senate investigators may promptly begin an inquiry.”2

 Mr. Avenatti 

responded, failing to disclose the identity of his client but representing to Committee staff: 

We are aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the 

Washington, D.C. area during the early 1980s during which Brett 

Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, and others would participate in the targeting of 

 

1

 https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044006928416825344. 

2

 Email exchange between the Chief Counsel for Nominations Mike Davis and Michael Avenatti on Sept. 23, 2018, 

enclosed below. 
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October 25, 2018 

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women with alcohol/drugs in order to allow a ‘train’ of men to 

subsequently gang rape them.3

Noting Mr. Avenatti’s use of “we,” Committee staff asked Mr. Avenatti if he did in fact have a client 

making these claims or was solely doing so himself.4 He responded that he did have a client, but again did 

not identify her.5

 On September 24, 2018, Mr. Avenatti posted an additional message on social media 

“[w]arning ...[t]he GOP and others” to “be very careful in trying to suggest that she [Mr. Avenatti’s 

unnamed client] is not credible.”6

 Then, on September 26, 2018, Mr. Avenatti publicly revealed that his 

client was Ms. Julie Swetnick.7

 Ms. Swetnick is a former client of the law firm of Ms. Debra Katz, the 

attorney for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.8

That same day, September 26, 2018, Mr. Avenatti submitted a sworn statement to the Committee 

purportedly written and signed by Ms. Swetnick, in which she accused Judge Kavanaugh of repeatedly 

drugging women and/or spiking their punch with alcohol in order to render them inebriated and disoriented 

so that groups of boys, including Judge Kavanaugh, could gang rape them.9 Specifically, she alleged in her 

sworn statement that she met Brett Kavanaugh “in approximately 1980-1981,” and that she “attended well 

over ten house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the years 1981-1983,” some of which she 

claimed Brett Kavanaugh also attended. “During the years 1981-82,” Ms. Swetnick declared, “I became 

aware of efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to ‘spike’ the ‘punch’ at house parties I 

attended with drugs and/or grain alcohol so as to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say 

‘No.’” She said that at these parties, which “were a common occurrence in the area and occurred nearly 

every weekend during the school year,” she witnessed Brett Kavanaugh participate in what she believed to 

be systematic sexual assaults of incapacitated women. “I ... witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett 

Kavanaugh and others to cause girls to become inebriated so they could then be ‘gang raped’ in a side room 

or bedroom by a ‘train’ of numerous boys. I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms 

at many of these parties waiting for their ‘turn’ with a girl inside the room,” Ms. Swetnick declared, and 

“[t]hese boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh.” 

Ms. Swetnick’s sworn statement, which the Committee received on September 26, 2018, also 

mentioned for the first time the “Beach Week” parties in Ocean City, Maryland. Ms. Swetnick said that she 

was “told by other women this conduct also occurred during the Summer months in Ocean City, Maryland,” 

and she “witnessed such conduct on one occasion in Ocean City, Maryland during ‘Beach Week.’” 

However, Mr. Avenatti did not reference “Beach Week” in his September 23, 2018 email to the Committee. 

Mr. Avenatti’s original email only alleged conduct at house parties in the Washington, D.C. area. Notably, 

Ms. Swetnick submitted her statement broadening the area of the alleged incidents from Washington, D.C. 

 

3 Id. 4 Id. 5 Id. 6

 https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044233074609811456. 

7

 https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1044960940884709378. 

8

 Ariane de Vogue and Eli Watkins, New Kavanaugh Accuser Has Tie to Firm of Christine Blasey Ford’s Attorney,

CNN (Sept. 26, 2018). Available at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/julie-swetnick-debra-katzsettlement/index html. Moreover, according to Dr. Ford’s testimony, Ranking Member Feinstein’s own staff 

facilitated Ms. Katz’ representation of Dr. Ford. See Mikhael Smits, Christine Blasey Ford: Feinstein 

Recommended Attorney Debra Katz to Me, THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON (Sept. 27, 2018). Available at: 

https://freebeacon.com/politics/ford-feinstein-recommended-attorney-debra-katz/. 

9

 Swetnick Sworn Statement, dated Sept. 25, 2018 and received on Sept. 26, 2018, enclosed below. 
 Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

 October 25, 2018 

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to Ocean City, Maryland, only after the Committee publicly released Judge Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar - 

which included a notation for Beach Week during the week of June 6-12.10

DIVERSION OF COMMITTEE RESOURCES TO 

INVESTIGATE MR. AVENATTI’S AND MS. SWETNICK’S ALLEGATIONS

The sworn statement Mr. Avenatti submitted on behalf of Ms. Swetnick materially affected the 

Committee’s investigation of allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. Within hours of the submission, all the 

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to me stating: 

In light of shocking new allegations detailed by Julie Swetnick in a sworn 

affidavit, we write to request that the Committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh 

be immediately canceled and that you support the reopening of the FBI 

investigation to examine all of the allegations against Kavanaugh or 

withdrawal of his nomination.11 

The Democrats’ letter specifically referenced the fact that Ms. Swetnick’s sworn statement was submitted 

to the Committee “[u]nder penalty of perjury, which would cause Ms. Swetnick to be subject to criminal 

prosecution” if her allegations are knowingly, willfully, and materially false.12 

 After receiving the allegations from Mr. Avenatti and Ms. Swetnick, Committee staff immediately 

began investigating the claims, diverting significant resources to the effort. This included questioning 

Judge Kavanaugh in a transcribed interview on September 25, 2018, about the allegations Mr. Avenatti 

made to the Committee via his September 23, 2018 email.13 It also included questioning Judge Kavanaugh 

in another transcribed interview on September 26, 2018, about the specifics of Ms. Swetnick’s allegations 

after the Committee received her statement. 14 Under penalty of felony, Judge Kavanaugh categorically 

denied the allegations and stated he did not know Ms. Swetnick. Committee staff also interviewed ten 

associates of Ms. Swetnick, working late nights and weekends to gather information to determine the 

veracity of Ms. Swetnick’s claims and evaluate her credibility. Committee staff sought to interview Ms. 

Swetnick, but Mr. Avenatti refused. 

MS. SWETNICK’S AND MR. AVENATTI’S 

SUBSEQUENT CONTRADICTIONS OF THEIR ALLEGATIONS

 In short, Mr. Avenatti and Ms. Swetnick made grave allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, and the 

Committee diverted significant resources to investigate the claims. However, in light of Ms. Swetnick’s 

and Mr. Avenatti’s own statements to the media, information obtained from Committee interviews of her 

 

10 Judge Kavanaugh’s Summer 1982 Calendar, provided to Senate Judiciary Committee. Available at: 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kavanaugh%20Summer%201982%20Calendar%20Pages1.pdf. 

11 Letter from Judiciary Committee Democrats to Chairman Grassley (Sept. 26, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/f/d/fd184cdb-c9fa-49bc-93b8-

972f63557de6/6E8DC1425692A07770016AB11DB35F1A.2018.09.26-jud-d-ltr-to-ceg-re-swetnick-withdrawl-orinvestigate.pdf 

12 Id. 13 Senate Judiciary Committee Interview with Judge Kavanaugh 22-25 (Sept. 25, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.25.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted)..pd

f. 

14 Senate Judiciary Committee Interview with Judge Kavanaugh 5-10 (Sept, 26, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.26.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pd

f. 
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October 25, 2018 

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associates, and publicly reported information about her and Mr. Avenatti, it has become apparent that the 

statements Mr. Avenatti and Ms. Swetnick submitted to the Committee likely contained materially false 

claims. 

On October 1, 2018, NBC News aired an interview of Ms. Swetnick by Ms. Kate Snow, in which 

Ms. Swetnick contradicted key claims she had made to the Committee via Mr. Avenatti.15 When asked 

about the claim in her sworn statement that she was aware of Brett Kavanaugh spiking punch at parties with 

drugs and/or grain alcohol, Ms. Swetnick demurred, stating instead that “I saw [Kavanaugh] giving red 

Solo cups to quite a few girls” but that “I don’t know what he did” as far as spiking punch. In this revised 

account to NBC, she merely claimed she “saw him by” punch containers. This materially contradicted her 

statement in her sworn statement that she was “aware of efforts by ... Brett Kavanaugh ... to ‘spike’ the 

‘punch’ at house parties ... to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang 

raped.’”16 Ms. Swetnick’s sworn statement to the Committee claimed she had “personal knowledge of the 

information” stated in it. Yet, when CNN later questioned Mr. Avenatti about the clear contradictions 

between Ms. Swetnick’s statements in her sworn declaration and those to NBC about Judge Kavanaugh 

spiking punch, he conceded: “One of her friends informed her of what she just put in the declaration or 

what was attested to in the declaration.”17

When the NBC interview with Ms. Swetnick addressed claims in her sworn statement that she had 

“a firm recollection of seeing boys,” including Brett Kavanaugh, “lined up outside rooms at many of these 

parties” to gang rape incapacitated women, Ms. Swetnick again contradicted her statement to the 

Committee. She denied both that there were lines of boys outside rooms and that she had any actual 

knowledge at the time of any gang rapes in those rooms by these boys. 

Ms. Snow and Ms. Swetnick had the following exchange in which Ms. Swetnick contradicted her 

claim of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at these parties she supposedly attended:

Ms. Swetnick: I would see boys standing outside of rooms, congregated 

together.... I would see them laughing, a lot of laughing. 

Ms. Snow: Standing in line outside a room? 

Ms. Swetnick: Not a line, but definitely huddled by doors.18

So, contradicting her sworn statement claim that she had “a firm recollection” of seeing boys lined up 

outside bedrooms at parties to systematically rape women, her revised account to NBC merely claimed that 

she saw groups of boys standing together and laughing in the general vicinity of doors at house parties. 

 Similarly, although Ms. Swetnick claimed in her sworn statement that, based on “personal 

knowledge,” it was her “firm recollection” that these boys were lined up for the purpose of “waiting for 

 

15 Kate Snow, Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Speaks Out on Sexual Abuse Allegations, NBC News (Oct. 1, 

2018). Available at https://www nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/kavanaugh-accuser-julie-swetnick-speaks-outsexual-abuse-allegations-n915641. 

16 See Swetnick Sworn Statement. 17 See Daniel Chaitin, Michael Avenatti: One of Julie Swetnick's Friends Told Her Kavanaugh Was Spiking the 

Punch, THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER (Oct. 1, 2018) (quoting CNN interview). Available at: 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-avenatti-one-of-julie-swetnicks-friends-told-her-kavanaughwas-spiking-the-punch; Cuomo Prime Time, Cuomo Pushes Back on Credibility of Swetnick, CNN (Oct. 1, 2018). 

Available at: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/10/02/michael-avenatti-julie-swetnick-credibility-bts-cptvpx.cnn. 

18 Kate Snow, Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Speaks Out on Sexual Abuse Allegations, NBC News (Oct. 1, 

2018). 
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their ‘turn’ with a girl inside the room,” i.e., for their turn to rape a victim incapacitated by punch spiked 

with drugs or alcohol, she contradicted this as well in her NBC interview, instead admitting that she did not 

have any knowledge at the time that any such activity was actually happening, but only assumed as much 

after the fact, stating: “I didn’t know what was occurring ... and I didn’t understand what it could possibly 

be.” Ms. Snow attempted to clarify, asking: “So you’re suggesting that, in hindsight, you think he 

[Kavanaugh] was involved in this behavior [gang rapes]?” Ms. Swetnick responded: “I would say [pause] 

yes. It’s just too coincidental.”19 

Ms. Swetnick also contradicted the timeline she provided in her sworn statement, in which she 

stated: “I attended well over ten house parties in the Washington D.C. area during the years 1981-83 where 

Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present.” In the NBC interview, Ms. Swetnick stated that she was 

sexually assaulted at one of these house parties when she was 19 and stopped going to them afterwards. 

According to public records, Ms. Swetnick would have turned 20 toward the end of 1982. So, her claim 

that she attended these parties through 1983 is contradicted by her claim she stopped attending when she 

was 19.20 

 In sum, the sworn statement Mr. Avenatti submitted to the Committee on behalf of Ms. Swetnick 

claimed she had “personal knowledge” that Judge Kavanaugh spiked punch with drugs and alcohol at house 

parties in 1981-83 in order to cause girls to become incapacitated so that lines of boys would systematically 

sexually assault them. She later contradicted each of those claims in her interview with NBC. 

Those contradictions did not go unnoticed. When NBC introduced her interview segment, Ms. 

Snow explicitly stated: “There are things that she told us on camera that differ from her written statement 

last week.”21 When later asked by an MSNBC anchor whether Ms. Swetnick has credibility issues, Ms. 

Snow stated: “I would say yes because there are – just to be clear there are things that she said to me that 

differ from her initial statement, which was a sworn statement last week, submitted to the Judiciary 

Committee.”22 A CNN host similarly noted the contradictions and quizzed Mr. Avenatti about them.23 

While differences between a media report and a statement to the Committee would not necessarily rise to 

the level of warranting a referral, when the source of the contradictory media reports is the declarant herself, 

as is the case here, it does. 

LACK OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE MS. SWETNICK EVER KNEW JUDGE KAVANAUGH

Not only did Ms. Swetnick materially contradict the allegations of sexual misconduct she and Mr. 

Avenatti made to the Committee about Judge Kavanaugh, there is simply no credible evidence that Ms. 

Swetnick ever even met or socialized with Judge Kavanaugh. On the contrary, there is substantial evidence 

they did not know each other. Ms. Swetnick was older and attended a different high school in a different 

town – one whose students were reportedly not known to regularly socialize with students from Judge 

Kavanaugh’s high school. The only apparent commonality between Ms. Swetnick and Judge Kavanaugh 

is that they both lived in Montgomery County, Maryland in the early 1980s. That is not particularly 

 

19 Id. 20 In addition to contradicting her statement to the Judiciary Committee, Ms. Swetnick’s NBC interview was also 

internally inconsistent and contradictory, such as her baffling explanations of how and when she decided to come 

forward with her allegation. 

21 Kate Snow, Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Speaks Out on Sexual Abuse Allegations, NBC News (Oct. 1, 

2018). 

22 MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin (Oct. 2, 2018). 

23 Cuomo Prime Time, Cuomo Pushes Back on Credibility of Swetnick, CNN (Oct. 1, 2018). 
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meaningful for determining whether they knew each other; according to information from the U.S. Census 

Bureau, Montgomery County had a population of over 600,000 in 1982. 

In addition to denying her allegations, Judge Kavanaugh told the Committee under penalty of 

felony that he did not know Ms. Swetnick.24 Mark Judge similarly denied the allegations and stated to the 

Committee, also under penalty of felony, “I do not know Julie Swetnick.”25 Michael Fegan, a friend of 

Judge Kavanaugh’s in high school who “attended most of the same social events” as Judge Kavanaugh, 

stated the following to the Committee under penalty of felony: 

I have never heard of Ms. Swetnick. My understanding is that she 

graduated from Gaithersburg High School three years before we graduated 

from Georgetown Prep. During my high school years, I did not know any 

girls from Gaithersburg High School. We did not socialize with girls from 

Gaithersburg High School.26 

Indeed, a letter to the Committee under penalty of felony signed by 64 “men and women who knew Brett 

Kavanaugh well in high school” called Ms. Swetnick’s allegations “[n]onsense” and noted: “In the 

extensive amount of time we collectively spent with Brett, we do not recall having ever met someone named 

Julie Swetnick.”27 

 For their part, it appears the media similarly could not find any evidence that Ms. Swetnick actually 

knew Judge Kavanaugh. As Ms. Snow from NBC News reported: 

We’ve been trying independently to reach out to anyone who remembers 

attending parties with Julie Swetnick and Brett Kavanaugh, and we’ve 

been asking her attorney for names. So far, we’ve not found anyone who 

remembers that.... We asked him [Mr. Avenatti], I asked him at that point 

can you provide us with any names of people who went to the parties with 

her. Just because we couldn’t place her, NBC News has not since last 

week been able to place her in that time period at those house parties in 

that group of friends. There aren’t other people coming forward as happens 

in many other stories we cover, who say ‘yes I was there too.’ ... We’re 

just trying to do our reporting.... To date, as of today, we haven’t been 

able to find anyone who says ‘yes, I saw her in the same room with Brett 

Kavanaugh,’ and of course Judge Kavanaugh says he was not in the same 

room with her, he doesn’t even know who she is.28

Ms. Swetnick did eventually provide NBC News the names of four people she said attended these 

alleged parties with her, but according to NBC: “One of them said he does not recall a Julie Swetnick. 

 

24 Senate Judiciary Committee Interview with Judge Kavanaugh 5-10 (Sept. 26, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.26.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pd

f. 

25 Letter from Mark Judge to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein (Sept. 28, 2018), enclosed below. 

26 Letter from Michael C. Fegan to Chairman Grassley (Oct. 1, 2018), enclosed below. 27 Letter from Kavanaugh high school friends to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein (Sept. 26, 

2018), enclosed below. 

28 Kate Snow, Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Speaks out on Sexual Abuse Allegations, NBC News (Oct. 1, 

2018). 
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Another of the friends she named is deceased. We’ve reached out to the other two, and haven’t heard 

back.”29

After the media hubbub about Ms. Swetnick’s contradictory interview and the lack of any 

corroboration for her claims, Mr. Avenatti belatedly produced a vague and anonymous declaration he 

claimed supported her allegations.30 Mr. Avenatti did not provide the identity of this supposed declarant to 

the Committee, nor did he make him or her available for an interview with Committee staff. It does not 

appear any media outlet has been able report any interview with the purported declarant or validate anything 

in the anonymous declaration. Indeed, it is unclear who actually wrote the anonymous declaration. Mr. 

Avenatti also apparently has a history of claiming to have anonymous clients who never materialize in any 

verifiable form.31 

ISSUES WITH MS. SWETNICK’S CREDIBILITY

During the course of the Committee’s investigation of allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, 

Committee investigators spoke with 45 individuals, obtained 25 written statements, and reviewed numerous 

other materials. This included speaking with ten associates of Ms. Swetnick who knew her at various times 

in her life ranging from junior high to the present day. In doing so, Committee investigators did not find 

any information to corroborate Ms. Swetnick’s claims. On the contrary, they received substantial 

information calling into question her credibility. Based on this and public reports, it appears Ms. Swetnick 

has a history of making false legal claims and false accusations of sexual misconduct. 

Through his attorney, Richard Vinneccy provided the Committee a signed statement regarding Ms. 

Swetnick.32 According to his statement, Mr. Vinneccy was in a romantic relationship with Ms. Swetnick 

for seven years, and he said he submitted his statement to the Committee “to exercise [his] civic duty and 

attest to the credibility or lack thereof of Ms. Swetnick.” Among other odd behavior by Ms. Swetnick that 

Mr. Vinneccy noted, he described how she “harassed and stalked” him after he ended their relationship. 

When he told her to stop calling because he had entered a relationship with a woman (who he later married) 

and that he and his new girlfriend were expecting a child, Mr. Vinneccy says Ms. Swetnick: 1) threatened 

to murder him, his girlfriend, and their unborn child; 2) threatened to falsely tell the police he had raped 

her; 3) threatened to have him deported; 4) stated she would not grant him a divorce; and 5) claimed she 

was pregnant with twins. As Mr. Vinneccy told the Committee, he and Ms. Swetnick were never married, 

so he found her reference to not granting him a divorce bizarre. Mr. Vinneccy is an American citizen, so 

he also found her threats of deportation bizarre. He also stated that he confirmed that Ms. Swetnick’s claim 

of being pregnant with twins “was a complete fabrication and that there was no pregnancy.” 

Because he was afraid that she would harm him and his family, as she had threatened, Mr. Vinneccy 

filed a restraining order against her. He stated that a temporary injunction was granted, but he understood 

that for a permanent injunction to be issued in Florida, there would first need to be a hearing which Ms. 

Swetnick would attend. Fearing for his and his family’s safety if Ms. Swetnick confronted him at the 

 

29 Id. 30 https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1047447758993547265. Mr. Avenatti emailed the same redacted 

declaration to the Committee on October 2, 2018. 

31 See, e.g., Avery Anapol, Avenatti Claims He Represents Three More Women That Were Paid Hush Money, THE 

HILL (July 27, 2018). Available at: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399133-avenatti-claims-threemore-women-were-paid-hush-money-by-trump-cohen. 

32 Statement of Richard Vinneccy for Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation (Oct. 4, 2018). 
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hearing, he did not go through with the hearing. Instead, he moved to a new residence and changed his 

phone numbers to avoid further contact from Ms. Swetnick. 

In addition to describing those actions by Ms. Swetnick, Mr. Vinneccy also stated that during their 

seven-year relationship, Ms. Swetnick was often financially unstable and was “always seeking financial 

gain from frivolous law suits.” He also described other odd behavior relevant to her mental stability.33 Mr. 

Vinneccy closed his letter by stating: 

Based on my history with Ms. Swetnick, I do not believe her allegations 

against Judge Kavanaugh and it is my opinion that she is perpetuating a 

fraud against him. Her motives may be for financial gain or notoriety but 

they are certainly not to expose the truth.34

Furthermore, in a defamation lawsuit filed against Ms. Swetnick by one of her former employers, 

Webtrends, the company reportedly indicated that Ms. Swetnick engaged in a pattern of lies and made 

multiple false accusations of sexual misconduct.35 The company stated Ms. Swetnick lied in her 

employment application, falsely claiming she had earned an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins 

University, but the company subsequently learned the University had no record of her attendance.36 The 

company also stated that Ms. Swetnick misrepresented the length of time she had worked for a previous 

employer, and took medical leave while simultaneously claiming unemployment benefits in the District of 

Columbia.37 Webtrends stated that a few weeks after Ms. Swetnick started working for the company, its 

human resources department received a complaint that she had engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate 

sexual conduct towards two male coworkers at a business lunch.38 The company stated that, in response to 

the complaint received against her, Ms. Swetnick falsely accused multiple male coworkers of sexually 

harassing her and threatened to sue the company.39 The company later found that Ms. Swetnick had 

engaged in misconduct but found no evidence to support her sexual harassment claims.40

The Committee was also contacted by multiple employees of a different company where Ms. 

Swetnick previously worked, who stated it was their understanding that when Ms. Swetnick was confronted 

there about possible misconduct on her part, she responded by making a false sexual harassment or assault 

claim against that company as well, which it settled in order to avoid negative publicity. The employees 

 

33 Id. Many other associates of Ms. Swetnick also described to the Committee issues with her mental health, 

substance abuse, and/or credibility issues, but requested confidential treatment from the Committee, which we are 

honoring. One former associate of Ms. Swetnick, Dennis Ketterer, did provide a signed public statement under 

penalty of felony in which he told the Committee that Ms. Swetnick’s own father had told him “she had 

psychological and other problems.” Statement by Dennis Ketterer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Oct. 2, 2018), 

enclosed below.

34 Statement of Richard Vinneccy for Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation (Oct. 4, 2018), enclosed below. 35 Mike Rogoway, Julie Swetnick, a Brett Kavanaugh Accuser, Faced Misconduct Allegations at Portland 

Company, THE OREGONIAN (Sept. 28, 2018) available at https://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/index.ssf/2018/09/julie_swetnick_one_of_kavanaug html; Michael Kunzelman, Michael Biesecker, and 

Martha Medoza, 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Has History of Legal Disputes, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Sept. 30, 2018). 

Available at https://www.yahoo.com/news/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-history-legal-disputes-100137653.html. 

36 Id. 37 Id. 38 Id. 39 Id. 40 Id. 
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requested confidentiality from the Committee regarding their names and the name of the company, which 

we are honoring. 

Ms. Swetnick also reportedly made false claims in a personal injury lawsuit against the Washington 

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.41 According to the Associated Press, in the lawsuit Ms. Swetnick 

“claimed she lost more than $420,000 in earnings after she hurt her nose in a fall on a train.”42 Ms. Swetnick 

reportedly claimed she was a model and actor with numerous modeling commitments with companies at 

the time of the accident, but lost them because of her purported injuries.43 To justify these claims, she 

reportedly named “Konam Studios” as one of the companies promising to employ her, and identified Nam 

Ko of “Kunam Studios” as a potential witness for her case.44 But, reporters from the AP spoke with Mr. Ko 

and discovered the following: 

Ko, however, told AP on Friday that he was just a friend of Swetnick’s

and that he had never owned a company with a name spelled either way 

and had never agreed to pay her money for any work before she injured 

her nose. He said he first met Swetnick at a bar more than a year after her 

alleged accident. “I didn't have any money back then. I (was) broke as can 

be,” Ko said. Ko said he has a hazy memory of Swetnick asking to use 

him as a “character reference” but doesn’t recall hearing about her lawsuit. 

“I thought it was for a job application,” he said.45

In short, it appears Ms. Swetnick has a substantial history of credibility issues. When viewed in 

light of the fact there is no credible evidence she ever knew Judge Kavanaugh, and the fact she has 

contradicted key aspects of her allegations against him, this lends credence to the likelihood that she made 

materially false statements to the Committee in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Those statements obstructed

the Judiciary Committee’s efforts to investigate allegations against Judge Kavanaugh and the processing of 

his nomination, potentially in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505. Given Mr. Avenatti’s role in this with Ms. 

Swetnick, along with Mr. Avenatti’s own substantial credibility issues (discussed next), there may have 

been a conspiracy to violate these laws, in potential violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. 

ISSUES WITH MR. AVENATTI’S CREDIBILITY

In addition to the credibility issues Committee investigators uncovered surrounding Ms. Swetnick, 

Mr. Avenatti has substantial credibility issues of his own. For example, Mr. Avenatti appears to have 

several issues stemming from his involvement with Global Baristas, a company he reportedly formed with 

actor Patrick Dempsey in 2012, which purchased the Tully’s Coffee chain out of bankruptcy.

46 Mr. 

 

41 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Has History of Legal Disputes, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Sept. 30, 2018). Available at:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-history-legal-disputes-100137653 html. 

42 Id. 43 Id. 44 Id. 45 Id. 46 See Kate Briquelet, Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, THE DAILY BEAST (Oct. 

21, 2018). Available at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-lived-the-high-life-while-owing-millionsto-irs?ref=scroll. 
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Dempsey sued Mr. Avenatti in 2013, stating that Mr. Avenatti had lied to him about serious financial 

matters. 47 According to the Seattle Times:

“My decision to become a member and manager of Global Baristas was 

based, in part, on Michael Avenatti’s representation that he would provide 

both the capital to fund the entire Tully’s acquisition and sufficient 

working capital to allow Global Baristas to operate the Tully’s Coffee

stores once the acquisition was completed,” Dempsey said in the suit.

Instead, he alleged, Avenatti used Global Baristas to borrow $2 million for 

working capital without telling him. The loan carries an “exorbitant” 

interest rate of 15 percent annually, the lawsuit says.48

Mr. Avenatti’s company was also reportedly involved in additional litigation implicating his 

credibility, including one case in which a judge sanctioned his company for misconduct, “an acrimonious 

landlord-tenant dispute that led to court sanctions, fines and judgments against Avenatti’s coffee firm, in 

part for failing to comply with court orders to produce evidence.”49

Earlier this year, Mr. Avenatti was also reportedly under investigation by the State Bar of California 

as a result of a complaint regarding “what Mr. Avenatti has done in connection with Global Baristas,” 

namely a claim that “he bought a company out of bankruptcy and then used it for a ‘pump and dump’ 

scheme to deprive federal and state taxing authorities out of millions of dollars.”50

Mr. Dempsey’s lawsuit against Mr. Avenatti was not the only time a business partner accused him 

of deception.51 Jason Frank, a former partner at Mr. Avenatti’s law firm Eagan Avenatti, “resigned in May 

2016 after alleging that the firm didn’t pay him millions of dollars that he was owed, misstated the firm’s 

profits, and wouldn’t provide copies of tax returns and other financial documents.”52 Mr. Frank filed for 

arbitration and “a three-judge panel found that Avenatti’s former firm Eagan Avenatti ‘acted with malice, 

fraud and oppression,’” by withholding relevant information from Mr. Frank.53 On October 22, 2018, the 

 

47 See Melissa Allison, Dempsey Walks Away From Tully’s After Suing Partner, THE SEATTLE TIMES (Aug. 23, 

2013). Available at: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/dempsey-walks-away-from-tullyrsquos-after-suingpartner/. 

48 Id. 49 See Lewis Kamb, California Bar Investigating Attorney Avenatti’s Dealings Involving Tully’s, Letter Says, THE 

SEATTLE TIMES (May 18, 2018). Available at: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/california-state-barinvestigating-avenattis-tully-dealings-according-to-letter/. 

50 Avenatti Bar Complaint, available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4433390-Avenatti-BarComplaint.html; see Lewis Kamb, California Bar Investigating Attorney Avenatti’s Dealings Involving Tully’s, 

Letter Says, THE SEATTLE TIMES (May 18, 2018); see also California State Bar Letter, available at 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4469101-California-State-Bar-letter-to-Nold html; Kate Briquelet, 

Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, THE DAILY BEAST (Oct. 21, 2018). 51 See Michael Balsamo, Judge Orders Law Firm of Stormy Daniel’s Lawyer to Pay $10M, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

(May 22, 2018). Available at: https://www.apnews.com/f12a3b63b2964cf79f09315f8a1ad059; see also See Kate 

Briquelet, Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, THE DAILY BEAST (Oct. 21, 2018). 52 Michael Balsamo, Judge Orders Law Firm of Stormy Daniel’s Lawyer to Pay $10M, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

(May 22, 2018). 

53 Kate Briquelet, Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, THE DAILY BEAST (Oct. 21, 

2018); see Michael Balsamo, Judge Orders Law Firm of Stormy Daniel’s Lawyer to Pay $10M, THE ASSOCIATED 

PRESS (May 22, 2018). 
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California judge hearing the case on this issue ruled that Mr. Avenatti was personally liable and ordered 

him to pay $4.85 million in back pay to Mr. Frank.54

Moreover, Mr. Avenatti reportedly has credibility issues relating to the IRS. According to a report 

by the Los Angeles Times, “Eagan Avenatti, [Mr. Avenatti’s] Newport Beach firm, has defaulted on millions 

of dollars in debt and fallen years behind in paying its payroll taxes.... The firm has also defaulted on more 

than $800,000 in federal payroll taxes, penalties and interest that Avenatti had promised that it would pay.”55

In response, federal prosecutors asked that the court hold Mr. Avenatti’s firm in contempt, stating: “In this 

case, the Debtor and its responsible officer Michael Avenatti made misrepresentations to the detriment of 

the United States.”56 Instead, the parties reached an agreement that Mr. Avenatti’s firm will be allowed to 

make monthly payments of $75,000 towards paying back the owed taxes.57

In divorce proceedings from his second wife, Lisa Storie-Avenatti, she also referenced potential 

dishonesty by Mr. Avenatti regarding his earnings.58

Storie-Avenatti said in court papers that in November 2016, Avenatti told 

her he earned $3.7 million, but that she suspected his actual take-home 

was “substantially higher” based on his self-publicized verdicts, the 

couple’s 2016 expenses and his “secreting from me of his tax returns and 

bank records.”59

There seem to be numerous additional press reports that cast doubt on Mr. Avenatti’s credibility. 

However, having reviewed several already, Committee investigators determined that delving into additional 

ones would be beating a dead horse. 

Mr. Avenatti made allegations against Judge Kavanaugh in his email to Committee staff, and he 

submitted allegations to the Committee on behalf Ms. Swetnick. He reportedly told the Associated Press

that he “fully vetted” Ms. Swetnick before taking her claims public,60 and he told CNN: “When I – when 

we made the allegations, guess what, I had done significant due diligence in connection with this before we 

made the allegations.”61 However, given that he and Ms. Swetnick have contradicted key parts of the 

claims; that there is no credible evidence that Ms. Swetnick ever even knew Judge Kavanaugh and 

substantial evidence she did not; and the substantial credibility issues surrounding both Mr. Avenatti and 

Ms. Swetnick, I ask that the FBI investigate whether Mr. Avenatti criminally conspired with Ms. Swetnick 

to make materially false statements to the Committee and obstruct the Committee’s investigation. 

 

54 Amanda Lee Myers and Michael Malsamo, Judge: Michael Avenatti Must Pay $4.85M in Ex-Lawyer Suit, THE 

ASSOCIATED PRESS (Oct. 22, 2018). Available at: https://www.apnews.com/53f6f2f316844b14bdbe24a7b80dcc7c . 55 Michael Finnegan, Michael Avenatti Gets Judge to Bar Media from his Testimony on Newport Beach Law Firm’s 

Bankruptcy, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (July 25, 2018). Available at http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-polavenatti-bankruptcy-20180725-story html. 

56 Kate Briquelet, Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, THE DAILY BEAST (Oct. 21, 

2018). 

57 Id. 58 Id. 59 Id. 60 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Has History of Legal Disputes, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Sept. 30, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-history-legal-disputes-100137653 html. 

61 Cuomo Prime Time, Cuomo Pushes Back on Credibility of Swetnick, CNN (Oct. 1, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/10/02/michael-avenatti-julie-swetnick-credibility-bts-cpt-vpx.cnn. 
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CONCLUSION

Committee investigations in support of the judicial nomination process are an essential part of the 

Committee’s constitutional role. The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with relevant 

information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know. But when 

individuals intentionally mislead the Committee, they divert Committee resources during time-sensitive 

investigations and materially impede our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It 

is illegal to knowingly and willfully make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to 

Congressional investigators. It is illegal to obstruct Committee investigations. It is illegal to conspire to do 

either of those things. When charlatans make false claims to the Committee – claims that may earn them 

short-term media exposure and financial gain, but which hinder the Committee’s ability to do its job – there 

should be consequences. These laws exist to ensure there are. 

Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actions pose to 

the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give this referral the utmost 

consideration. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please contact 

a professional investigative counsel in the Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Unit at (202) 224-

5225. 

 Sincerely, 

 Charles E. Grassley 

 Chairman 

 Committee on the Judiciary 

Enclosures: 

1. Email exchange between the Chief Counsel for Nominations Mike Davis and Michael 

Avenatti on Sept. 23, 2018 

2. Swetnick Sworn Statement 

3. Letter from Mark Judge to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein 

4. Letter from Michael C. Fegan to Chairman Grassley 

5. Letter from Kavanaugh High School Friends to Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member 

Feinstein 

6. Statement of Richard Vinneccy for Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation 

7. Statement by Dennis Ketterer to Senate Judiciary Committee 

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 
From: Michael J. Avenatti

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep)

Subject: Re: SCOTUS -- Avenatti claim of evidence

Date: Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:16:43 PM

Mike: I represent a client. And seeing as we are talking about an appointment to the SCOTUS,

there is nothing wrong with this process being public.

What is the status of Mark Judge’s testimony?

I look forward to receiving the answers to the questions.

Michael

Michael J. Avenatti, Esq.

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On Sep 23, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) <

> wrote:

Mr. Avenatti,

Thank you for reaching out to me. I noticed that you just publicly Tweeted our email

conversation below.

In your email below, you mentioned “we” several times. To clarify, are you

representing a client? Or are you making these allegations yourself? On behalf of

anyone else?

I look forward to receiving your evidence.

Thank you,

Mike Davis

Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510
From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 9:07 PM

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) < >

Subject: RE: SCOTUS -- Avenatti claim of evidence

Dear Mr. Davis:

Thank you for your email. We are aware of significant evidence of

multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the early

1980s during which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and others would

participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs in order to

allow a "train" of men to subsequently gang rape them. There are

multiple witnesses that will corroborate these facts and each of them

must be called to testify publicly. As a starting point, Senate

investigators should pose the following questions to Judge Kavanaugh

without delay and provide the answers to the American people:

1. Did you ever target one or more women for sex or rape at a house

party? Did you ever assist Mark Judge or others in doing so?

2. Did you ever attend any house party during which a woman was gang

raped or used for sex by multiple men?

3. Did you ever witness a line of men outside a bedroom at any house

party where you understood a woman was in the bedroom being raped

or taken advantage of?

4. Did you ever participate in any sexual conduct with a woman at a

house party whom you understood to be intoxicated or under the

influence of drugs?

5. Did you ever communicate with Mark Judge or anyone else about

your participation in a "train" involving an intoxicated woman?

6. Did you ever object or attempt to prevent one or more men from

participating in the rape, or taking advantage, of a woman at any house

party?

Please note that we will provide additional evidence relating to the above conduct
both to the Committee and the American public in the coming days.

Regards,

Michael Avenatti

From: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:42 PM

To: Michael J. Avenatti

Subject: SCOTUS -- Avenatti claim of evidence

Dear Mr. Avenatti,

According to your Tweet from 7:33 p.m. E.T. this evening, you claim to have

information you consider credible regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. Please

advise of this information immediately so that Senate investigators may promptly begin

an inquiry.

Thank you,

Mike Davis

Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510
DECLARATION OF JULIE SWETNICK 

2 I, JULIE SWETNICK, declare as foUows: 

3 I. My name is Julie Swetnick and I am a resident of Washington, D.C. I fully 

4 understand the seriousness of the statements contained within this declaration. I have 

5 personal knowledge of the information stated herein and if called to testify to the same 

6 would and could do so. 

7 2. I am a graduate of Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, MD. 

8 3. I presently hold the following active clearances associated with working 

9 within the federal government: Public Trust - U.S. Deparunent of Treasury (DOT), U.S. 

10 Mint (USM), Internal Revenue Service (LRS). 

11 4. r have also previously beld the following inactive clearances: Secret - U.S. 

12 Department of State (DOS), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Public Trust - U.S. 

13 Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

14 5. My prior employment includes working with (a) Vietnam War 

15 Commemoration (VWC), Joint Services Providers (JSP), U.S. Depa1tment of Defense 

16 (DOD) in Arlington, Virginia; (b) U.S. Mint, U.S. Department of Treasury; (c) U.S. 

17 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Department of Treasury; (d) Government Affairs 

LS and Communications Department, D.C. Department of General Services (DGS), 

19 Government of the District of Columbia (DC.Gov); (e) Customs and Border Protection 

20 (CBP), U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and (d) the U.S. Department of State 

2 I (DOS). I was also one of the first I 00 women in the world to achieve a Microsoft 

22 Certified Systems Engineering Cert.ification (MCSE). 

23 6. T first met Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh in approximately 1980- 198 l. 

24 was introduced to them at a house party that l attended in the Washington, D.C. area. I 

25 observed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh as extremely close friends during the early 

26 1980s when l knew them and interacted with them. J would describe them as "joined at 

27 the hip" and I consistently saw them together in many social settings. There is no 

28 question in my mind that Mark Judge has significant information concerning the conduct _,_ 

OECLARA TION OF JULIE SWETNICK 
of Brett Kavanaugh during the 1980s, especially as it relates to bis actions toward 

2 women. 

3 7. Following that first introduction, I attended well over ten house parties in the 

4 Washington, D.C. area during the years 1981-1983 where Mark Judge and Brett 

5 Kavanaugh were present. These parties were a common occurrence in the area and 

6 occurred nearly every weekend during the school year. On numerous occasions at these 

7 parties, I witnessed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively and engage in 

8 highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls and not taking 

9 "No" for an answer. This conduct included the fondling and grabbing of girls without 

IO their consent. 

11 8. I observed Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively at many of these parties and 

12 engage in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls, including pressing 

13 girls against him without their consent, "grinding" against girls, and attempting to remove 

14 or shift girls' clothing to expose private body parts. I likewise observed him be verbally 

15 abusive towards girls by making crude sexual comments to them that were designed to 

16 demean, humiliate and embarrass them. I often witnessed Brett Kavanaugh speak in a 

17 demeaning manner about girls in general as weU as specific girls by name. I also 

18 witnessed Bren Kavanaugh behave as a "mean drunk" on many occasions at these 

19 parties. 

20 9. I have been told by other women that this conduct also occurred during the 

21 Summer months in Ocean City, Maryland on numerous occasions. I also witnessed such 

22 conduct on one occasion in Ocean City, Maryland during "Beach Week." 

23 10. I have reviewed Brett Kavanaugh's recent claim on Fox News regarding his 

24 alleged "innocence" during his high school years and lack of sexual activity. This claim 

25 is absolutely false and a lie. I witnessed Brett Kavanaugh consistently engage in 

26 excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women during the 

27 early 1980s. 

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DECLARATION Ot' JULIE SWJ;TNICK 
1 11. During the years 1981-82, I became aware of efforts by Mark Judge, Brett 

2 Kavanaugh and others to "spike" the "punch" at house parties I attended with drugs 

3 and/or grain alcohol so as to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say 

4 "No." This caused me to make an effort to purposely avoid the "punch" at these parties. 

5 l witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to "target" particular girls 

6 so they could be taken advantage of; it was usually a girl that was especially vulnerable 

7 because she was alone at the party or shy. 

8 12. I also witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to cause 

9 girls to bec,ome inebriated and disoriented so they could then be "gang raped" in a side 

10 room or bedroom by a "train" of numerous boys. I have a fim1 recollection of seeing 

11 boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their "tum" with a girl 

12 inside the room. These boys included Mark Judge and Breu Kavanaugh. 

13 13. In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these "gang" or "train" 

14 rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present. Shortly after the incident, I 

15 shared what bad transpired with at least two other people. During the incident, I was 

16 incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me. I believe l 

17 was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I was drink.ing. 

18 14. I am aware of other witnesses that can attest to the truthfulness of each of the 

19 statements above. 

20 I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the United State$ of 

21 America, that the foregoing is true and correct. I have executed this declaration on 

22 September 25, 2018. 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

Julie Swetnick 

.3. 

DECLAR.ATION OF JULIE SWETNICK 
September 28, 2018 

VIA E-MAIL 

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 

Chairman 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

~ COZEN 

"-.) O'CONNOR 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate 

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

In response to the Committee's request for information, I, MARK JUDGE, declare: 

1. The allegations in the Swetnick affidavit are so bizarre that, even while suffering from 

my addiction, I would remember actions so outlandish. I categorically deny them. 

2. I do not know Julie Swetnick. 

3. I do not recall attending parties during 1981-1983 when I fondled or grabbed women 

in an aggressive or unwanted manner. 

4. I have never spiked punch to get anyone drunk or disoriented. Nor have I witnessed 

Brett Kavanaugh spike punch. 

5. I have never engaged in gang rape of any woman, including Ms. Swetnick. 

6. I will cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially 

investigate these allegations. 

I am submitting this letter under penalty of felony. 

Sincerely, /-pP~ 

Mark Judge 

1200 19th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 

202.912.4800 800.540.1355 202.861.1905 Fax cozen.com 
October 1, 2018 

Michael C. Fegan 

Chairman Grassley 

Senate Judiciary Committee 

Room SD-224 

Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Chainnan Grassley, 

I am writing to you regarding the character of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Brett and I attended 

Georgetown Prep High School together from 1979 to 1983. We were clas--smates, teammates and friends. 

attended most of the same social events that Brett attended in high school. and many after high school as well. 

I also attended "Beach Week" with him in June 1982. I have never seen Brett out of control from drinking 

alcohol. l have never seen Brett out of control in any situation, whether it be in the classroom, on the football 

field, on the basketball court or in any social setting. 

Regarding the allegation by Christine Blasey Ford. l never heard of such a gathering. We were a tight 

knit group, and I believe that if anything happened like Professor Ford described, I would have known about it. 

I never met Christine Blasey, and had never heard her name until mid-September 2018. 

I cannot speak for the allegation from the Yale student, Deborah Ramirez, because I did not attend 

Yale. l can tell you that what Ms. Ramirez described would be completely out of character of the man I have 

known for almost 40 years. 

As to the allegation made by Julie Swetnick, l have never heard of Ms. Swetnick. My understanding 

is that she graduated from Gaithersburg High School three years before we graduated from Georgetown Prep. 

During my high school years, I did not know any girls from Gaitherburg High School. We did not socialize 

with girls from Gaithersburg High School. We did not have any kind of punch drinks, hard liquor or drugs at 

our parties. I never witnessed any kind of sexual situation at any of our parties. If there was any kind of mistreatment of girls at any of our parties, I assure you that my friends and I, including Brett Kavanaugh, would 

have put a stop to it immediately and would have reported it to the Montgomery County, MD Police 

Department. 

I know that last week was tough on you, as it was for many people throughout our country, and I 

appreciate the way that you have conducted the confinnation hearings. I urge all senators to vote to confinn 

Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is one of the most ethical and moral men I know, and has been for the almost 40 

years that I have known him. 

l appreciate your time in this matter and for your service to our country. 
September 26, 2018 

The Honorable Charles Grassley The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Chairman Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary 

United States Senate United States Senate 

135 Hart Senate Office Building 331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: 

 We are men and women who knew Brett Kavanaugh well in high school. We have seen 

reports today that Julie Swetnick, who says she graduated from Gaithersburg High School, 

submitted a declaration to the Committee alleging that Brett participated in horrific conduct during 

high school, including targeting girls for gang rape. Nonsense. We never witnessed any behavior 

that even approaches what is described in this allegation. It is reprehensible. 

In the extensive amount of time we collectively spent with Brett, we do not recall having 

ever met someone named Julie Swetnick. Nor did we ever observe Brett engaging in any conduct 

resembling that described in Ms. Swetnick’s declaration. 

 Brett Kavanaugh is a good man. He has always treated women with respect and decency. 

He is a man of honor, integrity, and compassion. These shameful attacks must end. This process 

is a disgrace and is harming good people. 

Russell Aaronson 

Daniel Anastasi 

Steve Barnes 

Patrick Beranek 

Michael Bidwill 

Michael Boland 

David Brigati 

Missy Bigelow Carr 

Sharon Crouch Clark 

Steve Combs 

Citsi Conway 

Mark Daly 

DeLancey Davis 

Julie DeVol 

Meg Williams Dietrick 

Paula Duke Ebel 

Michael Fegan 

Maura Fitzgerald 

Susan Fitzgerald 

Jim Foley 

Timothy Gaudette 

James Gavin 

William Geimer 

Mary Beth Greene 

Mary Ellen Greene 

Daniel Hanley 

Melissa Hennessy 

Beccy Moran Jackson 

Brian H. Johnston 

Maura Kane 

Kevin Kane 

Thomas Kane 

Amarie Kappaz 

George M. Kappaz 

Timothy Kirlin 

Kelly Leonard 

Maura M. Lindsay 

John F. Loome, IV 

Suzanne Matan 

Meghan McCaleb 
Scott McCaleb 

Bernard McCarthy, Jr. 

Michael R. McCarthy 

Stephanie McGill 

Stephanie McGrail 

Byron J. Mitchell 

Sean Murphy 

Paul G. Murray 

Douglas D. Olson 

John F. Ostronic 

Elizabeth (Betsy) Manfuso Pothier 

Matthew Quinn 

Mark A. Quinn 

Mae Joyce Rhoten 

Mark Richardson 

L. Maurice Rowe, IV 

Stephen Royston 

Alice Kelley Scanlon 

James Sullivan 

Cynthia Urgo 

Donald Urgo, Jr 

Patrick T. Waters 

Megan Williams 

Jodi Yeager 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

October 4th, 2018 

STATEMENT OF RICHARD VINNECCY 

For the Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation 

I, Richard Vinneccy, do hereby swear and affirm that all of the statements made herein are true 

and accurate to the best of my knowledge. 

First and foremost, I never wanted to come out publicly on this issue. However, numerous media 

outlets bombarded me with phone calls and questions when someone discovered the history of 

the restraining order I had sought against Ms. Swetnick in Miami, Florida. Unfamiliar in this 

arena, I mistakenly spoke to Politico, made a short two phrase statement to them which was then 

transmitted nationwide without my authority. Thereafter, I was thrown into the national spotlight 

and, consequently, I felt compelled to set the record straight against false accusations made by 

Ms. Swetnick’s lawyer and, more importantly, to exercise my civic duty and attest to the 

credibility or lack thereof of Ms. Swetnick.

I was involved in a romantic relationship for 7 years with Julie Swetnick. For 2 out of those 7 

years we lived together in Bethesda, Maryland. Thereafter, my work transferred me 

internationally to Panama and ultimately to Miami. Thus, due to geographics much of the 

relationship was long distance.

Despite the distance, we remained close and not once did Ms. Swetnick ever mention that she 

had been raped or sexually assaulted. Not once did Ms. Swetnick ever mention that she had 

attended any parties where she witnessed, train rapes, gang rapes, or other sordid sexual activity. 

Not once did she ever mention Brett Kavanaugh. 

As to her mental stability, or lack thereof, throughout the relationship, I noticed odd behaviors 

exhibited by Ms. Swetnick. For the most part she was financially unstable and always seeking 

financial gain from frivolous law suits. She was abnormally possessive and jealous of me. She 

always wanted to be the center of attention and exaggerated everything in her life. When we 

would have disagreements she would try to provoke me to hit her. As to why she did that, I can 

only believe it was to instigate me to do something physically violent to her so that she could 

play the victim, contact the police and have me arrested. At times she threatened me not to 

mistreat her because she could do to me what she had done with her ex-boyfriend. While I do not 

know the entire story, I recall her telling me that her ex-boyfriend was in jail. Perhaps one of the 

most bizarre things about her was a closet that she kept in our Bethesda home. The closet was 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

“off limits” to me, however, one day I opened it and found three large boxes filled with years and 

years of receipts from grocery stores.

Looking back, I am not sure why I stayed in this relationship for so long. As a 60 year old wiser 

and more experienced man now, I can only blame inexperience, immaturity and whatever else it 

is that causes one to stay in an unhealthy relationship for too long. Ultimately, once I was 

transferred to Miami, I finally decided it would be best to end the relationship. I did and 

thereafter, Ms. Swetnick harassed and stalked me for almost 2 months via telephone and

appeared at a trade show conference in Seattle that I was attending, unannounced and uninvited. 

For obvious reasons this was difficult and uncomfortable for me, but even more so since I began 

a new relationship with the woman who would ultimately become my wife of 12 years and with 

whom I had two children. Finally, I told her to stop the calls, that I had moved on, that I had met 

someone and that we were expecting a baby.

Ms. Swetnick’s reaction was scary, frightening and bizarre causing me to fear for my life and 

that of my new girlfriend and our unborn child. In a nutshell she: 1) told me that she was going 

to kill me, my girlfriend and our unborn child; 2) she was going to report me to the FBI and have 

me deported; 3) she was going to tell the police that I raped her in Seattle; 4) she was not going 

to grant me a divorce and; 5) that she was pregnant with twins. 

• I have been a citizen of this country since the 80’s so as far as deporting me, this 

did not make sense.

• I have never raped Ms. Swetnick.

• Ms. Swetnick and I were never married however in her opinion we were due to a 

Maryland statute, which she claimed, qualified us as a married couple since we 

co-habitated in that state for 2 years.

• I asked Ms. Swetnick for the medical records proving that she was pregnant with 

twins and after consulting with her “doctor”, I confirmed the story was a complete 

fabrication and that there was no pregnancy. 

I decided to file a restraining order in Miami, Florida because that is where I was residing and I 

was afraid she was going to come to Miami to do harm to my family and I as she had threatened. 

The temporary injunction was granted. (In Florida, the legal process to obtain a restraining order 

consists of a two phase process. First, one applies for a temporary injunction via a petition. A 

judge then reviews the petition and if that is granted, a temporary injunction is put in place until 

a hearing for a permanent injunction is held.) 

Ultimately, I did not go through with the hearing on the permanent injunction for several 

reasons. First, not being a lawyer and never having done this before, I did not know that the final 

step to obtain the permanent injunction would entail confronting Ms. Swetnick personally in 

court at the hearing. When I found out about this, I thought it over with my girlfriend at the time 
4000 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 470 

Coral Gables, Fl. 33146 

TEL. (305) 777-0474 

mgh@thehansenlawfirm.com 

who was fearful for her own life, and together we determined not to perpetuate my connection 

with Ms. Swetnick or instigate her any further. I was not sure how Ms. Swetnick was going to 

retaliate if she was forced to fly down to Miami and confront me in court in front of a judge. So, 

instead we moved to a new residence and changed our telephone numbers in hopes that we 

would never have to see Ms. Swetnick again.

Thankfully, we never did see or hear from her again. 

Based on my history with Ms. Swetnick, I do not believe her allegations against Judge 

Kavanaugh and it is my opinion that she is perpetuating a fraud against him. Her motives may 

be for financial gain or notoriety but they are certainly not to expose the truth. 

 ____________________________________ 

 Richard Vinneccy 

 Date: ________________ 1EV  
October 2, 2018 

My name is Dennis Ketterer. 

I am a former weeknight meteorologist for Channel 7 (WJLA) in 

Washington, D.C., and won an EMMY in 1995. 

I want to preface this by saying, I am neither proud of nor guiltless 

in the actions about to be mentioned in this letter. I hope my 

family, friends, and church members can forgive me. 

I first met Julie Swetnick in 1993 at a Washington, D.C. bar near 

Wisconsin Circle. I was at a going-away party for channel 7 

anchor Dale Solly. I left the party to go to the bar to buy a soda. I 

haven't drunk alcohol since my 18th birthday. 

As I sat alone at the end of the bar, Julie approached me. She 

was alone, quite beautiful, well-dressed and no drink in hand. 

Consequently, my initial thought was that she might be a high end 

call girl because at the time I weighed 3501bs so what would 

someone like her want with me? 

But, there was no conversation about exchanging sex for money 

so I decided to talk with her a few minutes. I had never been hit 

on in a bar before. 

I didn't leave with her that night, although we talked about getting 

together. Over the next couple of weeks we met at what I believed 

and still believe was Julie's place. From the beginning Julie knew 

I was married and that I was having marital issues. 
As we shared conversations, my lasting impression of Julie was 

that she was smart, fun and funny. But she was also an 

opportunist. I felt she only had interest in my 3501b self because I 

was on television and well known. 

Although we were not emotionally involved there was physical 

contact. We never had sex despite the fact she was very sexually 

aggressive with me. I'm not implying I didn't like her advances, I 

just wasn't ready to make the jump. It came to a head so we 

talked about sex. 

During a conversation about our sexual preferences, things got 

derailed when Julie told me that she liked to have sex with more 

than one guy at a time. In fact sometimes with several at one 

time. She wanted to know if that would be ok in our relationship. 

I asked her if this was just a fantasy of hers. She responded that 

she first tried sex with multiple guys while in high school and still 

liked it from time-to-time. She brought it up because she wanted 

to know if I would be interested in that. 

A.I.D.S. was a huge issue at the time. And I had children. Due to 

her having a directly stated penchant for group sex, I decided not 

to see her anymore. It put my head back on straight. That was the 

last conversation we had. 

Julie never said anything about being sexually assaulted, raped, 

gang-raped or having sex against her will. She never mentioned 

Brett Kavanaugh in any capacity. 

In 1996 I decided to run again for Congress in Maryland's ath 

district as a Democrat. I thought Julie could help my primary 

campaign in some way because of her personality, great smile 
and good looks. Also, in the course of our past conversations, she 

told me that she too was a Democrat. 

Because I had lost Julie's number I called her father to get it. 

When I talked to him about possibly bringing her on to help with 

my campaign, he told me that she had psychological and otherproblems at the time. When I asked he would not go into detail 

and said that I wouldn't want her to work on my campaign. His 

response was rather abrupt. He hung up on me. 

That was the end of my Julie saga ... or so I thought. 

On Wednesday, September 26t\ I heard that Mr. Kavanaugh had 

a third accuser. When Julie's name was mentioned as the 

accuser, and due to the type of accusation, I was deeply troubled 

and felt a moral dilemma. Do I reach out and tell the truth of what 

I knew and risk family relationships, or remain silent. 

The whole Kavanaugh confirmation process over the last few 

days brought out very deep issues within me. I know what it's like 

to be sexually assaulted and not be believed. I was 9 years old 

when it happened at the hands of my grandfather's best friend. 

I also know what it's like to be accused of something significant 

that I didn't do and not be believed. Because of this and eternal 

considerations, the pressure on me built throughout the afternoon 

and early evening. 

That evening was very difficult for me as I had to explain to my 

wife of three years what had happened 25 years ago, before we 

met and long before we were married. I explained my situation 

and she said she knew that if I didn't do the right thing, I couldn't 

live with myself. 
Because of my less than perfect past, and having repented of 

this, I felt the need for spiritual guidance. I reached out to a 

church leader. We talked for a while. I explained that I felt horribly 

about this more-than-indiscretion. I knew if I came forward that in 

addition to me, it would affect my children, my grandchildren, my 

ex-wife, my wife, Julie, the Kavanaughs. 

Finally, after much thought and frankly tears of remorse, I decided 

to be forth-coming with what I knew first-hand. I had to take the 

advice I'd always given my children. That is; Doing the right thing 

is almost never the easy thing, but it's always the right thing. 

My heart felt very heavy because of the possible familial risks. 

But I knew I had to do the right thing. At my request, he put me in 

touch with another church leader we knew, who then reached out 

to Senator Hatch's Salt Lake office in my behalf. 

As I watched part of the afternoon confirmation hearing the next 

day, and saw Mrs. Kavanaugh looking so sad I felt that she 

needed to know that in this instance, her husband was being 

mischaracterized. 

My heart still feels heavy, for me as well as Julie and the 

Kavanaughs. That said, based on my direct experience with Julie, 

I do not believe her allegations against Mr. Kavanaugh. 

Sincerely, 

~ 7eJ?= 

Dennis Ketterer 
Exhibit 52 
October 26, 2018 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 

The Honorable Jeff Sessions The Honorable Christopher A. Wray 

Attorney General Director 

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20530 Washington, DC 20535 

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray: 

Yesterday, I wrote to you referring Mr. Michael Avenatti and Ms. Julie Swetnick for 

investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001, and 1505, for materially false 

statements they made to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the course of the Committee’s 

investigation into allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. I write today because of 

important additional information regarding Mr. Avenatti that has since come to the Committee’s 

attention. In light of this new information, I am now referring Mr. Avenatti for investigation of 

additional potential violations of those same laws, stemming from a second declaration he 

submitted to the Committee that also appears to contain materially false statements. As explained 

below, according to NBC News, the purported declarant of that sworn statement has disavowed 

its key allegations and claimed that Mr. Avenatti “twisted [her] words.”1

On October 2, 2018, Mr. Avenatti emailed Committee staff, stating: 

[A]ttached please find another declaration from another witness who 

supports a number of allegations of Ms. Swetnick. She knows both 

Ms. Swetnick and Dr. Ford. The identify [sic] of this witness will be 

released to the FBI once they contact me to arrange an interview as 

she does not want her name publicly disclosed at this time.2

The anonymous sworn statement attached to that email contained two key allegations against 

Judge Kavanaugh, ostensibly based on the “personal knowledge” of the declarant and made “under 

1 Kate Snow and Anna Schecter, New Questions Raised About Avenatti Claims Regarding Kavanaugh, NBC NEWS

(Oct. 25, 2018), enclosed below and available at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/newquestions-raised-about-avenatti-claims-regarding-kavanaugh-n924596. 2

 Email exchange between the Chief Counsel for Nominations Mike Davis and Michael Avenatti on Oct. 2, 2018, 

enclosed below. 
Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

October 26, 2018 

Page 2 of 4 

penalty of perjury.”3 According to the sworn statement, the declarant, whose name was redacted, 

claimed knowledge of Judge Kavanaugh being “overly aggressive and verbally abusive towards 

girls ... includ[ing] inappropriate physical contact with girls of a sexual nature” while at house 

parties in the early 1980s.4

 The sworn statement also said: 

During the years 1981-82, I witnessed firsthand Brett Kavanaugh, 

together with others, “spike” the “punch” at house parties I attended 

with Quaaludes and/or grain alcohol. I understood this was being 

done for the purpose of making girls more likely to engage in sexual 

acts and less likely to say “No.”5

 In my previous referral, I noted the existence of this anonymous declaration and that Mr. 

Avenatti neither provided the identity of the declarant to the Committee nor made her available 

for an interview with Committee staff. I also noted that, as of then, it did not appear that any media 

outlet had been able to report any interview with the purported declarant or validate anything in 

the anonymous declaration.

 However, after I sent you my referral, NBC News revealed yesterday evening that its 

reporters in fact had a series of contacts with the purported declarant between September 30, 2018, 

and October 5, 2018.6

 According to that report, the declarant denied the key allegations contained 

in the sworn statement, both before and after the statement was publicly released. Despite the fact 

the sworn statement Mr. Avenatti sent to the Committee stated she “witnessed firsthand” Judge 

Kavanaugh spiking punch, she expressly denied this. As noted in the report: 

[L]ess than 48 hours before Avenatti released her sworn statement 

on Twitter, the same woman told NBC News a different story. 

Referring to Kavanaugh spiking the punch, “I didn’t ever think it 

was Brett,” the woman said to reporters in a phone interview 

arranged by Avenatti on Sept. 30 after repeated requests to speak 

with other witnesses who might corroborate Swetnick’s claims.7

According to the NBC News report, after Mr. Avenatti tweeted the sworn statement on October 2 

with the name of the declarant redacted, “Avenatti confirmed to NBC News that it was the same 

woman interviewed by phone on Sept. 30.”8

 The woman reportedly denied the allegation yet again 

after the release of the sworn statement: 

[R]eached by phone independently from Avenatti on Oct. 3, the 

woman said she only “skimmed” the declaration. After reviewing 

the statement, she wrote in a text on Oct. 4 to NBC News: “It is 

3

 Anonymous Sworn Statement dated Oct. 2, 2018, enclosed below. 4 Id. 5 Id. 6

 Kate Snow and Anna Schecter, New Questions Raised About Avenatti Claims Regarding Kavanaugh, NBC NEWS

(Oct. 25, 2018) 

7 Id. 8 Id.
Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

October 26, 2018 

Page 3 of 4 

incorrect that I saw Brett spike the punch. I didn’t see anyone spike 

the punch...I was very clear with Michael Avenatti from day 

one.”9

 The declarant similarly disavowed the other allegation that Judge Kavanaugh was 

aggressive and abusive towards girls, once again both before and after the statement attributed to 

her was released. As reported by NBC News, “[w]hen asked in the [September 30] phone 

interview if she ever witnessed Kavanaugh act inappropriately towards girls, the woman replied 

‘no.’”10 After the sworn statement was released, “[w]hen pressed about abusive behavior towards 

girls, she wrote in a text: ‘I would not ever allow anyone to be abusive in my presence. Male or 

female.’”11

 Despite the fact Mr. Avenatti had already confirmed to NBC News that the woman they 

spoke to on September 30 was the declarant: 

[W]hen questioned on Oct. 3 about the discrepancies between what 

she said in the phone interview and the serious allegations in the 

sworn declaration, Avenatti said he was “disgusted” with NBC 

News. At one point, in an apparent effort to thwart the reporting 

process, he added in the phone call, “How about this, on 

background, it’s not the same woman. What are you going to do 

with that?”12

Mr. Avenatti then reportedly backtracked on this attempted tactic, instead claiming to NBC that 

he confirmed with her again that the allegations were true, and she must have been “confused” by 

the reporter’s question.13 The report says that five minutes later, the reporters received a “formallyworded text” from the woman’s phone number backing Mr. Avenatti.14

But when reached by phone minutes later, the woman again insisted 

that she never saw Kavanaugh spike punch or act inappropriately 

toward women. She said she’s “been consistent in what [she’s] told 

Michael.” In a subsequent text on Oct. 5, she wrote, “I will definitely 

talk to you again and no longer Avenatti. I do not like that he twisted 

my words.”15

Simply put, the sworn statement Mr. Avenatti provided the Committee on October 2 

appears to be an outright fraud. According to NBC News, the purported declarant denied - both 

before and after the sworn statement was released - the key allegations Mr. Avenatti attributed to 

her. She stated she was clear and consistent “from day one” with Mr. Avenatti that those claims 

9 Id. (emphasis added). 10 Id. 11 Id. 12 Id. 13 Id. 14 Id. 15 Id. (emphasis added).
Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

October 26, 2018 

Page 4 of 4 

were not true. And she said Mr. Avenatti “twisted [her] words.” When reporters pressed him on 

these discrepancies, Mr. Avenatti attempted to deceive them in an apparent effort to thwart the 

truth coming out. 

Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actions 

pose to the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give this 

referral, as well as my prior one related to Mr. Avenatti, the utmost consideration. Thank you for 

your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please contact a professional 

investigative counsel in the Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Unit at (202) 224-5225. 

 Sincerely, 

 Charles E. Grassley 

 Chairman 

 Committee on the Judiciary 

Enclosures:

1. Email exchange between the Chief Counsel for Nominations Mike Davis and Michael 

Avenatti on Oct. 2, 2018

2. Anonymous Sworn Statement dated Oct. 2, 2018 

3. Kate Snow and Anna Schecter, New Questions Raised About Avenatti Claims 

Regarding Kavanaugh, NBC NEWS (Oct. 25, 2018). 

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

Committee on the Judiciary 
From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: 

To: 

Tuesday, October 02, 2018 4:39 PM 

Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Cc: 

Subject: 

Atta chments: 

Duck, Jennifer (Judiciary-Dem); Sawyer, Heather (Judiciary-Dem) 

RE: Kavanaugh Nomination - Allegations of Julie Swetnick 

Declaration.pdf 

Importance: High 

Mr. Davis: 

On repeated occasions, you have failed to respond to my correspondence relating to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh 

and the ability of my client Ms. Swetnick to sit down with the FBI and share facts and witnesses regarding what she 

witnessed. This is entirely unprofessional and demonstrates a complete lack of good faith on your part and those that you 

report to. I once again ask that you immediately respond and take all steps to arrange an FBI interview. 

Further, attached please find another declaration from another witness who supports a number of allegations of Ms. 

Swetnick. She knows both Ms. Swetnick and Dr. Ford. The identify of this witness will be released to the FBI once they 

contact me to arrange an interview as she does not want her name publicly disclosed at this time. 

Time is of the essence. Please respond. 

Michael 

From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 2:13 PM 

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Cc: Duck, Jennifer (Judiciary-Dem); Sawyer, Heather (Judiciary-Dem) 

Subject: RE: Kavanaugh Nomination - Allegations of Julie Swetnick 

Mr. Davis: 

Please respond. Time is of the essence. 

Regards, 

Michael 

From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 11:03 AM 

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Cc: Duck, Jennifer (Judiciary-Dem); Sawyer, Heather (Judiciary-Dem) 

Subject: RE: Kavanaugh Nomination - Allegations of Julie Swetnick 

Mr. Davis: 

We are STILL awaiting a response to my email. It has now been over 30 hours and you have failed to respond. We have 

heard nothing from the Committee. 

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2

In light of Senator Flake's comments moments ago, please let us know when we can meet with the FBI and provide the 

facts and evidence supporting my client's sworn declaration. Time is of the essence. 

Regards, 

Michael

From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:05 PM 

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Cc: Duck, Jennifer (Judiciary-Dem); Sawyer, Heather (Judiciary-Dem) 

Subject: RE: Kavanaugh Nomination - Allegations of Julie Swetnick

Mr. Davis: 

I sent the below e-mail nine (9) hours ago and have yet to receive any response. As you know, time is of the essence. 

As stated below, my client Julie Swetnick is prepared to come to Washington, D.C. to testify under oath before the 

Committee. I also believe that at least one, if not two, other witness(es) are likewise prepared to come to Washington, 

D.C. to testify as to the accuracy of the statements in my client's declaration. 

Please confirm that my client and the supporting witness(es) will be permitted to testify under oath before the Committee 

ASAP. Under no circumstances should a vote be taken on the nominee without first hearing from my client and the 

supporting witness(es). 

Please get back to me as soon as possible. 

Thank you. 

Michael

From: Michael J. Avenatti 

Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 5:58 AM 

To: Davis, Mike (Judiciary-Rep) 

Cc: Duck, Jennifer (Judiciary-Dem); Sawyer, Heather (Judiciary-Dem) 

Subject: Kavanaugh Nomination - Allegations of Julie Swetnick

Mr. Davis:

As you know, I represent Ms. Julie Swetnick, a woman that has provided a detailed declaration

under penalty of perjury relating to the claimed abhorrent conduct of Brett Kavanaugh, including

sexual assault.

You and the Committee leadership first learned of these allegations on Sunday and yet have done

basically nothing to investigate them. In fact, after I emailed you in detail on Monday morning,

you failed to even respond for days. Simply put, you blew us off all day Monday and Tuesday. It

was not until yesterday that you finally responded and you only did so then because the press

started contacting you for comment.

Your conduct does not evidence any desire to get to the truth or to fulfill your duties to the

American people (who pay your salary). To the contrary, you and the leadership seem intent on
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confirming Brett Kavanaugh as quickly as possible so as to avoid any real investigation into the

facts and circumstances surrounding the allegations made by my client and many other women.

To be clear, my client Ms. Swetnick demands the following:

FBI Investigation.The Committee and Senator Grassley must immediately refer this matter to the

FBI for a complete and fair investigation. My client is prepared to meet with the FBI today to

disclose how she was victimized and what she observed. She is also prepared to disclose multiple

additional cooraborating witnesses with knowledge of the conduct of Brett Kavanaugh and Mark

Judge, as well as additional evidence.

In my experience, women that are fabricating stories do not offer to immediately meet with FBI

agents to discuss their allegations. The FBI is used to investigate the many of the most serious

allegations and crimes in America every day (i.e. 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing). Why are

you and Senator Grassley refusing to refer this matter to the FBI for investigation or request that

they intervene?

Sworn Testimony Before the Committee. Ms. Swetnick demands the opportunity to present

sworn testimony before the Committee as to what she witnessed and how she was victimized.

She is prepared to be questioned as to her allegations for as long as it takes to get to the truth.

Please confirm that she will be allowed to testify and contact me so that we may agree on the

logistics.

Polygraph Examination. My client is prepared to undergo a polygraph examination in further

substantiation of her claims provided that Mr. Kavanaugh likewise agrees to undergo an

examination. As you know, while the results of such an examination are generally not admissible

in a court of law, they are routinely used in the federal government for the granting of security

clearances and the like at the highest levels, including at our intelligence agencies. There is no

reason why they cannot be used in this circumstance. Please confirm that both polygraph

examinations will proceed.

Mark Judge. I am still awaiting an answer as to if the Committee has requested that Mark Judge

appear to testify and if not, why not. As detailed in my client’s sworn declaration, Mr. Judge has

detailed knowledge of the conduct of Mr. Kavanaugh and witnessed it firsthand. This is likewise

true as it relates to other allegations from other women. Thus, there is no excuse for the

Committee refusing to make a demand that he testify. Indeed, seeing as Mr. Judge is one of Mr.

Kavanaugh’s closest friends from the time period at issue, one would think that Mr. Kavanaugh

would want him to testify unless he is hiding something. Please confirm that Mr. Judge is being

asked to provide sworn testimony.

Knowledge by the Committee. Press reports have stated that certain members of the Committee

were aware of allegations similar to those set forth in my client’s declaration well before Sunday.

Is this accurate? If so, please provide the details of this knowledge and explain why it was not

investigated sooner.

Please respond to the above as quickly as possible as time is of the essence. Once again, this

process must be a search for the truth as opposed to a partisan attempt to ram a Supreme Court

nominee through at all costs, including at the expense of women who claim to be victims of sexual

assault.

Regards,
4

Michael
DECLARATION OF 

2 I, , declare as follows: 

3 1. My name is and I am a resident of South Florida. I fully 

4 understand the seriousness of the statements contained within this declaration. I 

5 have personal knowledge of the information stated herein and if called to testify 

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6 ' to the same would and could do so. 

7 2. I am a 1983 graduate of a high school in the Washington, D.C. area. 

8 I also hold a bachelor of arts degree and master of liberal arts degree. I have 

9 known Christine Blasey Ford and Julie Swetnick for decades and I believe they 

Io are both honest and truthful. 

11 3. I was first introduced to Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge in 1980 at 

12 Beach Week in Ocean City, Maryland. Thereafter, I attended at least 20 house 

13 parties in the Washington, D.C. area where Brett and Mark were present during 

14 : the years 1980-82. I knew them both well as we shared many mutual friends and 

15 often socialized with the same people. 

16 4. The house parties I attended were a common occurrence in the area · 

17 and usually occurred on the weekends during the school year. I know of many , 

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18 instances during these house parties where Brett and Mark would drink I 

19 excessively and be overly aggressive and verbally abusive toward girls. This · 

20 conduct included inappropriate physical contact with girls of a sexual nature. It 

21 also often included Brett drinking to a point where he was incoherent and 

22 · vomiting, including well before he was 18 years old. 

5. I have seen Brett Kavanaugh's recent interview on Fox News 

24 regarding his alleged "choir boy" existence during his high school years and lack 

25 . of sexual activity. This claim is absolutely false and a lie based on what I 

26 observed firsthand. It is also laughable. 

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9 . not feel comfortable stating it at this time in this declaration. I am fully, willing, 

10 ;. and able to speak with the FBI and tell them everything I know about Brett I 

11 if Kavanaugh and his misconduct if I am contacted. j 

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13 ; of America, that the foregoing is true and correct. I have executed this j 

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By Kate Snow and Anna Schecter 

When Sen. Chuck Grassley referred attorney Michael Avenatti and 

his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice Department for criminal 

investigation Thursday, he cited Swetnick's interview with NBC 

News as evidence the two were trying to mislead the Senate 

Judiciary Committee. 

In the NBC News interview that aired on Oct. 1, Swetnick backtracked on or contradicted parts of her sworn statement where she 

alleged she witnessed then-Supreme Court nominee Brett 

Kavanaugh "cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so 

they could then be 'gang raped' in a side room or bedroom by a 

'train' of boys." 

NBC News also found other apparent inconsistencies in a second 
sworn statement from another woman whose statement Avenatti

provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a bid to bolster

Swetnick's claims.

In the second statement, the unidentified woman said she

witnessed Kavanaugh "spike" the punch at high school parties in

order to sexually take advantage of girls. But less than 48 hours

before Avenatti released her sworn statement on Twitter, the same

woman told NBC News a different story.

Referring to Kavanaugh spiking the punch, "I didn't ever think it was

Brett," the woman said to reporters in a phone interview arranged

by Avenatti on Sept. 30 after repeated requests to speak with other

witnesses who might corroborate Swetnick's claims. As soon as the

call began, the woman said she never met Swetnick in high school

and never saw her at parties and had only become friends with her

when they were both in their 30s.

When asked in the phone interview if she ever witnessed

Kavanaugh act inappropriately towards girls, the woman replied,

"no." She did describe a culture of heavy drinking in high school

that she took part in, and said Kavanaugh and his friend Mark

Judge were part of that group.

In a statement Thursday about his referral of Swetnick and Avenatti

for a criminal investigation, Grassley said, "When a well-meaning

citizen comes forward with information relevant to the committee's

work, I take it seriously....But in the heat of partisan moments,

some do try to knowingly mislead the committee. That's unfair to

my colleagues, the nominees and others providing information who

are seeking the truth."

Avenatti responded in a statement to NBC News saying, "Senator
Grassley has just made a major mistake. Let the investigation into 

Kavanaugh and his lies begin." 

Kavanaugh and Judge denied the allegations leveled by Swetnick 

and other women. Avenatti, asked about the inconsistencies within 

the second woman's account, said: "It is a sworn declaration that 

she read and signed and repeatedly stood behind." 

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-lowa, 

speaks to reporters as he leaves the chamber following a 

procedural vote to advance the confirmation of Supreme Court 

nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 5, 

2018.J. Scott Applewhite I AP 

According to the second woman's declaration that Avenatti 

provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she said: "During the 

years 1981-82, I witnessed firsthand Brett Kavanaugh, together 

with others, 'spike' the 'punch' at house parties I attended with 

Quaaludes and/or grain alcohol. I understood this was being done 
for the purpose of making girls more likely to engage in sexual acts 

and less likely to say 'No."' 

The statement also said that Kavanaugh was "overly aggressive 

and verbally abusive to girls. This conduct included inappropriate 

physical contact with girls of a sexual nature." 

But reached by phone independently from Avenatti on Oct. 3, the 

woman said she only "skimmed" the declaration. After reviewing the 

statement, she wrote in a text on Oct. 4 to NBC News: "It is 

incorrect that I saw Brett spike the punch. I didn't see anyone spike 

the punch ... l was very clear with Michael Avenatti from day one." 

When pressed about abusive behavior towards girls, she wrote in a 

text: "I would not ever allow anyone to be abusive in my presence. 

Male or female." 

Julie SwetnickMichael Avenatti I via AP 
Shortly after tweeting out the woman's allegations on Oct. 2,

Avenatti confirmed to NBC News that it was the same woman

interviewed by phone on Sept. 30. But when questioned on Oct. 3

about the discrepancies between what she said in the phone

interview and the serious allegations in the sworn declaration,

Avenatti said he was "disgusted" with NBC News. At one point, in

an apparent effort to thwart the reporting process, he added in the

phone call, "How about this, on background, it's not the same

woman. What are you going to do with that?"

After NBC News received text messages from the woman refuting

some of the claims in the declaration, NBC reached out again to

Avenatti, who defended the declaration.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," he said in a text. "I

have a signed declaration that states otherwise together with

multiple audio recordings where she stated exactly what is in the

declaration. There were also multiple witnesses to our discussions."

He sent a follow-up message moments later: "I just confirmed with

her yet again that everything in the declaration is true and correct,"

Avenatti said. "She must have been confused by your question."

Roughly five minutes later, the woman sent a formally-worded text

backing Avenatti. "Please understand that everything in the

declaration is true and you should not contact me anymore

regarding this issue," the text read.

But when reached by phone minutes later, the woman again

insisted that she never saw Kavanaugh spike punch or act

inappropriately toward women. She said she's "been consistent in

what she's told Michael."

In a subsequent text on Oct. 5, she wrote, "I will definitely talk to
you again and no longer Avenatti. I do not like that he twisted my 

words." 

Anna Schecter 

Anna Schecter is a producer for the investigations unit of NBC 

News. 

Rich Schapiro contributed. 

November 2, 2018 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 

The Honorable Jeff Sessions The Honorable Christopher A. Wray 

Attorney General Director 

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20530 Washington, DC 20535 

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray: 

I am once again writing regarding fabricated allegations the United States Senate 

Committee on the Judiciary recently received. As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committee 

processed the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the 

Supreme Court of the United States, leading to his eventual confirmation on October 6, 2018. As 

part of that process, the Committee has investigated various allegations made against Judge 

Kavanaugh. The Committee’s investigation has involved communicating with numerous 

individuals claiming to have relevant information. While many of those individuals have provided 

the Committee information in good faith, it unfortunately appears some have not. As explained 

below, I am writing to refer Ms. Judy Munro-Leighton for investigation of potential violations of 

18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (materially false statements) and 1505 (obstruction), for materially false 

statements she made to the Committee during the course of the Committee’s investigation. 

On September 25, 2018, staffers for Senator Harris, a Committee member, referred an 

undated handwritten letter to Committee investigators that her California office had received 

signed under the alias “Jane Doe” from Oceanside, California.1

 The letter contained highly graphic 

sexual-assault accusations against Judge Kavanaugh. The anonymous accuser alleged that Justice 

Kavanaugh and a friend had raped her “several times each” in the backseat of a car. In addition to 

being from an anonymous accuser, the letter listed no return address, failed to provide any 

timeframe, and failed to provide any location -- beyond an automobile -- in which these alleged 

incidents took place. 

Regardless, Committee staff quickly began investigating the claims as part of the broader 

investigation, hindered by the limited information provided. On September 26, 2018, Committee 

staff questioned Judge Kavanaugh about these allegations in a transcribed interview conducted 

                                                            

1 See Undated Letter from “Jane Doe” to Senator Harris, enclosed below. 
    Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

 November 2, 2018 

 Page 2 of 3 

under penalty of felony.2 They read him the letter in full as part of the questioning.3 In response 

to the anonymous allegations, Judge Kavanaugh unequivocally stated: “[T]he whole thing is 

ridiculous. Nothing ever -- anything like that, nothing . . . . [T]he whole thing is just a crock, farce, 

wrong, didn’t happen, not anything close.”4

 Later that day, September 26th, the Committee 

publicly released the transcript of that interview with Judge Kavanaugh, which included the full 

text of the Jane Doe letter.5

 

Then, on October 3, 2018, Committee staff received an email from a Ms. Judy MunroLeighton with a subject line claiming: “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped 

me.”6

 Ms. Munro-Leighton wrote that she was “sharing with you the story of the night that Brett 

Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped me in his car” and referred to “the letter 

that I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19 with details of this vicious assault.” She continued: “I 

know that [‘]Jane Doe[’] will get no media attention, but I am deathly afraid of revealing any 

information about myself or my family.” She then included a typed version of the Jane Doe letter. 

 Committee investigators began investigating Ms. Munro-Leighton’s allegations. Given her 

relatively unique name, Committee investigators were able to use open-source research to locate 

Ms. Munro-Leighton and determine that she: (1) is a left-wing activist; (2) is decades older than 

Judge Kavanaugh; and (3) lives in neither the Washington DC area nor California, but in Kentucky. 

In order to investigate her sexual-assault claims, Committee investigators first attempted to reach 

her by phone on October 3, 2018, but were unsuccessful. On October 29, Committee investigators 

again attempted contact, leaving a voicemail. In response, Ms. Munro-Leighton left Committee 

investigators a voicemail on November 1, 2018. 

 Eventually, on November 1, 2018, Committee investigators connected with Ms. MunroLeighton by phone and spoke with her about the sexual-assault allegations against Judge 

Kavanaugh she had made to the Committee. Under questioning by Committee investigators, Ms. 

Munro-Leighton admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaulted 

by Judge Kavanaugh and was not the author of the original “Jane Doe” letter. When directly asked 

by Committee investigators if she was, as she had claimed, the “Jane Doe” from Oceanside 

California who had sent the letter to Senator Harris, she admitted: “No, no, no. I did that as a way 

to grab attention. I am not Jane Doe . . . but I did read Jane Doe’s letter. I read the transcript of 

the call to your Committee. . . . I saw it online. It was news.” 

 She further confessed to Committee investigators that (1) she “just wanted to get attention”; 

(2) “it was a tactic”; and (3) “that was just a ploy.” She told Committee investigators that she had 

called Congress multiple times during the Kavanaugh hearing process – including prior to the time 

Dr. Ford’s allegations surfaced – to oppose his nomination. Regarding the false sexual-assault 

                                                            

2

 Senate Judiciary Committee Interview with Judge Kavanaugh 5-10 (Sept, 26, 2018). Available at: 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.26.18%20BMK%20Interview%20Transcript%20(Redacted).pd

f. 

3 Id. 4 Id. 5

 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciary-committee-releases-transcripts-of-kavanaughinterviews 

6

 Email from Judy Munro-Leighton to Senate Judiciary Committee (Oct. 3, 2018), enclosed below. 
    Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray 

 November 2, 2018 

 Page 3 of 3 

allegation she made via her email to the Committee, she said: “I was angry, and I sent it out.” 

When asked by Committee investigators whether she had ever met Judge Kavanaugh, she said: 

“Oh Lord, no.” 

In short, during the Committee’s time-sensitive investigation of allegations against Judge 

Kavanaugh, Ms. Munro-Leighton submitted a fabricated allegation, which diverted Committee 

resources. When questioned by Committee investigators she admitted it was false, a “ploy,” and 

a “tactic.” She was opposed to Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation. 

 As I have repeatedly stated, Committee investigations in support of the judicial nomination 

process are an essential part of the Committee’s constitutional role. The Committee is grateful to 

citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one 

hundred percent sure about what they know. But when individuals intentionally mislead the 

Committee, they divert Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations and materially 

impede our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It is illegal to make 

materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators. It is illegal to 

obstruct Committee investigations. 

Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actions 

pose to the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give this 

referral the utmost consideration. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have 

any questions, please contact a professional investigative counsel in the Committee’s Oversight 

and Investigations Unit at (202) 224-5225. 

 Sincerely, 

 Charles E. Grassley 

 Chairman 

 Committee on the Judiciary 

Enclosures: 

 Undated Letter from “Jane Doe” to Senator Harris 

Email from Judy Munro-Leighton to Senate Judiciary Committee (Oct. 3, 2018) 

cc: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein 

Ranking Member 

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Subject: Fwd: I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped me

Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 7:27:42 AM

Begin forwarded message:

From: Judy Munro-Leighton < >

Date: October 3, 2018 at 6:42:35 AM EDT

To:

Subject: I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped me

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To all Republican Senators, 10/3/18

My name is Jane Doe, from Oceanside CA. I am sharing with you the story

of the night that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped

me in his car. Here is the letter that I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19

with details of this vicious assault. The Senate Judiciary Comm had a phone

interview on Sept. 26 with Kavanaugh to ask him about my letter.

 I refuse to allow Donald J. Trump to use me or my story as an ugly chant at 

one of his Republican rallies. I know that Jane Doe will get no media attention, 

but I am deathly afraid of revealing any information about myself or my family.

I watched in horror as Trump vilified Dr. Blasey-Ford. I will not allow this abuse 

to be directed toward me.

Dear, Senator Grassley, et al.

The current situation regarding the accusations made by Dr. Ford

against Brett Kavanaugh have prompted me to write you today. I

have moved on with my life since he forced himself on me as well.

The times were so different, and I didn’t expect to be taken seriously,

embarrass my family, be believed at all. I was at a party with a friend.

I had been drinking. She left with another boy, leaving me to find my

own way home. Kavanaugh and a friend offered me a ride home. I

don’t know the other boy’s name. I was in his car to go home. His

friend was behind me in the backseat. Kavanaugh kissed me

forcefully.

I told him I only wanted a ride home. Kavanaugh continued to grope

me over my clothes, forcing his kisses on me and putting his hand

under my sweater. ‘No,’ I yelled at him. The boy in the backseat

reached around, putting his hand over my mouth and holding my arm
to keep me in the car. I screamed into his hand. Kavanaugh continued

his forcing himself on me. He pulled up my sweater and bra exposing

my breasts, and reached into my panties, inserting his fingers into my

vagina. My screams were silenced by the boy in the backseat

covering my mouth and groping me as well. Kavanaugh slapped me

and told me to be quiet and forced me to perform oral sex on him. He

climaxed in my mouth. They forced me to go into the backseat and

took turns raping me several times each.

They dropped me off two blocks from my home. ‘No one will believe

if you tell. Be a good girl,’ he told me. Watching what has happened

to Anita Hill and Dr. Ford has me petrified to come forward in person

or even provide my name. A group of white men, powerful senators

who won’t believe me, will come after me. Like Dr. Ford, I’m a

teacher, I have an education, a family, a child, a home. I have

credibility. Just because something happens a long time ago, because

a rape victim doesn’t want to personally come forward, does not

mean something can’t be true.

Jane Doe, Oceanside, California.