claim regarding Kavanaugh,” NBC News, October 25, 2018, nbcnews/politics/justice-department/new-questions-raised-about-avenatti-claims-regarding-kavanaugh-n924596.
33. Office of the Chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley, “Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation of Numerous Allegations Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh During the Senate Confirmation Proceedings,” Exhibit 51.
34. Elizabeth Bazelon and Ben Protess, “At Beery Yale, Curses, Fists, Glass, Blood And a Student,” New York Times, October 2, 2018, A13.
35. Andrew Kugle, “Hirono: Kavanaugh Throwing Ice at Someone in College is ‘Very Relevant,’ Reason FBI Must Investigate,” The Washington Free Beacon, October 2, 2018, freebeacon/politics/hirono-kavanaugh-throwing-ice-college-relevant-reason-fbi-investigate/.
36. David Bauder, “Times says it was wrong to have writer on Kavanaugh story,” AP News, October 2, 2018, apnews/9de214e064cd4f58b328b63d645d41d3.
37. Heidi Przybyla and Leigh Ann Caldwell, “Text messages suggest Kavanaugh wanted to refute accuser’s claim before it became public,” NBC News, October 1, 2018, nbcnews/politics/supreme-court/mutual-friend-ramirez-kavanaugh-anxious-come-forward-evidence-n915566.
38. The Judiciary Committee included the text exchange as an exhibit in its November 2 memorandum regarding the Kavanaugh confirmation. They also indicated that committee investigators discussed the texts by phone with her on October 3, although Berchem still continued to falsely claim she had not been contacted by the committee. The Yarasavage-Berchem texts are quoted throughout this section. Office of the Chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley, “Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation of Numerous Allegations Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh During the Senate Confirmation Proceedings,” Exhibit 31, judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-11-02%20Kavanaugh%20Report.pdf.
39. Ibid., Exhibit 50, Transcript of Kavanaugh Phone Interview, 17.
40. Nancy Dillon, “Letter reveals what Yale alum saw at Brett Kavanaugh‘s frat house that ‘shocked’ him,” Daily News, October 2, 2018, nydailynews/news/ny-news-tad-low-report-kavanaugh-frat-20181002-story.html.
41. Jack Crowe, “Grassley Smacks Down Latest Kavanaugh Allegation,” National Review, October 2, 2018, nationalreview/news/chuck-grassley-smacks-down-latest-brett-kavanaugh-allegation/.
42. BlazeTV (BlazeTV), “PROTESTOR: “If he would [take] a polygraph, this would be all over, Senator Graham.” GRAHAM: “Why don’t we dunk him in water and see if he floats.” Who is this new LindseyGrahamSC!?!?!” Twitter, October 4, 2018, 8:53 a.m., BlazeTV/status/1047877264434589698.
Chapter Eleven: Mrs. Collins Goes to Washington
1. Jeffrey Cimmino, “McConnell Hammers Dems on Kavanaugh Nomination: ‘Their Goalposts Keep Shifting, but Their Goal Hasn’t Moved an Inch,’ ” The Washington Free Beacon, October 1, 2018, freebeacon/politics/mcconnell-hammers-dems-moving-goalposts-kavanaugh-nomination/.
2. Nikki Schwab, “Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony,” New York Post, October 2, 2018, nypost/2018/10/02/trump-mocks-christine-blasey-fords-senate-testimony/.
3. E.J. Dionne Jr., “Trump’s lying, mocking, despicable verbal mugging of Christine Blasey Ford,” Washington Post, October 3, 2018, washingtonpost/opinions/trumps-lying-mocking-despicable-verbal-mugging-of-christine-blasey-ford/2018/10/03/7906e5a4-c73a-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html.
4. Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, “The F.B.I Probe Ignored Testimonies From Former Classmates of Kavanaugh,” New Yorker, October 3, 2018, newyorker/news/news-desk/will-the-fbi-ignore-testimonies-from-kavanaughs-former-classmates.
5. Natalie Andrews, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Sadie Gurman, “Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement,” Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2018, wsj/articles/friend-of-dr-ford-felt-pressure-to-revisit-statement-1538715152.
6. Terry Moran (TerryMoran), “WRONG. Monica Mclean, retired FBI SSA and friend of Ford, gave ABC this statement: “I have NEVER had Christine Blasey Ford, or anybody else, prepare me, or provide any other type of assistance whatsoever in connection with any polygraph exam I have taken at anytime.” Twitter, October 3, 2018, 7:13 a.m., terrymoran/status/1047489913720115202.
7. Laura Collins, “Leland Keyser told the FBI she felt pressured by friends of Christine Ford to revise her statement saying she didn’t remember the party where Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted Ford–not that it had never happened,” Daily Mail, October 5, 2018, dailymail/news/article-6244715/Leland-Keyser-told-FBI-felt-pressured-friends-Christine-Ford-revise-statement.html.
8. Sara Corcoran, “Opinion: An Open Letter to Leland Ingham Keyser,” Daily Caller, October 1, 2018, dailycaller/2018/10/01/letter-leland-ingham-keyser/.
9. Psalm 34:5.
10. John Paul Stevens, “Former Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court,” C-SPAN, October 4, 2018, c-span/video/?451375-1/retired-justice-stevens-judge-kavanaughs-hearing-performance-disqualifying.
11. Brett Kavanaugh, “I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge,” Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2018, wsj/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822.
12. Erik Brady, “Opinion: Is Brett Kavanaugh right that he can no longer coach girls basketball?” USA Today, September 28, 2018, usatoday/story/sports/columnist/erik-brady/2018/09/28/brett-kavanaugh-right-he-can-no-longer-coach-girls-basketball/1459496002/; Erik Wemple, “USA Today essentially retracts Kavanaugh-shouldn’t-coach piece,” Washington Post, October 1, 2018, washingtonpost/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/10/01/usa-today-essentially-retracts-kavanaugh-shouldnt-coach-opinion-piece/?utm_term=.60cfacb0ff42.
13. Molly Ball, “Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation is Now the Ultimate Test of Political Power in 2018,” Time, September 20, 2018, time/5401624/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation/.
14. Judson Berger, “Susan Collins reveals vulgar, threatening voicemails left during Kavanaugh confirmation,” Fox News, December 19, 2018, foxnews/politics/susan-collins-reveals-profane-threatening-voicemails-left-during-kavanaugh-confirmation.
15. Ian Mason, “Leftists Confront Sex Assault Survivor Who Supports Kavanaugh,” Breitbart, October 5, 2018, breitbart/clips/2018/10/05/leftists-confront-sex-assault-survivor-who-supports-kavanaugh/.
16. Eli Rosenberg, “Activists Raised $1 Million to Defeat Susan Collins if She Votes for Kavanaugh. She Says It’s Bribery,” Washington Post, September 12, 2018, washingtonpost/politics/2018/09/12/activists-raised-million-defeat-susan-collins-if-she-votes-kavanaugh-she-says-its-bribery/. While the crowd-funders maintained that their donation would not officially qualify as a bribe, Collins disagreed, supported by a prominent election lawyer. David A. Patten, “Group Threatens Sen. Collins with $1.3 Million Donation Over Kavanaugh Vote,” Newsmax, September 10, 2018, newsmax/newsfront/susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court/2018/09/10/id/881082/.
17. James Pindell, “With Brett Kavanaugh vote, Susan Collins is in middle of a firestorm,” Boston Globe, September 18, 2018, bostonglobe/news/nation/2018/09/18/angry-calls-threats-thousands-hangers-susan-collins-middle-political-firestorm/EO1XqIK0cUCyYV8jbxhf5J/story.html.
18. Collins’s floor speech will be quoted throughout this section. Susan Collins, “Senate Floor Speech in Support of Brett Kavanaugh,” C-SPAN via