Michael Avenatti has presented the Senate with a sworn affidavit by yet another client of his, who claims she is able to corroborate the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Julie Swetnick.
2/ Before getting to her allegations, this new accuser—whose name has been sent to Congress along with this *sworn* affidavit (i.e., made under penalty of perjury)—offers herself as a character witness in support of *both* Dr. Ford *and* Julie Swetnick in terms of their honesty.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
4/ This new witness says she knows Kavanaugh *and* Judge—*and* shares *many* mutual friends with each—*and* was friends with their friends. *And* she attended *20* house parties where *both* Kavanaugh and Judge were present. This is, therefore, a *major* new *percipient* witness.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
6/ If the sworn statement is true, all its elements are CORROBORATED by other evidence: Kavanaugh/Judge drinking underage; both getting "aggressive" and being "verbally abusive" to women and—most importantly—*sexual assaults* ("[unsolicited] physical contact of a sexual nature").
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
8/ The new accuser also confirms Kavanaugh's vomiting (CORROBORATION includes "The Ralph Club" and *many* other witnesses) and Kavanaugh drinking to the point of incoherence (CORROBORATION includes *many* other witnesses, including Ludington, Brookes, Swisher, Roche, and others).
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
10/ There is CORROBORATION for the claim Kavanaugh drank *more than beer* in high school and college, a fact he seemed to be at pains to hide and which evasion now makes more sense than before (as no one spikes anything with beer, you really have to possess and use hard alcohol).
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
12/ The reason this isn't a weakness is because it follows a legal form of sorts: when you say you "understood" something to be the case in an affidavit, but do not claim direct testimonial knowledge—e.g. a confession—occurred, you are saying that something was *your impression*.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
14/ So this accuser is being *quite* responsible: she's saying what she saw, and saying how she interpreted what she saw—and to be clear, her interpretation is, let's be frank, the *universal interpretation* in such a situation—but she's not claiming Kavanaugh "confessed" to her.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
16/ The new accuser *also* asks to be interviewed by the FBI, and says she can give the FBI multiple CORROBORATING WITNESSES who confirm her account—and therefore Swetnick's—in all relevant particulars. This is major news—but, incredibly, it's not clear the FBI will speak to her.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
18/ It's difficult to imagine a world in which a) the White House and Senate say they've given the FBI free rein to do this supplemental background check, and b) the FBI ignores a sworn statement alleging sexual assault when they have *three more days* to investigate the nominee.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
20/ So I hope, given everything in this thread and the news that Trump is now openly mocking a sexual assault victim—Dr. Ford—at a campaign-style rally in Mississippi tonight, people will understand why I'm asking anyone willing to do so to RETWEET the pinned tweet on this feed.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 3, 2018
That sound you hear must be the calvary charging down the hill — or wait, could it be the sound of dominoes?
Dominoes, folks.
We're at the dominoes stage. pic.twitter.com/TZ3Fl7uPQD— ⚜️⚜️Natalie Ball⚜️⚜️ (@MzSailiante) October 3, 2018
I love the sound of dominoes on a crisp, fall night. It sounds like Republican nominees getting squished.
