Will Kavanaugh Disown His Own Yearbook Page?

Vox: “Kavanaugh’s yearbook page has attracted attention as Ford’s story has gained steam, largely because it sure seems to portray Kavanaugh as a rowdy partier, not a straitlaced miniature adult.”

“It’s entirely possible that a person’s yearbook entry does not necessarily testify to what kind of person they are. But Kavanaugh’s yearbook page is illustrative — and might even come up in Thursday’s hearing — not just because it shows the kind of person Kavanaugh wanted to be perceived as, but because it helps understand the accounts that have come out from Kavanaugh’s classmates and friends.”

Walter Shapiro: “When he testifies about the yearbook Thursday, Kavanaugh may find himself in a similar position to Joshua Steiner, a Treasury official under Bill Clinton, who in 1994 had to disown his own personal diary entries about the Whitewater scandal. As Steiner’s lawyer memorably put it, ‘It was never Josh’s intention that the diary would be a complete and accurate recordation of historical events.'”