And Republicans, who had silently listened to Ford’s testimony, rose to his defense with angry charges against the other party. “Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him,” the president tweeted moments after the hearing concluded. In her testimony, Ford was calm and at times clinical in describing how memory works, drawing on her training as a psychologist. When asked what she remembered the most about her encounter with Kavanaugh, Ford replied: “Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two. Kavanaugh, who did not watch Ford’s testimony, said her assertion that he assaulted her was untrue.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2018 17:27 UTC