The authors of the New Yorker article rocking Washington, D.C., Monday, Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer, are having a hard time keeping their story straight.
The article, published Sunday night, alleges Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, exposed himself at a Yale dorm party his freshman year.
On Monday, the story's authors went on a media tour to promote the story. And their explanation of how the story came about came into conflict.
On The TODAY Show, Jane Mayer said the story emerged after The New Yorker approached Ramirez with rumors of a party and asked about Kavanaugh's involvement.
GUTHRIE: “People are saying, wait a minute, this just came out. Why did Deborah Ramirez speak out because of this late date.”
MAYERS: “So the story broke overnight but it dates back 35 years. People remember at the time who were -- a classmate at Yale remembers this, he heard it that night I think right after it or the next day And she didn’t come forward with it. What happened was, the classmates at Yale were talking to each other about it. They were e-mailing about it, we have seen emails back in July before Christine Blasey Ford came forward. And eventually, the word of it spread. It spread to the Senate, it spread to the media. We, at the “New Yorker,” Ronan Farrow, my partner and co-author on the story reached out to her, and she decided after giving it a very careful consideration for six days, she decided to talk to him about it. That's how this story came out. It looks overnight but it actually goes back 35 years really.”
On Good Morning America, Ronan Farrow claimed the story came about after Senate Democrats approached Ramirez.
Here's a transcript of Ronan's exchange:
STEPHANOPOLOS: “Why did she come forward?”
FARROW: “She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did not flag this. This came to the attention of people on the Hill independently, and it has co cornered her into an awkward position. She said, point-blank, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s life, but she feels this is a serious claim. She considers her own memories credible and she felt it was important to tell her own story before others did for her.”