Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Blumenthal When Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, an unwilling witness, was persuaded to come out of the closet and give public testimony concerning her allegations that then Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh had molested her decades earlier, U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal was among the first out of the gate to credit what turned out to be a poorly supported allegation. The authors of a 2019 book, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation”, noted that a high school friend of Ford’s who, Ford testified, was at the party where the alleged assault took place initially stated that, while she did not recall the evening in question, she never-the-less believed Ford’s claim of sexual assault by Kavanaugh. The author’s interview of the testifier revealed that her friend, a Democrat who was not in the same room during the alleged assault, had felt pressured to corroborate Ford's account. Ford herself was pressured to make an appearance before the investigation committ...