Kavanaugh’s Classmates Speak Out
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🗓️ 2 October 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times on Michael Barbarale, this is Daily. |
| 0:04.0 | Today, the FBI investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now underway. |
| 0:16.1 | At the same time, more and more former classmates of Kavanaugh are coming forward with personal |
| 0:23.0 | stories about the judge. |
| 0:25.3 | But it's unclear whether the investigation will take those stories into account. |
| 0:33.5 | It's Tuesday, October 2nd. |
| 0:39.1 | Robin Boberman, you typically cover culture for the times and KKLA, you typically cover |
| 0:44.8 | business for the time. |
| 0:45.8 | So how did you both end up reporting on Brett Kavanaugh? |
| 0:50.1 | I actually went to Yale and I was Brett Kavanaugh's classmates. |
| 0:54.6 | I was the class of 1987 and the deeper I got into reporting this story, it turns out I |
| 1:00.9 | was actually in his freshman year dorm as well. |
| 1:04.6 | So I have a vague memory of him, but more importantly, I have sort of tangential connections |
| 1:10.5 | to some of the classmates we had in common. |
| 1:13.8 | And Kate, what about you? |
| 1:15.7 | Similar in the sense that I grew up in Washington, DC and went to one of the all girls schools |
| 1:20.7 | in that area, not one of the ones that's been a focal point in these Kavanaugh stories, |
| 1:26.2 | but still in that same broad circle of private, single sex schools. |
| 1:31.7 | I did not have good friends that went to Georgetown prep, but- |
| 1:35.7 | Which is where Brett Kavanaugh went. |
| 1:37.3 | Correct. |
| 1:38.3 | But I did get some documents a couple of weeks ago from somebody who knew Kavanaugh at |
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