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Ed Whelan, Judge Kavanaugh’s Defender, Just Committed Defamation

NO-BRAINER

But unless Whelan’s target—also a Kavanaugh backer—sues, he’s unlikely to face any consequences.

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Editor’s note: Early Friday, shortly after Fox & Friends aired his conspiracy theory about Christine Blasey Ford’s attempted-rape allegations, Ed Whelan issued an apology on Twitter, posting: “I made an appalling and inexcusable mistake of judgment in posting the tweet thread in a way that identified Kavanaugh's Georgetown Prep classmate....

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