Christine Blasey Ford Completely Dismisses Conspiracy Theory About Kavanaugh Allegations

Christine Blasey Ford responded tonight to a conspiracy theory spread around Twitter about her allegation of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh.

The conspiracy theory was pushed by Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on Twitter earlier today.

Whelan suggested (in a Twitter thread including maps and floor plans) that there is a case of mistaken identity going on and even named one former classmate of Kavanaugh’s in particular while saying, “To be clear, I have no idea what, if anything, did or did not happen in that bedroom at the top of the stairs, and I therefore do not state, imply or insinuate that [this person] or anyone else committed the sexual assault that Ford alleges.”

Whelan was widely condemned for spreading the identity of this classmate on social media. Ford issued a statement to the Washington Post saying he’s just flat-out wrong:

Whelan… pointed to floor plans, online photographs and other information to suggest a location for the house party in suburban Maryland that Ford described. He also named and posted photographs of the classmate he suggested could be responsible.

Ford dismissed Whelan’s theory in a statement late Thursday: “I knew them both, and socialized with” them, Ford said, adding that she had once visited the other classmate in the hospital. “There is zero chance that I would confuse them.”

The Post‘s report notes that “Republicans on Capitol Hill and White House officials immediately sought to distance themselves from Whelan’s claims.”

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