ABC News reports:
The second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct came forward only after Senate Democrats independently learned of the alleged incident involving her and Kavanaugh in college, according to one of The New Yorker reporters who investigated her allegation.
Reporter Ronan Farrow, who investigated Ramirez’s claims with New Yorker colleague Jane Mayer, told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America” Monday that Ramirez chose to come forward after Senate Democrats “began looking” at the alleged incident.
“She came forward when Senate Democrats began looking at this claim,” Farrow said. “She did not flag this for those Democrats. This came to the attention of people on the Hill independently and it’s really cornered her into an awkward position. That’s why she took the time to think about this carefully. As she said point blank: ‘I don’t want to ruin anyone’s life.'”
Ronan Farrow on GMA about his reporting on Deborah Ramirez: “It is not accurate to say those who knew him at the time dispute this.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 24, 2018
.@GStephanopoulos: “Why did she come forward?”@RonanFarrow: “She considers her own memories credible…”
A 2nd woman comes forward with accusations of sexual misconduct against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh: https://t.co/df53UIYFJU pic.twitter.com/IraqzcnJR9
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 24, 2018
“This is a fairly high level of evidence for this kind of a case …This exceeds the evidentiary basis we’ve used in the past in several cases that were found to be very credible,” says @RonanFarrow of his reporting on the new allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/Pl2hBOYaoL
— New Day (@NewDay) September 24, 2018
“This is a story that is out there on the Hill. It is being investigated. It is a matter of news whether she tells her own version … or not. That put her in an exceptionally difficult version and I think the public deserved to hear her version”: @RonanFarrow on Deborah Ramirez pic.twitter.com/lIKz1JVxzN
— New Day (@NewDay) September 24, 2018