The accusations being unceremoniously lobbed at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have officially reached peak absurdity, and thanks to none other than Stormy Daniels’ fame-seeking attorney, Michael Avenatti.
It all started on Sunday when Avenatti took to Twitter to make the explosive claim that he was representing “a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and classmate Mark Judge.” He later shared a screenshot of an email that he’d sent to Mike Davis, the chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which he specifically accused Kavanaugh and Judge of targeting “women with alcohol/drugs in order to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.”
My e-mail of moments ago with Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. We demand that this process be thorough, open and fair, which is what the American public deserves. It must not be rushed and evidence/witnesses must not be hidden. pic.twitter.com/11XLZJBTtY
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018
Having sufficiently worked the mainstream media into a frothing frenzy with these claims, Avenatti’s client, Juliet Swetnick, revealed herself on Wednesday – and her story is just as unbelievable as Christine Blasey Ford’s.
In a sworn declaration shared exclusively with Avenatti, Swetnick claimed that she “attended well over ten house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the years 1981-1983 where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present,” and where she “witnessed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively and engage in highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls and not taking ‘No’ for an answer.”
Further, Swetnick claimed that she “also witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh, and others to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang-raped’ in a side room or bedroom by numerous boys” – exactly the language that Avenatti used in his previous email to Davis.
Below is my correspondence to Mr. Davis of moments ago, together with a sworn declaration from my client. We demand an immediate FBI investigation into the allegations. Under no circumstances should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed absent a full and complete investigation. pic.twitter.com/QHbHBbbfbE
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
If true, these are damning claims. However, as with Ford, Swetnick’s story just has too many holes to float.
First, Swetnick claims that she voluntarily attended ten of these house parties over a span of two years, where she allegedly witnessed Judge and Kavanaugh run their rape train scheme “on numerous occasions.” If that’s true, why in the world did she keep attending the parties?
“Hey, are you going to this weekend’s Kavanaugh/Judge gang rape party?”
“I want to, but I’m not sure if I have anything to wear?”
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) September 26, 2018
Second, Swetnick specifically claims that she witnessed Judge and Kavanaugh’s inappropriate conduct “on one occasion in Ocean City, Maryland during Beach Week.” Notably, this claim conveniently emerged AFTER Kavanaugh had already provided a calendar to his lawyers clearly indicating that he was at a “Beach Week” from June 6-11, 1982.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that Avenatti’s allegation didn’t slot in an alleged date (“Beach Week”) until after Kavanaugh’s calendars were made public, using the exact term he put on his calendar. https://t.co/JjZewp9DVi
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 26, 2018
BEACH WEEK. (Entry in Kavanaugh calendar, as provided by his lawyers): pic.twitter.com/COAijiu9BU
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) September 26, 2018
Finally, like Ford, Swetnick does not have any witnesses to corroborate her story, claiming only that “other women” also told her about Judge and Kavanaugh’s behavior.
I read Avenati’s “Swetnick declaration.” Legally it’s garbage because of the phrase “and others” in each allegation. That includes 6 billion suspects. Nice try, Julie. It’s too late to include her in the hearing tomorrow. That’s the point. Let the garbage stick after the hearing. pic.twitter.com/PrrtCgnuUL
— Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) September 26, 2018
BREAKING: Congressional sources say new Kavanaugh accuser Swetnick can offer no eyewitness or other evidence to show the SCOTUS nominee participated in any alleged “gang rape” or forced himself on girls, and that she only personally witnessed him drinking “excessively” at parties
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) September 26, 2018
As for Kavanaugh, he issued a strong denial of Swetnick’s claim – and he couldn’t have described the situation more aptly or succinctly. “This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is and this never happened,” he said.
If Congress hopes to keep this country from falling further into the Twilight Zone, they will confirm Kavanaugh on Thursday and not allow liberals to tank a person’s career over nothing more than “he said/she said.”