Two New Kavanaugh Stories

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was called back to testify about claims by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Josh Marshall

October 1, 2018 9:55 p.m.

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Two key developments on the Kavanaugh front. Let me try to walk you through them, with what seems like the less significant development first.

First we have considerably more information about this drunken bar fight that Kavanaugh apparently precipitated and which ended up with a friend spending the night in jail. This was the incident a college classmate, Chad Ludington, gave to illustrate how Kavanaugh acted like a belligerent drunk.

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