Kavanaugh Friend Mark Judge Asks Not To Testify

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Conservative writer Mark Judge, a high school classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who allegedly witnessed the teenage Kavanaugh assault Christine Blasey Ford, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee today through his lawyers. In the statement, he claimed “no memory of this alleged incident” and said he does not “wish to speak publicly regarding the incidents described in Dr. Ford’s letter.”

“I did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be involved,” he wrote.

“Brett Kavanaugh and I were friends in high school but I do not recall the party described in Dr. Ford’s letter,” Judge continued. “More to the point, I never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes.”

In a memoir about his struggles with alcoholism, “Wasted,” Judge references a character named “Bart O’Kavanaugh” who gets drunk, throws up, and passes out.

Read the full letter here:

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  1. The Wingman Code…

  2. As in: “I don’t want to testify under oath because then I’ll have to tell the truth”??

  3. “Personally, I would rather not have to perjure myself”…

  4. Translation: Hey, I was totally cool with being involved as long as all I had to do was release some BS statement written by my attorney! Now you guys are talking about testifying on live TV under oath? AND Kamala Harris is going to be one of the ones asking questions? Let’s all calm down now. I didn’t sign up for all this. Brett, buddy, you’re on your own.

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