Donald Trump‘s handpicked SCOTUS nominee is now facing a THIRD sexual misconduct accuser.
Just as Michael Avenatti promised earlier in the week, his new client has come forward with her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
Julie Swetnick, a D.C. native and former employee of the DOJ and Treasury Department, says she attended multiple house parties with Kavanaugh and his pal Mark Judge in the early ’80s.
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She attests in a public statement she witnessed “on numerous occasions” Kavanaugh engaging in “highly inappropriate conduct” including “the fondling and grabbing of girls without their consent” and attempts “to remove or shift girls’ clothing to expose private parts.”
Swetnick straight-up slams Kavanaugh’s recent claims that he was a virgin in high school, calling it “absolutely false and a lie,” attesting instead:
“I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their ‘turn’ with a girl inside the room. These boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh.”
That would certainly be more in line with his yearbook bragging which was recently uncovered.
But it wasn’t just wild high school sex; Swetnick says it was “rape.”
She says she learned Kavanaugh and others would “spike the punch” and purposely get girls “inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang raped’ in a side room or bedroom by a ‘train’ of numerous boys.”
Despite specifically avoiding the punch, she alleges she eventually fell victim herself:
“In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these ‘gang’ or ‘train’ rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present. Shortly after the incident, I shared what had transpired with at least two other people. During the incident, I was incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me. I believe I was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I was drinking.”
See Swetnick’s full sworn disclosure as released by Avenatti (below):
Below is my correspondence to Mr. Davis of moments ago, together with a sworn declaration from my client. We demand an immediate FBI investigation into the allegations. Under no circumstances should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed absent a full and complete investigation. pic.twitter.com/QHbHBbbfbE
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
Here is a picture of my client Julie Swetnick. She is courageous, brave and honest. We ask that her privacy and that of her family be respected. pic.twitter.com/auuSeHm5s0
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
Mark Judge’s lawyer has already responded, saying:
“Mr. Judge vehemently denies the allegations contained in the Swetnick affidavit.”
The same Mark Judge who refuses to testify before the Senate about any of this.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded by saying the White House “stands with Kavanaugh” — but Trump couldn’t leave it at that.
He tweeted:
Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past record and relationships – a total low-life!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2018
Going straight for Avenatti this time. Huh. Good luck.
“False accusations?” Like those crimes your fixer Cohen pled to? You are an habitual liar and complete narcissist who also is a disgrace as a president and an embarrassment to our nation. You are so inept that your “best and brightest” are Cohen and Giuliani. Let’s go.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
Well, it’s better Trump fight with a lawyer than call the women liars directly, as he has been doing — though this certainly is at the very least calling them liars indirectly.
Trump has maintained throughout that this is nothing but a smear campaign, tweeting just yesterday:
The Democrats are playing a high level CON GAME in their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. It is called the politics of destruction. Behind the scene the Dems are laughing. Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and his family!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2018
Of course, if Trump really believes all this is a Democratic “con game” why doesn’t he just call their bluff? Order the FBI to investigate. He has that power.
If they lie to the FBI, that’s a crime.
You’d think Trump of all people would know that — considering his own National Security Advisor and campaign foreign policy advisor were found guilty of it.
But he won’t do that. For the same reason the GOP scheduled a vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation for just hours after the testimony of first accuser Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday.
They have no intention of listening to ANY women on the matter.
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