One of the most infuriating things about the whole Dr. Ford affair is that the media has completely let Republicans get away with their lie, over and over again, that there is "no corroborating evidence" to support her allegation.
Republicans have basically moved the goalposts to define "corroborating evidence" as just eyewitnesses, physical evidence, and that's it.
Actually, corroborating evidence is *anything* that supports a person's account.
Actually, corroborating evidence is *anything* that supports a person's account.
The therapist notes from Dr. Ford's session in 2012 are corroborating evidence for her story. As is the July 1st entry on Kavanaugh's calendar. As would be Mark Judge's employment records at Safeway.
None of these things *prove* her story, but they do *corroborate* it.
None of these things *prove* her story, but they do *corroborate* it.
This is the problem with treating something that is emphatically not a criminal trial (in this case, a job interview) as if it's a criminal trial: due process means whatever the hell you want it to mean.
