Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Co-Authored Article on Hypnotic Memory Retrieval

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There are coincidences, then there are coincidences that convince you that truth really is stranger than fiction.

Scene: Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor, has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Turmp’s Supreme Court nominee, of forcibly groping her at a high school party. Ford has testified under oath that the incident occurred, despite having no knowledge of the date, the location, of even the exact circumstances of how the incident happened.

In fact, Ford contradicted her story multiple times while testifying, leaving the question of whether or not she should be criminally prosecuted hanging in the air. (RELATED: Sen. Brian Schatz Says It’s a Crime to Lie Before the Senate – Implicates Christine Blasey Ford.)

Ford’s inability to actually provide any details that could be used to corroborate her account has many questioning her entire story. Now, we’ve just learned something really interesting that raises further questions about her accusations.

Sean Davis of The Federalist reports that Ford co-authored an academic journal article on how hypnosis can be used to retrieve lost memories.

Davis writes: “While the paper by Ford and several other co-authors focused on whether various therapeutic techniques, including hypnosis, alleviate depression, it also discussed the therapeutic use of hypnosis to “assist in the retrieval of important memories” and to “create artificial situations” to assist in treatment.”

Why is this important? For a number of reasons actually. One, Ford testified that she never told anyone about the incident until a couple’s therapy session in 2012. From a New York Times report: “Dr. Blasey said she did not share a detailed account of the incident with anyone until 2012, when she and her husband, Russell Ford, an engineer, met with a couples therapist, according to a Washington Post interview.”

The results of the sessions were shared with The Washington Post in one of the original stories detailing her accusation. (RELATED: There’s a Discrepancy in Kavanaugh Accuser’s Account of Sexual Assault.) The author of the story, Emma Brown, reportedly saw the therapist’s notes. She wrote: ” The therapist’s notes, portions of which were provided by Ford and reviewed by The Washington Post, do not mention Kavanaugh’s name but say she reported that she was attacked by students ‘from an elitist boys’ school’ who went on to become ‘highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.'”

Ford did, in fact, turn over a portion of the original therapist notes to The Washington Post. There’s a big problem, however. Those same therapist notes were never shared with the Senate Judiciary Committee. (RELATED: Christine Blasey Ford’s Legal Team Withholds Key Evidence from Senate Judiciary Committee.)

During Ford’s testimony, she actually said she couldn’t remember whether or not she showed the notes to The Washington Post.

Here’s why that matters. Ford says she never told anyone about the alleged groping incident with Kavanaugh until her therapy session in 2012. She won’t turn the notes from that session over to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Phil Kerpin explains that’s important as it relates to the paper Ford co-authored on hypnosis-aided memory therapy:

Does this mean Ford visited a hypnotist with her husband in 2012 and seemingly recovered memories of Kavanaugh assaulting her?

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No, it doesn’t mean that. But Ford’s reluctance to hand over the therapist notes makes her story all the more questionable. And since coincidences don’t exist in politics, it’s very curious that Ford is well-versed in hypnosis therapy and memory retrieval.

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