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No Eyewitness Could Confirm Ms. Ramirez’s Allegation, No One Could Confirm Kavanaugh Was Even
Present, And She ‘Could Not Be Certain [He] Was The One’
THE NEW YORKER:“The New Yorkerhas not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was
present at the party.”(“Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from
Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years,” The New Yorker, 9/23/2018)
THE NEW YORK TIMES:“The New Yorker did not confirm with other eyewitnesses that Judge
Kavanaugh was at the party. The Times had interviewed several dozen people over the past week in
an attempt to corroborate her story and could find no one with firsthand knowledge.Ms. Ramirez
herself contacted former Yale classmates asking if they recalled the incident and told some of them
that she could not be certain Mr. Kavanaugh was the one …” (“Christine Blasey Ford Reaches Deal to
Testify at Kavanaugh Hearing,” The New York Times, 9/23/2018)
CBS’ JOHN DICKERSON:“Jane, the corroborating witness, which you said has all the details, including
Kavanaugh’s name, where did that witness come from, where did that witness get the information
about this from, if that person doesn’t know Ramirez?”
THE NEW YORKER’s JANE MAYER:“He remembers it from—he was in the same dorm, same little building
on Yale’s Old Campus. And he remembers it clearly. I asked him—”
DICKERSON:“Did he see it?”
MAYER:“No. As I’ve said, he heard it from someone who was there.”(CBS’ “CBS This Morning,”
9/24/2018)
“She was at first hesitant to speak publicly, partly because her memories contained gaps because she
had been drinking at the time of the alleged incident.”(“Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation
of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years,” The New Yorker, 9/23/2018)
“After six daysof carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, Ramirez said that
she felt confident enough of her recollections …” (“Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of
Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years,” The New Yorker, 9/23/2018)
“The Ramirez accusation has been floating around several news outlets in the past week, including
NBC, NYer, New York Times, & the Washington Post per five sources.”(New York Magazine’s Yashar Ali,
@yashar, Twitter, 9/23/2018)
September 25thUpdate, Kavanagh Denial Under Penalty of Felony – Ramirez Refuses To Provide
Evidence
• Committee investigative staff interviewed Justice Kavanaugh for approximately 90
minutes regarding Ms. Ramirez’s allegations in the New Yorker and other allegations
received by two Senate offices. For the first time, Democratic staff attended the call, but
expressly declined to ask Justice Kavanaugh any questions. Justice Kavanaugh denied
each allegation.
• Committee staff made three more requests for any statement, testimony, or evidence
from Ms. Ramirez. Ms. Ramirez’s attorneys declined to submit such materials.