Long-time friend of Blasey Ford has a different take on the 'party'

Leland Ingham Keyser, a long-time friend of Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, reached out to the Senate Judiciary Committee Saturday.

Ford claims Kavanaugh pushed her onto a bed and pinned her when he was drunk at a pool party. When she tried to scream for help, he covered her mouth and attempted to undress her. This alleged incident took place in perhaps 1982, or maybe '81 or '83. Anyway, they were both in high school--he was maybe 17 and she was possibly 15 or so.

But the friend of Ford's has denied she was at the party where the alleged assault allegedly occurred.

The Senate Judiciary Committee reached out to Leland Ingham Keyser.

Keyser's lawyer, Howard Walsh, responded to the committee late Saturday with a written statement:

"Simply put, Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford."

Keyser isn't just some woman who Blasey Ford knew in passing when they were in high school, they are lifelong friends, according to Walsh. Keyser is the third person to deny suggestions that they were at the alleged party. Mark Judge and Patrick J. Smyth have also issued statements denying Ford's recollection of the alleged party.

Smyth said in a statement: "Personally speaking, I have known Brett Kavanaugh since high school and I know him to be a person of great integrity, a great friends, and I have never witnessed any improper conduct by Brett Kavanaugh towards women."

Ford is a California psychology professor. She has said she's willing to testify to the Judiciary Committee on Thursday but said she is afraid to fly to Washington, D.C. and must drive from California, which is why she asked for a delay until Thursday rather than the originally scheduled day on Monday. Ironically, she was not afraid to fly to Hawaii a few years ago to intern there.

The details of Ford's testifying are being negotiated with her attorneys.

One request was to have Kavanaugh go first as a witness, which is insane, since he has nothing to defend until he is told what is being alleged.

Another request is to not have Kavanaugh in the room when Ford testifies and that he must be denied the right to an attorney to represent him. Only Republican senators on the committee can represent him in order to solidify the Democratic base for the November midterm elections.

If he chooses to do so, Kavanaugh can use a kangaroo to represent him to keep in line with the judicial procedures Ford hopes to employ.

Kavanaugh has denied the accusation under oath. "I have never done anything like what the accuser describes. To her or to anyone," he said.

And after all this fuss, I believe he's innocent. Prove me wrong, Ford.


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