Swetnick says a lot of alarming things in her statement. She states that while attending these parties from 1981 to 1983, she found out that Kavanaugh and Judge allegedly spiked the punch, which she then avoided. She says she saw lines of boys outside rooms, supposedly to participate in these alleged gang rapes, and that she saw Kavanaugh and Judge on the line. She also says that she was once the victim of one of these gang rapes after someone slipped something into her drink at a party.
What Swetnick does not say, however, is also important. She doesn’t say how she knows about Kavanaugh and Judge allegedly spiking the punch. She does not say that Kavanaugh was the one who spiked her drink. She does not say when her alleged rape took place, simply saying that it was “In approximately 1982,” the same year that Kavanaugh is alleged to have assaulted Christine Blasey Ford. She also does not say that Kavanaugh himself raped her or did anything to her, or did anything to anyone else.
With regards to her own ordeal, Swetnick said, “In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these ‘gang’ or ‘train’ rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present.”
What exactly does “present” mean? Was he one of the ones who raped her? Was he in the room watching others? Was he outside the room? Was he merely at the same party?