17. Brian Fallon (@brianefallon), “If Senate GOP ignores Dr. Blasey Ford and tries to muscle an attempted rapist onto the Supreme Court: 1. They will pay dearly this November. 2. Senators up in 2020 (Collins, Gardner et al) will feel intense heat for next two years. 3. Kavanaugh will not serve for life.” Twitter, September 27, 2018, 4:16 p.m., https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1045452225454239744.
18. The plan had always been for senators to take over when Mitchell was done. Her role was not to help Kavanaugh to defend himself through her questioning, nor was it to cross-examine him. It was impossible to continue questioning the nominee for the remainder of the hearing about an incident he said had not taken place and for which there was no evidence apart from Ford’s bald assertion. But Mitchell was unaware of the procedure to cede control of the questioning back to the senators, and worried that if she asked only her remaining short questions at the outset of a five-minute block that she might forfeit the remainder of that time. So she signaled she was done just before Senator Graham’s segment began.
19. Samuel Chamberlain, “Kavanaugh’s prep school friends say ‘Devil’s Triangle’ was a drinking game,” Fox News, October 4, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kavanaughs-prep-school-friends-say-devils-triangle-was-a-drinking-game.
20. “Feinstein: I Didn’t Ask My Staff But I Know They Didn’t Leak Ford’s Allegation,” Grabien, https://grabien.com/story.php?id=196259.
Chapter Ten: The Anteroom Where It Happened
1. Lauren Gambino (@laurenegambino), “Flake will vote to confirm Kavanaugh,” Twitter, September 28, 2018, 6:27 a.m., https://twitter.com/laurenegambino/status/1045666220077445121/.
2. Manu Raju (@mkraju), “Flake is torn: ‘They both did well and he offered a defense like you would expect from someone who felt that they were wrongly accused. And she offered compelling testimony as well. But I have to go with what is the standard here. Where is the burden. It’s tough’ @TheOtherKeppler,” Twitter, September 27, 2018, 6:06 pm, https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1045479744987435008; Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs), “Jeff Flake was one senator Bush talked with—and the former president urged a ‘yes’ vote, I’m told,” Twitter, September 27, 2018, 8:03 p.m., https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1045509283020976128.
3. Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders), “.@JeffFlake is a YES on Kavanaugh. @SunlenSerfaty broke that news to Sen. Coons in the hallway as he walked into the hearing. Coons said, ‘Oh f—k,’ then choked up, ‘We each make choices for our own reason. I’m struggling, sorry.’ ” Twitter, September 28, 2018, 6:35 a.m., https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1045668429364187136.
4. Open Society Foundations, “Citizen Engagement Laboratory,” https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/programs/us-programs/grantees/citizen-engagement-laboratory-1. UltraViolet claims to have trained three hundred of the protesters who confronted senators in the hallways during the Kavanaugh fight. Their financial structure is similar to Demand Justice—they were “incubated” by a parallel donor stream, the Soros-funded Citizen Engagement Laboratory.
5. CNN, “Tearful woman confronts Senator Flake on elevator,” CNN via YouTube, September 28, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshgOZ8QQxU.
6. Suzanne Malveaux, “The elevator moment: when to speak up, when to stay quiet, and the power of both,” CNN, September 30, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/suzanne-malveaux-reporters-notebook-jeff-flake-elevator/index.html.
7. CNN, “Tearful woman confronts Senator Flake.”
8. Brett Samuels, “FBI concludes interview of Mark Judge,” The Hill, October 2, 2018, https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/409437-fbi-concludes-interview-of-mark-judge.
9. Jack Crowe, “American Bar Association Backs Kavanaugh Despite Previous Letter to the Contrary,” National Review, October 1, 2018, https://www.nationalreview.com/news/american-bar-association-backs-kavanaugh-despite-previous-letter-to-the-contrary/.
10. Manu Raju, “American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations,” CNN, October 2, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html.
11. Meg Wagner, Brian Ries, Paul P. Murphy, Sophie Tatum and Jessie Yeung, “Brett Kavanaugh nomination faces delay,” CNN, September 28, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-senate-committee-vote/h_81a14e48dc39350455a028858cba4065.
12. “Senate Judiciary Meeting On Brett Kavanaugh Nomination,” Supreme Court Confirmation, C-SPAN, September 28, 2018, https://www.c-span.org/video/?452084-1/senator-flake-calls-delaying-kavanaugh-vote-fbi-background-check-reopen.
13. Sue Reisinger, “Institute for Legal Reform Adds Beltway Insider John Abegg to Help Lead Legal Team,” Association of Corporate Counsel, May 2, 2019, https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2019/05/02/institute-for-legal-reform-adds-beltway-insider-john-abegg-to-help-lead-legal-team/; “Harold Kim Promoted to Chief Operating Officer,” U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, May 1, 2019, https://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/resource/us-chamber-institute-for-legal-reform-welcomes-former-chief-counsel-for-sen-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell.
14. “Senate Judiciary Meeting On Brett Kavanaugh Nomination,” Supreme Court Confirmation, C-SPAN.
15. “Statement from the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Committee on the Judiciary website, September 28, 2018, https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/statement-from-the-senate-judiciary-committee.
16. Eugene Robinson, “Senators to Begin Vote on Kavanaugh Tomorrow Morning,” Deadline Whitehouse, MSNBC via archive.org, October 4, 2018,