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2018/10/02(火) 07:25:32.73ID:IAU4HVbaText messages suggest Kavanaugh wanted to refute accuser's claim before it
became public
A former classmate of the Supreme Court nominee has reached out to the FBI but
hasn't received a response.
by Heidi Przybyla and Leigh Ann Caldwell / Oct.02.2018 / 6:39 AM GMT+9
最高裁判事の候補であるブレット・カバノー氏がイェール大学時代のクラスメイトに送
ったテキストメッセージは、彼が性的不品行告発事件の報道される前に、事前に告発に
反論する動きをしていたことを示す
WASHINGTON ? In the days leading up to a public allegation that Supreme Court
nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to a college classmate, the judge and his
team were communicating behind the scenes with friends to refute the claim,
according to text messages obtained by NBC News.
Kerry Berchem, who was at Yale with both Kavanaugh and his accuser, Deborah
Ramirez, has tried to get those messages to the FBI for its newly reopened investigation
into the matter but says she has yet to be contacted by the bureau.
The texts between Berchem and Karen Yarasavage, both friends of Kavanaugh, suggest
that the nominee was personally talking with former classmates about Ramirez’s story
in advance of the New Yorker article that made her allegation public. In one message,
Yarasavage said Kavanaugh asked her to go on the record in his defense. Two other
messages show communication between Kavanaugh's team and former classmates in
advance of the story.
The texts also demonstrate that Kavanaugh and Ramirez were more socially connected
than previously understood and that Ramirez was uncomfortable around Kavanaugh
when they saw each other at a wedding 10 years after they graduated. Berchem's efforts
also show that some potential witnesses have been unable to get important information
to the FBI.（ry
