Kavanaugh: Third accuser claims to be a victim of gang rape

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday at a high-stakes hearing. The committee will hear from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says that the Supreme Court candidate for President Trump sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers.

Lawmakers from both parties and lawyers from Kavanaugh and Ford have been maneuvering ahead of the hearing, and President Trump has looked into the fate of his candidate.

11:00 am: The third accuser introduces herself, said to have been a victim of "gang rape"

A third woman came on Wednesday to accuse Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, claiming that he was violent towards girls in high school and present at a family party in New York. 1982 where she declared to have been a victim of gang rape.

The woman, Julie Swetnick, a resident of Washington, is represented by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who revealed his identity on Twitter and posted his picture.

The Post has not independently verified its allegations regarding President Trump's Supreme Court candidate.

In a statement, Julie Swetnick, who attended Gaithersburg High School, said she observed Kavanaugh drinking excessively at home parties and "aggressive and aggressive behavior toward girls."

Swetnick testified to having witnessed Kavanaugh and others' efforts to have the girls drunk so that they could be "gang-raped" in side rooms at parties. at home by a "train" of many boys.

"I remember very well seeing boys lined up in front of rooms in many of these parties, waiting for their" tour "with a girl in the room. Among these boys were Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh.

The judge is a friend of Kavanaugh, a former accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, said she was present when she claims that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her about 36 years ago.

In her statement, Swetnick recounts an alleged incident in about 1982 in which she claims to have been the victim of a "gang rape" in which Kavanaugh was present.

She does not say that Kavanaugh participated in the alleged rape or, if so, what role he played, nor does it say where the alleged episode took place.

"During the incident, I was incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight the boys by raping me," Swetnick says. "I think I was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I drank."

Avenatti, the lawyer who represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels, is studying a Democratic presidential candidacy and denounces Trump and his policy, making numerous appearances on cable television.

In his tweet, he called Swetnick "brave, brave and honest" and asked that his privacy be respected.

Ford, a California teacher, alleged that a drunken Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while they were teenagers in Montgomery County.

A second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, a classmate from Kavanaugh's at Yale University, told New Yorker magazine that he was exposing himself to a party while they were both first-year students.

10 am McConnell says Democrats drag Kavanaugh into mud

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Denounced the Democrats on the eve of a hearing involving an accuser of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, saying that they were dragging the Supreme Court candidate and his family "in the mud".

In a ground speech, McConnell noted that Christine Blasey Ford's allegations were forwarded to a Democratic senator in a confidential letter that was only disclosed when the confirmation process was almost complete.

"What lessons can we learn from it?" Said McConnell. "If you confidently write to Senate Democrats on an extremely delicate issue, you will soon end up with a well-known name and if you are an official whose far left confirms the confirmation because she hates it." that you interpret the law and the constitution according to their meaning … they will not hesitate to arm unsubstantiated allegations and drag your name and family in the mud. That's what these guys are going to do to you.

9:30 am: Trump congratulates Kavanaugh as "an absolute jewel"

President Trump on Wednesday called Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh "an absolute gem" and again accused Democrats of a "game of con" while they were trying to derail his Supreme Court nominee .

In comments at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Trump also praised the work of Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying that they had been very respectful of Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford, a teacher from California.

"Republicans could not be nicer, could not be more respectful of the process, certainly could not be more respectful to the woman, and I agree with that," Trump said. "I think I could have pushed it a lot faster."

He also praised Kavanaugh by saying that he was "exceptional".

"You do not find people like that," said Trump. "He is exceptional. He is a jewel. He is an absolute gem and he was treated very unfairly by the Democrats, who play a game of con. They know what they do. It's a con. They go into a back room and they talk to each other and they make fun of what they are doing.

9:20 am Ford issues affidavits from her husband and three friends

Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers, sent four statements to the Senate of people who said that Ford told them about her allegations before Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court.

The statements – from Ford's husband and three friends – do not directly corroborate the alleged attack, but suggest Ford share the details of his memories in the years leading up to President Trump's appointment of Kavanaugh on July 9.

Only one account, of Russell Ford, the husband of the professor of California, has already been reported.

Meanwhile, Kavanaugh's lawyers published five pages of his 1982 calendar to media outlets to reinforce his claim that he was not at a party with Ford 36 years ago.

The calendar, which has been shared with the Judiciary Committee, includes several weeks this summer, which have been blocked for beach trips and sports camps. It also includes many detailed appointments, for example an appointment for a haircut.

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7:45 pm: Ramirez's lawyer says he wants to testify

John Clune, a lawyer for a second accuser of Brett J. Kavanaugh, said Wednesday morning that his client would be willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but wants the FBI to investigate his claims.

Deborah Ramirez, a classmate from Kavanaugh at Yale University, told New Yorker magazine that she was exposing herself to her at a party while they were both first-year students.

"She would be willing to testify, but she wants us to have this conversation about what it will look like, what the process will be, and whether there will be an FBI inquiry into what happened to her. "

Republicans resisted Democrats' calls for the FBI to investigate Kavanaugh's accusers.

7:30 pm: Kavanaugh's lawyer says the focus on alcohol is "totally unfair"

Beth Wilkinson, a lawyer for Brett J. Kavanaugh, said on Wednesday that it was "totally unfair" for Supreme Court critics to suggest that an admission that he drank beer in high school was affecting allegations of sexual assault.

In an appearance on "CBS This Morning," Wilkinson also downplayed the importance of the articles on the Kavanaugh directory page, claiming that they were not evidence of an assault on Christine Blasey Ford.

"When [Kavanaugh] spoke on TV the other day, he admitted you know, he had beers, "said Wilkinson. "I think that's true for most college students. He admitted that he may have drunk more than he should have on certain occasions, and of course he has his page of the directory. I think most of us would go back there and probably wish we could rewrite our directory page, be it, you know, our choice of music or the kind of stupid and stupid things that we're going to be doing there. put.

"But it's not really if he did what he accused," she said. "I think that's really the problem. I think because people can not find corroboration for these things, they're saying, "Well, he's doing other things that make you think it's more likely."