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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Brett Kavanaugh knows truth of alleged sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford says in book

A composite of two images. On the left is a middle-aged white woman with blond hair and glasses, and on the left is a middle-aged white man in a suit.
In hearings in 2018, Christine Blasey Ford (left) accused Brett Kavanaugh, then a US supreme court nominee, of sexual assault. Photograph: AP

The US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh is not a “consummately honest person” and “must know” what really happened on the night more than 40 years ago when he allegedly sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, his accuser writes in an eagerly awaited memoir.

A research psychologist from northern California, Ford was thrust into the spotlight in September 2018 as Kavanaugh, a Bush aide turned federal judge, became Donald Trump’s second conservative court nominee. Her allegations almost derailed Kavanaugh’s appointment and created headlines around the world.

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