A case of mistaken identity?

powerlineblog.com ^ | 9/19/18 | Paul Mirengoff

[cotton1706]

Yesterday, word circulated in certain quarters of the D.C. legal/public policy community that the assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh may be a case of mistaken identity. In other words, the incident happened, but the perpetrator wasn’t Kavanaugh.

In the version I heard, the assault was committed by a guy who attended the Landon School, not Georgetown Prep where Kavanaugh was a student. Landon and Georgetown Prep are both elite prep schools in the prosperous Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Having no idea whether this information is reliable, I wrote nothing about it. I was struck, however, by this tweet by Ed Whelan from last night:

By one week from today, I expect that Judge Kavanaugh will have been clearly vindicated on this matter. Specifically, I expect that compelling evidence will show his categorical denial to be truthful. There will be no cloud over him.

I’ve known Ed for years and have read “Bench Memos” regularly since its inception. He’s a pretty cautious guy, and not prone to wishful thinking. Thus, I was surprised by the boldness of his tweet.

[JimRed]

Raising that possibility gives Ford an “out”, an undeserved one.

[JimRed]

I doubt it's mistaken identity though - she knows it wasn't Kavanaugh, even if it did happen.

But an "out" that gives her protection from punishment for lying.

[trebb]

I guess “interesting” might be one of the adjectives describing it....it told me how one can feel when accused of something they didn’t do, hadn’t even had an idea than accusation was coming and only have the inner knowledge that “it wasn’t me” to rely on..if the ex-wife hadn’t been hell-bent on catching me, she might have never believed I wasn’t messing around on her.