Brett Kavanaugh is the Supreme Court Justice who was nominated in 2018 on a close party line vote after a contentious hearing in which a woman accused him of assaulting when he was in high school. At the hearing, he did not admit the accusation but say it was when he was a kid. He did not say he couldn't remember or he may have blacked out. Instead, he denied it categorically.
I think it was that denial that gave investigative journalists the motivation to search out the truth. This is the first such book out.
It's not enitrely clear, as you might expect with an accusation of conduct dating back more than 30 years. But I came away thinking it's more probable than not that he did it. And the corollary is he probably lied when he denied it last year. Also, he no longer conducts himself in a boorish manner. And finally, he is a very ambitious person who will do what it takes to get what he wants, which is a seat on the Supreme Court.
It's a good bit of work and interesting to see how they put it all together.
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