Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford has presented sworn statements from four individuals to back her claims of an assault decades ago – including one from her husband Russel Ford.
Ford signed an affidavit stating that his wife informed him of the assault claim during a 2012 couple's therapy session. His statement comes a day before Ford is to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee – and a day after Kavanaugh appeared side by side with his wife, Ashley, to deny charges against him.
'I remember her saying that her attacker’s name was Brett Kavanaugh, that he was a successful lawyer who had grown up in Christine’s home town, and that he was well-known in the Washington D.C. community,” Russell Ford said in his statement.
Ford said his wife was 'afraid' Trump would nominate Kavanaugh, who sits on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to the high court, and was 'very conflicted' about bringing her story forward.
Husband's evidence: Russell Ford has submitted sworn evidence to back his wife Christine Blasey Ford's account of being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh in high school
The declarations, first reported by USA Today, also include signed documents from three friends that her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“However, in the end she believed her civic duty required her to speak out,” Russell Ford said. “In our 16 years of marriage I have always known Christine to be truthful person of great integrity. I am proud of her for her bravery and courage,' he husband said.
The statement from Ford's husband follows a Monday Fox News interview where Kavanaugh was seated side-by-side with his wife, Ashley, who defended him.
'No. I know Brett I've known him for 17 years. And this is not at all character … It's really hard to believe. He's decent. He's kind. He's good. I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett,' Ashley Kavanaugh said in response to allegations against her husband.
The Judiciary panel is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday on the accusations, ahead of a vote Friday on Kavanaugh's nomination.
If his nomination clears the panel, it must win confirmation from the full Senate, which Republicans narrowly control 51-49.
A vote in the full Senate could happen as early as next Tuesday, senior Senate Republicans have said.
The accusation, along with one from a second accuser, have imperiled Kavanaugh's lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court as Republicans work to shore up his Senate confirmation ahead of the Nov. 6 congressional vote.
Those elections could shift the balance of power in Congress as Democrats seek to regain control from conservatives.
Accusation: Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley spoke out this week in an attempt to fight back against the sex assault claims which have engulfed his nomination
Ford, a university professor in California, has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982 when they were both high school students in Maryland.
Another woman, Deborah Ramirez, has accused him of sexual misconduct when she and Kavanaugh were students at Yale University.
Kavanaugh, a conservative federal appeals court judge, has denied the allegations and took his defense public this week in an interview on Fox News.
His attorney, Beth Wilkinson, in televised interviews on Wednesday, said Ford's declarations cited recent interactions, not discussions at the time of the alleged incident, and that it was difficult to corroborate an accusation 36 years later.
'He admits that he drank and did some things that he looks back on and says are embarrassing and make you cringe ... But that's not what this is about. This is about a very serious allegation, a very serious crime,' Wilkinson told 'CBS This Morning.'
Senators will hear both sides at Thursday's hearing, keenly aware of the impact it could have on voters, particularly women, against a backdrop of the #MeToo movement fighting sexual harassment and assault.
Republican President Donald Trump, who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, escalated his rhetoric against both of Kavanaugh's accusers on Tuesday and called the allegations 'a con game being played by the Democrats.'
Trump also spoke out directly against the two accusers, suggesting their claims were invented.
The White House earlier this week said it would welcome testimony from the second accuser, Ramirez. Asked about her possible testimony, Trump on Tuesday said she 'had nothing.'
Ramirez's lawyer, John Clune, said in television interviews on NBC and CBS on Wednesday that she has not been invited to speak to senators.
The Republican-controlled committee, led by 11 men, on Tuesday said it had hired a female lawyer to question Ford. The decision prompted an outcry from Democrats, whose 10 panel members include four women, given that senators typically do the questioning themselves.
Senate Republicans chose Rachel Mitchell, a sex crimes prosecutor from Arizona, to conduct the questioning.
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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