U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh resolutely defended himself on Fox News last night, repeatedly telling the network’s Martha MacCallum that he has never, ever sexually assaulted anyone.
The federal judge’s answers during an interview that included his wife came as leftist porn lawyer Michael Avenatti leveled an even more flagitious charges. Avenatti, who represents porn queen Stormy Daniels, claims Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge are gang rapists.
And now, one of the attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s first accuser, claims the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing will be unfair.
Kavanaugh: It Was Not I; Not Quitting
Multiple accusers suddenly stepped forward with salacious allegations when it became clear the Senate would confirm Kavanaugh.
Answering some surprisingly detailed questions from the Trump-friendly network, the judge flatly stated he is innocent. “No. I had never sexually assaulted anyone, not in high school, not ever,” Kavanaugh said.
Kavanaugh claimed he might have met Ford, but that the two “did not travel in the same social circle; she was not a friend, not someone I knew.”
“I was never at any such party,” he continued. “The other people who are alleged to be present have said they do not remember any such party. A woman who was present, another woman who was present who is Dr. Ford’s lifelong friend has said she doesn’t know me and never remembers being at a party with me at any time in her life.”
And finally, Kavanaugh said, “I never had any sexual or physical activity with Dr. Ford. I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise.”
Kavanaugh continued when MacCallum asked why Ford would lie:
What I know is the truth…. I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. I am not questioning … that perhaps Dr. Ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted…. But what I know is I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any time.
Kavanaugh also said he never did anything to Debbie Ramirez, a fellow Yale grad. A leftist like Ford, Ramirez says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her. Problem is, Ramirez had to be reminded that it was Kavanaugh because she was, she confessed, plastered at the party.
“I never did any such thing — never did any such thing,” Kavanaugh said. “The other people alleged to be there, don’t recall any such thing. If such as thing had a happened, it would’ve been the talk of campus.”
And finally, to MacCallum’s question about the porn lawyer’s gang rape charge: “That’s totally false and outrageous. I’ve never done any such thing, known about any such thing. Yes, there were parties. And the drinking age was 18, and yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. And yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school — I think all of us have probably done things we look back on in high school and regret or cringe a bit, but that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about an allegation of sexual assault. I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone.”
Porn Lawyer Avenatti
For his part, the leftist porn lawyer says he can back up his claims and will do so. Writing to the committee’s chief counsel for nominations, Avenatti averred that at “multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the early 1980s … Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and others would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.”
“Brett Kavanaugh is a liar,” Avenatti tweeted this morning. “His ‘I was just an innocent boy’ claims on Fox are laughable and an insult to any American with common sense. They are irreconcilable with the yearbook, many witnesses, & my clients.”
As for Thursday’s hearing, the question is whether Ford will keep the agreement she made to testify. One of her attorneys now claims the process “does not appear designed to provide Dr. Blasey Ford with fair and respectful treatment” because committee Chairman Charles Grassley plans to permit a sex crimes prosecutor to question Ford and Kavanaugh.
“This is not a criminal trial for which the involvement of an experienced sex crimes prosecutor would be appropriate,” Michael Bromwich wrote to Grassley. “Neither Dr. Blasey Ford nor Judge Kavanaugh is on trial. The goal should be to develop the relevant facts, not try a case,” he continued, demanding the résumé of the woman who will question Ford.
Now, it appears, Ford might pull out.
Image: Screenshot of a Fox News interview with Judge Kavanaugh
