Democrats and many in the media speculated in late September that a calendar entry Brett Kavanaugh made on July 1, 1982, could shed light on an alleged party where Dr. Christine Blasey Ford claims the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her.
But a member of Blasey Ford’s legal team told Politico on Thursday that Blasey Ford does not believe the calendar entry describes the same party where she claims Kavanaugh attacked her.
Blasey Ford’s associate told Politico that had the California psychologist been interviewed by the FBI, she would have said “that she never considered July 1 as a possible date, because of some of the people listed on his calendar who she knew well and would have remembered.” (RELATED: Senate Tees Up Kavanaugh Confirmation On Close Vote)
Kavanaugh wrote in the calendar entry that he went to the house of a friend later identified at Timothy Gaudette along with high school friends Mark Judge, Patrick Smyth and Chris “Squi” Garrett.
The entry caught the attention of numerous Kavanaugh critics who asserted the party could be the one where Blasey Ford says she was accosted.
Ford claimed that in Summer 1982, Kavanaugh groped her and attempted to remove her clothing during a small gathering of friends at a house in Maryland. She said Judge was in the room with Kavanaugh at the time, and that Smyth and a friend of hers named Leland Keyser were in the house at the time of the incident.
Kavanaugh has denied the allegation, and Judge, Keyser and Smyth have also said they do not recall the party.
Ford says she does not recall the specific date or location of the incident.
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse called the calendar entry “powerful corroborating evidence” supporting Ford’s allegations.
Numerous news outlets said the calendar entry could help prove Ford’s case that she was at the party in question.
Ford’s allegations against Kavanaugh have derailed his confirmation process. Republican senators on Sept. 28 led by Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and Maine Sen. Susan Collins called for the FBI to conduct a short investigation into claims from Ford and two other women against Kavanaugh.
The Senate voted 51-49 Friday to move forward with a vote on whether to confirm the judge. The final vote is scheduled for Saturday.
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