(Brett Kavanaugh, Georgetown Prep school classmate Chris Garrett)
Is this a case of mistaken identity? Accuser Christine Blasey Ford is waging a war on Trumps SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh with decades-old, unsubstantiated claims of sexual assault in an effort to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Judge Kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegations and even told Senator Orin Hatch he wasnt at the party in question.
Ed Whelan, Justice Scalias former law clerk and president of conservative think tank the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), came out in defense of Brett Kavanaugh and said compelling evidence will come out next week exonerating Kavanaugh.
On Thursday afternoon, Ed Whelan started dropping pictures and evidence that may blow Christine Fords case wide open.
The Maryland suburban homethe scene of the alleged sexual assault described by Christine Ford to WaPo as being not too far from the Columbia Country Club may have belonged to Kavanaughs friend named Chris Garrett, says Ed Whelan.
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Dr. Ford may well have been the victim of a severe sexual assault by someone 36 years ago. Her allegations are so vague as to such basic matters as when and where that it is impossible for Judge Kavanaugh to *prove* his innocence.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
But there are compelling reasons to believe his categorical denial. Lets look at one set of reasons.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
According to Fords letter, the assault occurred in a suburban Maryland area home at a gathering that included me and four others. Her WaPo account adds that the house was not far from the Columbia Country Club.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
The four others that she and her lawyer have identified are Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, P.J. Smyth, and a female classmate of Fords. None of the four lived in the vicinity of the Columbia Country Club.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Kavanaughs home was 3.6 miles away; Smyths 4.3 miles; Judges 10 miles; and the female classmates 7 miles.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Here is a map of the homes in relation to Columbia Country Club. pic.twitter.com/0pXSbSxb49
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Here is a house that is barely a half-mile from the Columbia Country Club. Street address: 3714 Thornapple Street, Chevy Chase. pic.twitter.com/RgRdv0gzyQ
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
The floor plan corresponds closely to Fords description of the house where the gathering took place. Heres the short stair well (part of a U-shaped staircase with landing) running up from the foyer next to the living room. pic.twitter.com/jEceJiiHNk
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Who lived in this house? Chris Garrett, a Georgetown Prep classmate, friend, and football teammate of Brett Kavanaughs.
Who lived in this house? Chris Garrett, a Georgetown Prep classmate, friend, and football teammate of Brett Kavanaughs. pic.twitter.com/lJYf7zCLQj
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Garrett and Kavanaugh looked a lot alike in high school.
Folks who knew both Kavanaugh and Garrett in high school have commented on how much they resembled each other in appearance. Here are Kavanaugh and Garrett in their senior yearbook photos. pic.twitter.com/9VmLL3zNq9
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Here they are now
And here are Kavanaugh and Garrett now. pic.twitter.com/Yi9iI1yRHH
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Ed Whelan went on to say, If youre at a gathering of four others in someones home, youd ordinarily think that the four others include the host who lives in the home. And that host would be the person least likely to act like a guest and most likely to use private areas of the house.
If the gathering was at Garretts house and Garrett was there, then one of the four others wasnt there. Whelan continued.
Ed Whelan concluded his tweetstorm saying, To be clear, I have no idea what, if anything, did or did not happen in that bedroom at the top of the stairs, and I therefore do not state, imply or insinuate that Garrett or anyone else committed the sexual assault that Ford alleges. Further, if Ford is now mistakenly remembering Garrett to be Kavanaugh, I offer no view whether that mistaken remembrance dates from the gathering or developed at some point in the intervening years.
Bottom line: I believe that a fair assessment of this evidence powerfully supports Judge Kavanaughs categorical denial.
Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 20, 2018
Feinstein is refusing to give Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley the unredacted letter Christine Ford sent Senate Democrats in July further fueling suspicions there is exculpatory evidence in the letter.
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Commit Fineswine to the home for demented senators. Don't forget to change her diaper.
Ford lied on purpose. She needs to be jailed, and Senators, Congress people who bought her story should be expelled. Time for us to fight FIRE with FIRE. Enough of these convenient "innocent" mistakes. The left is not innocent