The main test for Dr. Blasey was whether she could appear credible before the senators, especially Republicans who have suggested that she is suffering from a case of mistaken identity — or that she has partisan motives. She also poked holes in the mistaken identity theory when she described how she and Judge Kavanaugh met when their social circles intersected. “This is how I met Brett Kavanaugh, the boy who eventually assaulted me,” she said. Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, when asked if he found Dr. Blasey credible, answered: “Let me suggest this. He addressed directly the portrait Dr. Blasey painted of him as a drunken young man who tried to rape her and muffled her screams as she pleaded for help.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2018 16:39 UTC