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Brett Kavanaugh’s Friend Mark Judge Edited His High-School Yearbook

The Supreme Court nominee seemed to blame the editors—one of whom was his good friend—for crude words on his yearbook page. Judge is also implicated in assault allegations against Kavanaugh.
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It’s easy to blame the editors.

Last week, during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Brett Kavanaugh suggested his classmates working on the yearbook—and not him—were responsible for the material that appeared on his page. “I think some editors and students wanted the yearbook to be some combination of Animal House, Caddyshack, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which were all recent movies at that time,” he told the Senate panel.

One of those editors was Mark Judge, Kavanaugh’s friend who Christine Blasey Ford has said was in the room when

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