Report: Kavanaugh Testified That He Didn’t Attend Parties Where Women Were Gang Raped

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified behind closed doors on Tuesday that he has never attended parties during which women were gang raped, according to a Wednesday Time report. 

He reportedly spoke to Judiciary Committee investigators under penalty of perjury.

That quiet testimony happened one day before Michael Avenatti’s client Julie Swetnick accused Kavanaugh of touching and trying to remove clothing from women without their consent, and at least being present when Swetnick herself was gang raped at a party. Per Swetnick, women were frequently incapacitated without their consent and gang raped at parties Kavanaugh attended as a high schooler.

Kavanaugh responded to the allegation through a White House statement Wednesday. “This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone,” he said in the statement. “I don’t know who this is and this never happened,”

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  1. Liar, Liar, pants on fire…

  2. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    Avenatti was wise to wait until Kavanaugh went on the record.

  3. I guess that’s what Giuliani wold call a “perjury trap,” huh?

  4. I guess that if it wasn’t marked down on his calendar, it never happened.

    s/

  5. It’s gonna suck when Swetnick brings forward those who she says can corroborate her story.

    Also pretty telling that Judge has been in hiding and refusing to come out.

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