Baron spends a decent chunk of Collision of Power writing about the Kavanaugh nomination. He mentions me by name when he cites a letter that Ford had written saying that Kavanaugh “with the assistance of a friend, Mark G. Judge,” had been involved in her assault. Had Baron read my book or the tens of columns I’ve written, he would know that even something as small as Ford referring to me as “Mark G. Judge” is a tell. Mark G. Judge was a byline I used when I was a younger journalist. That Ford would use it in the letter indicates someone was opposition researching me, not referring to someone they actually know. It’s a small detail, maybe lost in the fact that Ford could not remember the when or where of the alleged attack, but it is something Woodward and Bernstein would have noticed.

Baron does not have the integrity to mention a single article I have written. He does not mention my book. He does, however, heap praise on Emma Brown, the Washington Post reporter who broke the Blasey Ford story. Baron writes: “The Post’s reporter, Emma Brown, had focused single-mindedly on getting the facts right and checking out Ford’s account as best she could under the circumstances at the time.”

This is false. As I reveal in The Devil’s Triangle, Brown first emailed me on July 11, 2018. It was one day after she had interviewed Christine Blasey Ford, who had made her allegation to Brown.

[‘Democracy dies in dishonor,” Mark concludes at the end of a lengthy essay replete with receipts and the kind of fact-checking that the WaPo applies to others. I had forgotten some of this, but Mark hasn’t, and for good reason. Be sure to check it out. — Ed]