By Bill Hoffmann and David A. Patten – newsmax.com – September 22, 2018

With news this weekend that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will likely testify this week, her claims of what actually happened and her true motive for coming forward will be determined by Americans watching the televised hearings and seeing first-hand her answers to Senate questions.

The one thing that Republicans and Democrats alike seem to agree on regarding the sexual assault allegations leveled by Blasey Ford against Judge Brett Kavanaugh: The complete truth about what happened at a teen party in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., 36 years ago probably will never be known.

1. The New York Times reported that over the summer you texted a long-time friend and asked if you had ever confided a sexual assault that occurred to you in high school. Now, everyone has a different power of recollection: But is a conversation with a close friend about a sexual assault that you experienced something you would likely forget?
2. Who else have you contacted asking if they remembered you mentioning the alleged incident? What were their responses, if any?
3. You were 15 years of age when this incident allegedly happened. Press reports indicate you told no one for 36 years. Is this true? There was no girlfriend, family member, school counselor to whom you even mentioned you had, at the least, an unsettling experience?
4. In your July 30 letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, you stated “I have received medical treatment regarding the assault.” This “medical treatment” — was that a reference to the couples therapy in 2012, when you first told someone you had been sexually assaulted? Do you consider this one-off mention of the incident “medical treatment”?
5. Would you waive doctor-client confidentiality and allow investigators to interview your therapist?
6. Your July 30 letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein did not specify a year when the assault took place. Was that because you did not remember what year the assault took place?
7. Your correspondence also did not state the location of the party, beyond placing it in a “suburban Maryland area home.” Press reports indicate you do not remember where the party or incident took place. Now, it would be difficult to recall a specific address from 36 years ago, but can you be any more specific as to the location?
8. How did you arrive at the party that night? Did someone drop you off? Who hosted the party? Were any friends or family present?
9. Have you ever met Judge Kavanaugh before or after the party?
10. Your correspondence states that after the assault, you left the house and went home. You were about 15, too young to drive. How did you get home that night?
11. The Judiciary Committee’s investigators have received statements from Mark Judge, and at least one other individual who was said to have been at the party that night, stating they had no recollection of the events you describe. They did so under penalty of a perjury conviction that would lead to up to 5 years in prison if convicted. Why do you think their account differs so drastically from yours?
12. Did you sustain any bruises, abrasions, or other injuries during the incident, that could have later been observed by anyone else?
13. You felt your life was in danger, but you did not notify any law enforcement entity to file a report, is that correct? Have you ever notified any member of law enforcement of the alleged sexual assault you experienced?
14. You indicated you had no interest in coming public in this matter, but yet you contacted your “local government representative” about the alleged assault on July 6 of this year. And then on July 30 you wrote your letter to Sen. Feinstein. Did you believe contacting both your Congresswoman and Senator would keep this matter confidential?
15. In your letter you stated you decided to come forward because you had a sense of guilt that it would be wrong to remain silent. Your attorney has insisted in the media that your decision to come forward was not politically motivated. You are a registered Democrat in California, you have donated to Democratic campaign organizations, including the Bernie Sanders campaign, and left-leaning organizations like ActBlue. You have also protested wearing a “brain cap” against President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut science funding. Suppose Judge Kavanaugh was a Democrat and had been nominated by President Barack Obama. Would you still have come forward?
16. Have you worked, at any point, with the liberal interest group Demand Justice, which is headed by Paige Herwig, a former aide to Sen. Feinstein?
17. After the assault, did you ever notate this encounter in a journal, diary, or letter written either to yourself or anyone else?
18. Again, you indicated you never wanted or expected to become a public accuser. Yet you also took a private polygraph before your name surfaced in the press. Why did you take this rather expensive and non-conclusive test if you never thought your allegations would be public?
19. How many times did you take the polygraph? If you did it more than once, will you share all of the results?
20. Again, if you had no interest in going public, why did you reach out to others, like your childhood friend, in an effort to corroborate your account?
21. There were reports you initially told your couples therapist that there were four people other than you in the room during the attack. Later, you said there were two other people in the room, and two outside the room. What can you tell us about the cause of the discrepancy over how many people were in the room when the attack reportedly occurred?
22. Why did you wait until 2012 to talk about your experience, and what was it that made you change your mind and decide, after three decades of silence, that you would speak about it?
23. As you know, in recent months the “Me Too” movement has made a major impact in the culture, exposing powerful individuals who had a pattern of predatory, reprehensible behavior. You have testified that you suffered a sexual assault by Judge Kavanaugh 36 years ago when you were both teenagers. Of course, no instance of assault is acceptable. But aside from that incident you have reported, are you aware of any other instance of sexual predation or sexually aggressive misconduct associated with Judge Kavanaugh that would fit into such a pattern?

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