Zippyjuan
10-02-2018, 12:20 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texts-between-ex-classmates-suggest-kavanaugh-may-have-known-about-accusers-allegation-earlier-than-he-let-on
Text messages between two former classmates of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and one of the women who has accused him of sexual misconduct suggest Kavanaugh and members of his team were working alongside friends to discredit the allegations before they were made public, according to a report Monday.
The text messages show correspondence between Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage, who both attended Yale University with Kavanaugh and Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party their freshman year of college in the 1980s, an allegation that was made public on Sept. 23 in the New Yorker. Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that he was not aware of Ramirez’s allegations until the article was published.
But the text messages raise questions about whether Kavanaugh expected Ramirez to bring forward her allegation, as a memo written by Berchem details that Kavanaugh “and/or" his friends “may have initiated an anticipatory narrative” as soon as July in an effort to keep the allegations hidden or raise doubts about Ramirez, NBC News reports.
Several texts that were exchanged before the New Yorker piece was published also show that Yarasavage had been communicating with “Brett’s guy” and with “Brett.” The texts show that Kavanaugh wanted Yarasavage to go on the record to deny Ramirez’s allegations.
The texts also indicate that Kavanaugh retrieved a copy of a photograph from friends featuring him with Berchem, Yarasavage, and Ramirez. The photo was taken at a 1997 wedding and was intended to show that he was smiling with Ramirez. However, Bercham told Yarasavage that Ramirez was trying to avoid Kavanaugh at the wedding.
https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_40/2584646/1810101-kavanaugh-ramirez-inline-circles-mn-1125_e94f62d67a6c9cd04c78877ad4db2c7f.fit-760w.jpg
From left, Deborah Ramirez, Kerry E. Berchem, Doug Millet, Karen Yarasavage, Kevin Genda, Brett Kavanaugh and David White pose for a photo at the rehearsal dinner before the wedding of Yarasavage and Genda in 1997.
More at link.
Text messages between two former classmates of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and one of the women who has accused him of sexual misconduct suggest Kavanaugh and members of his team were working alongside friends to discredit the allegations before they were made public, according to a report Monday.
The text messages show correspondence between Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage, who both attended Yale University with Kavanaugh and Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party their freshman year of college in the 1980s, an allegation that was made public on Sept. 23 in the New Yorker. Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that he was not aware of Ramirez’s allegations until the article was published.
But the text messages raise questions about whether Kavanaugh expected Ramirez to bring forward her allegation, as a memo written by Berchem details that Kavanaugh “and/or" his friends “may have initiated an anticipatory narrative” as soon as July in an effort to keep the allegations hidden or raise doubts about Ramirez, NBC News reports.
Several texts that were exchanged before the New Yorker piece was published also show that Yarasavage had been communicating with “Brett’s guy” and with “Brett.” The texts show that Kavanaugh wanted Yarasavage to go on the record to deny Ramirez’s allegations.
The texts also indicate that Kavanaugh retrieved a copy of a photograph from friends featuring him with Berchem, Yarasavage, and Ramirez. The photo was taken at a 1997 wedding and was intended to show that he was smiling with Ramirez. However, Bercham told Yarasavage that Ramirez was trying to avoid Kavanaugh at the wedding.
https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_40/2584646/1810101-kavanaugh-ramirez-inline-circles-mn-1125_e94f62d67a6c9cd04c78877ad4db2c7f.fit-760w.jpg
From left, Deborah Ramirez, Kerry E. Berchem, Doug Millet, Karen Yarasavage, Kevin Genda, Brett Kavanaugh and David White pose for a photo at the rehearsal dinner before the wedding of Yarasavage and Genda in 1997.
More at link.