Sep 28, 2018

Mark Judge says he'll cooperate with an investigation "confidentially"

Michael Sykes

Mark Judge. Photo: Gabriel Pogrund/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mark Judge, a writer and high school friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said he'd cooperate with any law enforcement organization that leads an investigation "confidentially" into Kavanaugh, the AP reports.

Why it matters: Judge was a key witness in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh. Ford claimed Judge was in the room when the assault occurred and she remembered him laughing about it with Kavanaugh. To this point, Judge provided a written statement denying any involvement in the situation.

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