political. He called Democrats behavior “horrible” and said, “It is a con game. They are real con artists.”

Another friend, Adela Gildo-Mazzon, said in her declaration that Ford told her about the alleged assault during a meal in Mountain View, California, in June 2013.

“During our meal, Christine was visibly upset, so I asked her what was going on,” Gildo-Mazzon said in her sworn statement. “Christine told me she had been having a hard day because she was thinking about an assault she experienced when she was much younger. She said she had been almost raped by someone who was now a federal judge. She told me she had been trapped in a room with two drunken guys, and that she had escaped, ran away and hid.”

Gildo-Mazzon said she contactedFord’s attorneys this month when hearing the news to inform them that Ford had mentioned the assault five years prior.

In a fourth affidavit, Rebecca White, who also described herself as a friend, said she met Ford outside Ford's house while walking her dog in 2017. White recounted that Ford said she had read White's social media post she had written about her own sexual assault.

"She told me that when she was a young teen, she had been sexually assaulted by an older teen. I remember her saying that her assailant was now a federal judge," White said.

Kavanaugh has denied all allegations against him and is also scheduled to testify Thursday on Capitol Hill.