CNN's Toobin: The Idea That Kavanaugh Accusations Are Made Up Seems Preposterous At This Point

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the life of a young Brett Kavanaugh with his "absurd amounts of drinking" and "hostility towards women" give the sexual misconduct allegations against him a "ring of truth." Toobin said Monday morning that the idea the allegations made against him are all made up seems preposterous now. From Monday's <i>New Day</i>: <blockquote>JOHN BERMAN, HOST: Jeffrey, I want to get your reaction when you first read this new piece in "The New Yorker," which you also work for, from Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer. The substance of the allegations are that Debbie Ramirez says that when she was a freshman in college Brett Kavanaugh thrusts his gentles in her face and caused him to touch them -- her to touch them. He denies it. The White House denies it. So, again, on the substance, what do you make of it? JEFFREY TOOBIN: Well, I mean, you know, the -- the -- the -- what's striking about the allegation, it is similar in atmospherics to the high school allegation. You know, the excessive drinking, the, you know, coercive relationship with young women. If you read Mark Judge, you know, the alleged accomplice in the first -- in the first assault, you know, the world he describes at Georgetown Prep of, you know, really absurd amounts of drinking, weird -- you know, weird hostility towards women, I mean it's all of a piece. It is all consistent with one another. Are they all lies? Perhaps. But, you know, it certainly has the ring of truth to me. And certainly, as you mentioned, you know, Ronan and Jane are colleagues of mine. They have impeccable reputations for accuracy and honesty. And, you know, I think the question is, what are people going to do with this? The idea that it's all made up seems sort of preposterous at this point. </blockquote>