I was the roommate of Brett Kavanaugh University. He lied under oath.

In 1983, I was one of Brett Kavanaugh's new roommates at Yale University. About two weeks ago, I volunteered to support my friend Deborah Ramirez, who said that Brett had sexually assaulted her at a party in a dormitory. I did it because I believe Debbie.

Now the FBI is investigating this incident. I am willing to talk with them about my experiences at Yale with Debbie and Brett. I would tell them this: Brett Kavanaugh has risen under oath and has lied about his drinking and the meaning of the words in his directory. He did it bluntly, without hesitation or reservation. In his words and behavior, Judge Kavanaugh showed contempt for the truth, for the process, for the rule of law and for accountability. Her willingness to lie to avoid embarrassment casts doubt on her denials about broader issues of sexual assault. On the other hand, I do not remember having a reason to be suspicious of anything, big or small, from Debbie.

I did not want to come forward. When Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker contacted me while he was looking for an article about Debbie and Brett, I told him that I did not understand the problem. There is no way for Brett to face legal consequences after so much time. Either he will be confirmed or another conservative judge will be. There would be a high cost. I was raised in a republican family. My mother, who has since died, was a Republican state representative in Connecticut. My father has a MAGA hat. I have close friends who are very conservative. In recent years, I've had some disagreements about politics with some of these friends and family members, but it does not matter much. My involvement has caused and will result in personal, professional and reputational damage.

Debbie needed someone to help her to be heard.

In the end, I told Farrow that Debbie's story was credible and that Brett was "often drunk, inconsistently". Asked about my comments in the New Yorker at his hearing last week, Judge Kavanaugh seemed to suggest that my story was not credible because was a controversial situation "where I" did not like "the third comrade He then referred to a joke I drew on the third candidate and a redacted part of her examination in camera by the staff of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. Stuffing the third roommate We were not close, but this relationship does not affect my ability to observe and describe Kavanaugh's behavior at the time.

As for the details of what happened in the first year Debbie: When Farrow approached me, I vaguely remembered an event involving Debbie and Brett, but not enough to say "I'm sure." J & # I told Farrow that I could participate in the recording and only to support Debbie's credibility and to describe Brett's behavior when he drinks, where I have had significant and first-hand experience.

Just before publication, Farrow called me and asked if I would publicly reconsider my own memories. Debbie was going to be attacked. She had lived with the pain of this event for years. Brett's friends who participated would deny that this happened. It would be a powerful Washington judge and his friends against Debbie.

Others would say, "Brett has been checked several times. This must be compensated. As a roommate at Brett University, I would have hoped to be interviewed if a background check looked for evidence of poor college behavior. I was not called. I guess college behavior was not a topic of interest. Debbie's story was not found by the FBI because he was not looking for it.

Regarding this stage of the investigation: I still have not been called, even though they are supposed to examine Debbie's case. How will they learn what happened if, again, they are not allowed to conduct a thorough and thorough investigation?

Debbie needed someone to help her to be heard. When no one else would, I agreed to be quoted in Farrow's story. "Is it credible that she is alone with a group of wolves who thought it was funny to sexually torture a girl like Debbie?" Yes, definitely, I say. "Is it credible that Kavanaugh is one of them? Yes. I maintain this quote and accept that it is my opinion and not an objective fact.

Since the publication of the New York story, many interviews have been requested by print publications, television and online media, which I have resisted in the vast majority of cases. Finally, I wrote and distributed a declaration minimize distractions in my personal and professional life. In my statement, I wrote that Brett "was a heavy drinker, even by the standards of the day, and became aggressive and belligerent when he was very drunk."

I think a lot of women have been abused and silenced. When they manifest themselves, they are treated as liars, whiners or lunatics. But I also believe that the accusers and the defendants deserve a thorough and unhindered investigation. In Brett's case, if he is innocent, he should be acquitted. If he does not do it and he does not tell the truth to the nation, this should prevent him from sitting at the highest instance in the country. It seems right.

The other night I looked at the transcript of the hearings. People ask me to answer.

I do not know if Brett attacked Christine Blasey Ford in high school or where he sexually humiliated Debbie in front of a group of people that she thought were her friends. But I can say that he lied under oath. He said he sometimes drank too much, but never enough to forget the details of the previous night, never enough to "lose consciousness". That's what he's done regularly. He said that "boofing" was fancy and that the "Devil's Triangle" was a drinking game. "Boofing" and "Devil's Triangle" are sexual references. I know it because I heard Brett and his friends use these terms over and over.

I can not imagine that anybody in the Senate wants to confirm the lifetime appointment to the US Supreme Court of a person who has demonstrated his willingness to not tell the truth under oath about information easily. verified.

I'm not saying that Brett or anyone else should be persecuted for his teenage eating antics that are common to many Americans. One day, my parents unexpectedly visited Yale to find that I was no longer answering in my dorm after a long session in Mory, where friends and I were singing and drinking in trophy cups beyond our limits. I was not a choir boy but, unlike Brett, I do not go on national television to testify under oath that I was. It is not enough to drink too much or even encourage others to drink. There is no use of vulgar language or even the shadow zone between the sexual limit test with date and sexual abuse. It's about denial. It's about not suffering consequences. It's about lying.

In this case, the lies are not insignificant: her lies about sexual terms and her consumption of alcohol are directly related to the accusations of Christine Blasey Ford and Debbie Ramirez, which implied sexual behavior and high consumption of alcohol. 39; alcohol. The truth would make him look bad and strengthen the credibility of these two women. In this climate, if he had simply said "I do not remember" or even "if I did these things in my youth, I'm sorry," he might have followed the confirmation process. But he lied, under oath, as if it was nothing.

At last week's hearings, some committee members equated Brett's frustration with his stubborn ambitions and his character's hardships with Ford's suffering following an attempted rape and his hardships. Committee members ignored the obvious and easy-to-verify inaccuracies in his story. They chose to rage on the rage that one of America's most powerful men might have to defend themselves against credible allegations of sexual violence. aggression. The truth was not taken into account: even if he retired, Brett would return to his place for life as one of the most powerful forces in the American justice system. Women who claim to be traumatized by their actions will know that their suffering and bravery do not even justify a thorough investigation.

Debbie's story and her pain were lost in all the screams. His accusation should be fully and correctly as any current and emerging allegation regarding the behavior of Judge Kavanaugh. Let real law enforcement professionals dedicate the time necessary to discover the truth. If it takes too long, find a less controversial and conservative judge and start again.

It seems very simple to me. We decide if a man is fit to judge others. Hear with compassion and empathy the cases of vulnerable people. As a Supreme Court judge, he would be the last line of legal defense for people who need a champion with impeccable judgment. A man who lies without effort rather than taking responsibility for his own words and actions is not what we need.