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Proceedings,” November 2, 2018, 38.

17. “Read: Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys’ letter requesting FBI Investigation,” CNN, September 19, 2018, cnn/2018/09/18/politics/ford-attorneys-letter-grassley/index.html.

18. Daniel Chaitin, “DOJ: Allegation against Brett Kavanaugh ‘does not involve any potential federal crime,’ ” Washington Examiner, washingtonexaminer/news/doj-allegation-against-brett-kavanaugh-does-not-involve-any-potential-federal-crime. The Department of Justice would later confirm that “the FBI does not make any judgment about the credibility or significance of any allegation,” and that, in the absence of a federal crime, their role is simply “to provide information for the use of the decision makers.” Matt Shuham, “DOJ Issues Statement on Kavanaugh Background Check,” Talking Points Memo, September 19, 2018, talkingpointsmemo/news/doj-issues-statement-on-kavanaugh-background-check.

19. Katey Rich, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Signed an Open Letter Defending Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser,” Vanity Fair, September 17, 2018, vanityfair/style/2018/09/julia-louis-dreyfus-christine-blasey-ford-letter; Kyle Swenson, “As conservatives attack, hundreds sign setters Supporting Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford,” Washington Post, September 18, 2018, washingtonpost/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/18/as-conservatives-attack-hundreds-sign-letters-supporting-kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey-ford/.

20. Amanda Terkel and Arthur Delaney, “Alumnae of Christine Blasy Ford’s High School Circulate Letter of Support,” HuffPost, September 17, 2018, huffingtonpost/entry/christine-blasey-ford-holton-arms-brett-kavanaugh_us_5b9fb3c2e4b04d32ebfabbc6.

21. John Bowden, “Kavanaugh accuser forced out of her home over threats, lawyers say,” The Hill, September 18, 2019, thehill/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/407336-lawyer-kavanaugh-accuser-has-received-death-threats-and.

22. Kelsey Snell and Scott Detrow, “Republicans Reject Kavanaugh Accuser’s Request to Delay Hearing For FBI Investigation,” NPR, npr/2018/09/18/649209595/hearing-with-kavanaugh-and-accuser-alleging-sexual-assault-in-turmoil.

23. Burgess Everett, Elana Schor, Eliana Johnson, and Brent D. Griffiths, “Kavanaugh accuser: FBI should investigate claims of sexual assault,” Politico, September 18, 2018.

24. Michael Dresser, “Gov. Hogan rules out state police investigation of Kavanaugh allegations; Montgomery County police not investigating,” Capital Gazette, September 25, 2018, capitalgazette/news/government/bs-md-hogan-kavanagh-20180921-story.html.

25. Jim Joyner, “Montgomery officials ‘prepared to investigate’ Kavanaugh allegations—if an alleged victim comes forward,” Baltimore Sun, September 28, 2018, baltimoresun/news/maryland/bs-md-montgomery-police-kavanaugh-response-20180928-story.html.

26. “Ford ‘Wasn’t Clear’ Committee Offered California Interview in lieu of Public Washington Hearing,” Committee on the Judiciary website, October 2, 2018, judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/ford-wasnt-clear-committee-offered-california-interview-in-lieu-of-public-washington-hearing.

27. John Bowden, “Dem: ‘Bulls—-’ to say GOP doing everything to contact Kavanaugh accuser,” The Hill, September 19, 2018, thehill/homenews/senate/407527-dem-bulls-to-say-gop-doing-everything-to-contact-kavanaugh-accuser.

28. Cheyenne Haslett, “Sen. Mazie Hirono’s message to American men: ‘Just shut up and step up,’ ” ABC News, September 18, 2018, abcnews.go/Politics/sen-mazie-hironos-message-american-men-shut-step/story?id=57920219.

29. National Review Editors, “If Kavanaugh’s Accuser Won’t Testify, the Senate Should Vote,” National Review, September 20, 2018, nationalreview/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-allegations-christine-blasey-ford-invitation-to-testify/; Andrew C. McCarthy, “It’s a Set-up,” National Review, September 19, 2018, nationalreview/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-accuser-must-testify/.

30. Cheyenne Haslett, “Sen. Mazie Hirono’s message to American men.”

31. Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, “Dems plot massive campaign if Kavanaugh falls,” Axios, September 20, 2018, axios/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-democrats-2018-midterm-elections-3ce55ebf-dc62-46b9-8ffa-bb1a7fe7cb18.html.

32. Ariel Edwards-Levy, “Brett Kavanaugh Is Accused Of Sexual Assault. That Hasn’t Changed Public Opinion At All.,” HuffPost, September 19, 2018, huffingtonpost/entry/brett-kavanugh-sexual-assault-allegation-public-opinion_us_5ba23ce2e4b013b09780d1b3.

33. David Byler, “What Do the Polls Say About Brett Kavanaugh?” Weekly Standard, September 20, 2018, weeklystandard/david-byler/have-christine-blasey-fords-allegations-against-brett-kavanaugh-affected-his-polling.

34. Gabriel Sherman, “ ‘Cut Bait’: As The Kavanaugh Nightmare Escalates, Trump Is Gripped With Uncertainty As Ivanka Suggests Cutting The Judge Loose,” Vanity Fair, September 18, 2018, vanityfair/news/2018/09/kavanaugh-allegations-trump-ivanka.

35. Julie Pace, “Bredesen backs Senate vote if Kavanaugh accuser won’t appear,” AP News, September 19, 2018, apnews/f316ae20e8a340f584cb53a8866171d0.

36. Mollie Hemingway, “The Kavanaugh Allegation Process Is A Miscarriage Of Justice For Everyone,” The Federalist, September 19, 2018, thefederalist/2018/09/19/the-kavanaugh-allegation-process-is-a-miscarriage-of-justice-for-everyone/.

37. Chris Cillizza (CillizzaCNN), “Walking a VERY dangerous line here. . . . .” Twitter, September 18, 2018, 8:21 a.m., cillizzacnn/status/1042071101105467393.

38. Moriah Balingit, “ ‘What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep’: Kavanaugh remarks in 2015 speech get renewed scrutiny,” Washington Post, September 19, 2018, washingtonpost/education/2018/09/19/what-happens-georgetown-prep-stays-georgetown-prep-kavanaugh-remarks-speech-get-renewed-scrutiny/.

39. Naomi Lim, “Elizabeth Warren attacks Brett Kavanaugh for once saying, ‘What happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep,’ ” Washington Examiner, September 18, 2018, washingtonexaminer/news/elizabeth-warren-attacks-brett-kavanaugh-for-once-saying-what-happens-at-georgetown-prep-stays-at-georgetown-prep.

40. “CNN Airs Edited Kavanaugh Clips, Says It Shows ‘There Are Portions of His Childhood He’d Rather Not Come to Light,’ ” Grabien, grabien/story.php?id=194065.

41. Rebecca Morin, “Kavanaugh in 2015: ‘What happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep,’ ” Politico, September 18, 2018, politico/story/2018/09/18/kavanaugh-what-happens-geogetown-prep-828420; Washington Post (washingtonpost), ‘What happens at Georgetown Prep say at Georgetown Prep’: Kavanaugh remarks in 2015 speech get renewed scrutiny,” Twitter, September 19, 2018, 8:18 p.m., washingtonpost/status/1042613840335265792.

42. Jack Crowe, “Classmate of Kavanaugh Accuser Backtracks after Guilty Claim Goes Viral,” National Review, September 19, 2018, nationalreview/news/brett-kavanaugh-accusers-classmate-backtracks-after-guilty-claim-goes-viral/.

43. Domenico Montanaro, “Kavanaugh Accuser’s Classmate: ‘That It Happened Or Not, I Have No Idea,’ ” NPR, September 20, 2018, npr/2018/09/20/649787076/kavanaugh-accuser-classmate-that-it-happened-or-not-i-have-no-idea.

44. Jack Crowe, “Classmate of Kavanaugh Accuser Backtracks.”

45. Ken Dilanian, Brandy Zadrozny, and Ben Popken, “Accuser’s schoolmate says she recalls hearing of alleged Kavanaugh incident,” NBC News, September 19, 2018, nbcnews/politics/supreme-court/accuser-s-schoolmate-says-she-recalls-hearing-alleged-kavanaugh-incident-n911111.

46. Emily Peck, “Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A ‘Certain Way,’ Yale Student Was Told,” HuffPost, September 19, 2018, huffpost/entry/yale-student-brett-kavanaugh-clerkship-look_n_5ba2f051e4b0181540d9e2bb.

47. Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Jessica Glenza, “ ‘No accident’ Brett Kavanaugh’s female law clerks ‘looked like models,’ Yale professor told students,” The Guardian, September 20, 2018, theguardian/us-news/2018/sep/20/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-yale-amy-chua.

48. Adam Edelman and Kasie Hunt, “Yale Law dean: Reports that professor groomed female clerks for Kavanaugh ‘of enormous concern,’ NBC News,