Posted on 09/30/2018 4:07:29 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A man who attended Yale University with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh went on the record on Sunday accusing Kavanaugh of "mischaracterizing" his alcohol consumption during last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Chad Ludington in an interview with The New York Times said he saw Kavanaugh "staggering from alcohol consumption" multiple times, describing him as a "belligerent and aggressive" drunk.
"It is truth that is at stake, and I believe that the ability to speak the truth, even when it does not reflect well upon oneself, is a paramount quality we seek in our nation’s most powerful judges,” Ludington said in a statement, according to the Times.
Ludington said Kavanaugh during the hearing downplayed the "degree and frequency" of his drinking. He told the Times that the FBI has asked him to share his story at the bureau's Raleigh, N.C., office on Monday.
It is unclear if his testimony will play a role in the week-long FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh, the Times reported.
Several other classmates in recent days have accused Kavanaugh of misleading Congress over his alcohol consumption. Former FBI Director James Comey in a Times op-ed published Sunday charged Kavanaugh with "lying" under oath.
Kavanaugh throughout the hearing insisted that he has never blacked out or passed out due to alcohol consumption.
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of assaulting her in 1982, has said that Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were intoxicated during the incident.
Kavanaugh told outside counsel Rachel Mitchell during the hearing that he has never "passed out" from drinking.
"I’ve gone to sleep," he said. "But I’ve never blacked out, that’s the allegation. And that’s, that’s wrong."
Kavanaugh appeared agitated by questions from Democratic senators about his history with partying and drinking, at one point asking Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) if she has ever blacked out due to alcohol consumption.
"I like beer,” he said in response to one of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-R.I.) questions. “Do you like beer, senator? What do you like to drink?"
He said repeatedly that he likes beer but does not drink heavily.
The FBI probe will last a week and investigate Ford's allegation as well as claims from Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself without her consent during a Yale University party in the 1980s.
Ramirez reportedly spoke to the FBI on Sunday.
One accuser a day, as I predicted. The first was some women who was proud to claim she was a registered republican and said BK was an excessive drinker at Yale. She can’t imagine he didn’t have blackouts. That was late Friday evening.
Now another “he was a real drunk” story. Just set up for the finale the dems have planned near the end of the week. They have no doubt bought another liar to tell about Kavanaugh being involved in another incident of sexual misconduct. This time the dems will go all the way, they will have paid people who will corroborate.
They know the FBI probe will clear him, so they need another “serious” charge to finish him off.
I drank like a thirsty lunatic in college. Never assaulted any woman in any way. The two are not related, plus aren’t these allegations from high school? God, they’re grasping at anything.
You know guys I’ll admit I’m a teetotaler, so maybe I’m the type of person they think they can sway with this pathetic attempt at new angle for the week.
Ain’t buying it as a disqualifier.
The drunk of the campus doesn’t add up to #1 in his class - unless of course he’s a SUPER genius, in which case we need him even more.
They read Judge’s book. They know the guy liked his brewskies. Then they found the yearbook, and BOOM they launched this entire POS #BoofGate scandal.
I believe nothing in this article including the assertion that this Chad Ludington exists.
Hey now... Justice Kagan may have some liberal views (though not NEARLY as to the left as Ginsberg/Sotomayor/et al.) - but she and the late Justice Scalia were hunting buddies AND she hired Brett Kavanaugh to teach at Harvard back in the 2000s. Because she wanted to make sure more conservative-minded faculty were represented.
Yup.
Are you all calling for Prohibition, Part Two....21st Century???
As I keep saying, week was a huge mistake by all including Trump.
The fence sitters are still gonna vote no with all this further mud.
I mentioned to some one today, its Sunday the week end, wait till the store opens up on Monday, the line will be out the door as Dem ops have been handing out 100’s like candy all week end lining them up.
Guaren F’en’ted
This bastard’s a univ professor. I figured either that or a bureaucrat before I even looked it up. This liar figures to make himself a hero in the libby-dib community.
Lousy scoundrels. May he get his just desserts. And soon.
“Again I say thanks to McConnell and Grassley for slow rolling this through allowing time for all this manufactured BS to come out.”
The senate is a mess. Lowlifes & treacherous scumbags everywhere.
Do you remember all those classmates who came forward and told what a raging drunk K was when the FBI investigated him six times already??? Nope, I don’t remember anyone saying that either.
Unless they have video, photos of him passed out..hearsay.
He did focus a little too much on his love for beer..maybe to counter reports like this. He can say, well I didn’t hide the fact..yes, I drank beer..who didn’t during those years!?
Righto! We need a whole new Senate. These old farts have got to go!
Gee, who ever heard of an Irish Catholic who likes drinking?
Is that what I wrote I dont think so, just sayen Kavster said too much about his drinking and as you and any one with a brain (maybe) can see it will be used against him as it is and its only Sunday.
Something in law about “opening that door” and he should have kept it closed.
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