I don’t have any learned or research material to bulk this up with, just a question that came to me this AM as I watched the video of last night’s Rachael show.
Rachael pointed out the Brett said in testimony that he had not watched Ford’s testimony.
As a lawyer and as the “accused” why not.
In both of those hats would he not have wanted to hear the specifics of her claim so that they could be countered specifically in his own testimony in his opening statement or in specific questioning.
He did say he was not at “that” party but the actual date and location, as far as I know, have not been specifically nailed down. Would he not want to listen to her testimony to see if she would specify a date and place or add more details that would allow him to more specifically rebut her claim.
Or just maybe he was afraid to see her face and hear her voice again so soon before he was about to go to the committee and lie about her.
Or maybe there is at least a shred or morality in his bastard’s heart and he was afraid it might man up and force him to admit what he did.