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Tony Lee '64 writes to the Boston Globe on the Kavanaugh hearings

Someone is lying

The Boston Globe

September 29, 2018

by Tony Lee '64

Time to stop the fuzzy thinking. We’re a nation of laws. Despite the recent trend to rely on “alternative facts,” facts still do matter. Our democracy is dependent on a vigorous discourse based on facts and the truth.

Yesterday during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Christine Blasey Ford testified under oath that she was 100% certain that her assailant was Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, in turn, under oath, stated that he didn’t do it. One of them is lying.

This is serious and we should continue an examination until one is proven to be the liar. And that person should suffer the full consequences of having lied.

I have testified dozens of times under oath and I have watched dozens of others doing the same. I watched the full hearings yesterday, carefully tracked every word and watched the body language.

Kavanaugh may deserve an Oscar for his performance but not a seat on the Supreme Court.