>>
>> CORRECT. >> WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR THAT
CONVERSATION?
CONVERSATION? >> I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR THAT
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. BUT I WAS AWARE THAT THEY WERE
DO4@WNSTAIRS AND THAT I WOULD HE
TO WALK PAST THEM TO GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. >> NOW, LET ME MAKE SURE WE'RE
ON THE SAME PAGE.
WERE YOU NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE
CONVERSATION OR NOT ABLE TO 4@
UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION?
>> I COULDN'T HE4@AR THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. I WAS UPSTAIRS.4@4@
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE WAS A
CONVERSATION?4@
CONVERSATION?4@ >> I'M JUST ASSUMING SINCE IT
WAS A SOCIAL GATHERING, PEOPLE
WERE TALKING.
WERE TALKING. I DO4@N'T KNOW.
I HEARD THEM TALKING AS THEY
WENT DOWN THE STAIRWELL.
THEY WERE LAUGHING.
>> IN YOUR LETTER, YOU WROTE
BOTH LOUDLY STUMBLED DOWN THE
STAIRWELL AT WHICH POINT OTHER
PERSONS AT THE HOUSE WERE
TALKING WITH THEM.
DOES THAT RING A BELL?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. I
>> YES. I HAD TO WALK PAST EVERYONE TO
LEAVE THE HOUSE.
>> YOUR LETTER --
>> NOT UNDERSTANDING, I'M SORRY.
>> IN THE NEXT SENTENCE.4@
LET ME TRY TO CLARIFY THIS.
AFTER YOU SA4@ID OTHER PERSONS
THE HOUSE WERE TALKING WITH
THEM, THE 4@LETTER GOES ON WITH
THE NEXT SENTENCE, I EXITED THE
BATHROOM, RAN OUTSIDE OF THE
HOUSE AND WENT HOME.
>> CORRECT.4@
>> CORRECT.4@ >> YOU SAID THAT YOU DO NOT
REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT HOME, IS
THAT CORRECT?
THAT CORRECT? >> I DO NOT REMEMBER.
OTHER THAN I DID NOT DRIVE HOME.
>> I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IF 4@
SOMEBODY COULD PROVIDE T4@O YOU
MAP OF THE VARIOUS PEOPLE'S
HOUSES AT THE TIME AND IF YOU
COULD VERIFY IF THIS IS WHERE
YOU WERE LIVING AT THE TIME.
>> WHERE I WAS LIVING AT THE
TIME?
TIME?
TIME? >>
TIME? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >
>> YES.
>>.
>>. >>
>>. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, DO WE HAVE A
COPY OF THESE DOCUMENTS?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE A COPY.
BUT I PRESUME IF YOU WANT ONE, I
CAN GET YOU ONE.
>> BEFORE THE QUESTIONS BEGIN SO
WE CAN FOLLOW THE TESTIMONY.
>>> MY STAFF SAID WE SHOULD NOT
PROVIDE THE COPY.
>> NO, WE WILL PROVIDE THE COPY.
>> SPEAK PLAINLY WITH ME,
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
PLEASE. >> YOU HAVE ANOTHER 30 SECONDS
NOW BECAUSE I WAS RUDELY
INTERRUPTED.
INTERRUPTED. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, SENATOR H4@ARR@
WE DO HAVE A BLOWN-UP COPY OF
THIS FOR THE MEMBERS TO VIEW, IF
THAT'S HELPFUL.
THAT'S HELPFUL. >> OKAY.4@
>> OKAY.4@ I'M GOING TO PUT CHECK MARKS
NEXT TO HOMES THAT I CAN CONFIRM
ARE THE CO4@RRECT LOCATIONS AND
THAN AN X OR QUESTION MARK WHEN
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE
LIVE.
LIVE.
LIVE. >>
LIVE. >> I'M ONLY ASKING YOU TO
CONFIRM IF IT'S WHERE YOU LIVED.
>> I CAN'T SEE THE STREET NAME
BUT I'M HAPPY TO REFER TO THE
ADDRESS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> OKAY.4@
>> OKAY.4@ COULD YOU TELL US THAT.
>> IT'S RIVER FALLS.
NEAR THE -- LIKE WHAT IS THE
PLACE CALLED.
PLACE CALLED. THE NAVAL RESEARCH CENTER ON
CLARA BARTON PARKWAY. 4@
>> WAS THAT A HOUSE OR
APARTMENT?
APARTMENT? >> IT WAS MY PARENTS' HOME.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> DURBIN.
>> DURBIN. >> I ASK CONSENT TO ENTER INTO
THE RECORD LETTERS OF SUPPORT
FOR DR. FORD FROM HER CLASSMATES
AT HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL.
1200 ALUMNI OF THE SCHOOL.
195 OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, STUDENTS
AND MENTORS.
AND MENTORS. 1400 WOMEN WHO -- AND MEN WHO
ATTENDED D.C. SCHOOLS AND 50
MEMBERS OF THE YALE LAW SCHOOL
FACULTY CALLING FOR A FULL FBI
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. I ASK CONSENT TO ENTER THESE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO
ORDERED.
ORDERED.
ORDERED. >> DR. FORD, AS DIFFIC4@ULT AS
THIS IS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THA@
YOUR COURAGE IN COMING FORWARD
HAS GIVEN COUNTLESS AMERICANS
THE STRENGTH TO FACE THEIR OWN
LIFE-SHATTERING PAST AND BEGIN
TO HEAL THEIR WOUNDS.
BY EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE BROUGHT
MANY FAMILIES INTO AN HONEST AN@
SOMETIMES PAINFUL DIALOG THAT
SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED A LONG TIME
AGO.4@
AGO.4@
AGO.4@ I'M SORRY FOR WHAT THIS HAS DONE
TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
NO ONE, NO ONE SHOULD FACE
HARASSMENT, DEATH THREATS AND 4@
DISPARAGING COMMENTS BY CHEAP
SHOT POLITICIANS SIMILE FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH.
-- SIMPLY FOR TELL THE TRUTH.
YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR EVERY SKUR
LSU CHARGE AND PATHETIC TWEET,
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS, WOMEN AND MEN WHO
BELIEVE YOU, SUPPORT YOU AND 4@
THAN4@K YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE.
WATCHING YOUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S
NO WONDER THAT MANY SEXUAL 4@
ASSAULT SURVIVORS HIDE THEIR
PAST AND SPEND THEIR LIVES 4@
SUFFERING IN