DIANNE FEINSTEIN
CALIFORNIA

COMMITIEE ON THE JUDICIARY · RANKING MEMBER
SELECT COMMITIEE ON INTELLIGENCE
C:OMMITIEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
<:OMMITIEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

September 20, 2018
Honorable Charles Grassley
Chairman

Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Chairman Grassley:
I am writing in response to your request for an unredacted copy of Dr.
Christine Blasey Ford's letter containing allegations of sexual assault by Supreme
Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. As you know, I referred the unredacted letter to
the FBI on September 12. The FBI redacted portions and sent it to the White
House as part of the nominee's background investigation file.
The decision on redactions was made by the FBI and the resulting letter is
now part of the background investigation file that has been shared with the Senate
under a memorandum agreement with the White House. This means that all
Senators and a limited number of staff have access to the letter as produced in the
file.
As you know, the letter was given to me in confidence and I am giving it to
you with the expectation that you will maintain its confidentiality and that it will
not be released publicly or disseminated further, as requested by Dr. Blasey Ford's
counsel Debra Katz.
Sincerely,

WASHINGTON, DC 20510-0504
http://feinstein.senate.gov

 July 30, 2018
CONFIDENTIAL

-Senator Dianne Feinstein
Qear Senator Feinste.ih:
··1am writing w ith inform·atron relevant.in evaluating·the current nom.lnee to:theSupreme Cburt.
.As· a constituent, 1.expect that you wiH maintain. this as c:onf1dentic1I vntU 'J,./e hi:lv¢ fu r theropportunify to
speak.

Brett Kava-r,augh physically apd sex.ually assaulted me during High School in the ~arly 1980\ He
CQnd.u~ted these ac;ts with the assJs~ance o.f h.is close friend> Mark G ..J udge. Both were 1-2 years older
th~n me arid students ala local private school. The assa_ult occurre_<;I in a suburban -Maryland ·area hon-ie
at- a gathering tha~- included_.me and 4 others: Kavanaugh physica !i/ pushe.d: me)ntq.a bed.r:opm as I

was

h~ade·d fqr a bathroom up a short stairwell·from the' living_Yoom. They lbtked the d oa.r a.nc!. play~d lq.u d

music, pr.eclLlding·any successful a'ttempts

to yell f<;ir help . .,Kavana(!_gh was on. top of me while lau~hing

witti )udg,e; who pe·riodkally ]umped oiifo l{"ava naugh. They bo.t h laughed as Kavana!Jgh tried to dis·rbbe
"!le· in their highly .inebriated state ..With l<~vanaugh's hand .over my mouth, !feared he may
inadvertently kill ine. Frorn across t he room, i:l very_tjrunken JUdf:le ,said mixed '°1vords to_Ki;!vanaugh
rariging tram

"go'·for it'll to "'stop". At·one po.infwhen Judge jumped-onto the bed, the weig_h t on me was

substanti'al. The pile toppl~_
d ,. and the.two ~crapped ·with each other. After a -few. at.tempts tp get away, I

was.able to take this o_pportune moment.to· get up: a.nd n.rn across-to a haliway balhroqm. J lpc~ed the

bathroo.m .door behind me ..Both loudly stumb!_ed do.wn the stc1irwe·11, at which point' otoer persons at
the· 1-i.ouse ·_v,tere t alking wi th th.em . I exited. the bath'rootn, ran outsid.e of th!;!· ho.use and went home.
J hav.e rlpt ~noviingly seen Kavanaugh since the assault. i did -see l\llark Judge once. atthe

Potomac Vi_llage Safeway, where .he was extremely uncomfortable seeing_m!,!.

received m ~dical .treatment regaroing the.assault on July 6,. I notified my local
governrnentrepresentative·to a_skthem bow to pr.oceed with sharing. this ihfonriatiqn. It is u ps~tt jng fo
discuss sel(ual,assault arid (ts repercussioh:S, vet I felt guj!tv- and ~ompefled as a citizen aboL,1t'-the id.ea o{
I have

not saying anything.
I am avail~ble to· spea.k.furtner should you wish to -discuss. I am' currenfly 'iJacationing in the -midih «ind _will be in California after AugusflOth.
·

Atlantic until Aug'!,ist

In Confidence,

Christine )3l.asey
Palq Afto, California