There’s an important point to note that the WaPo story brings forth – that Stier didn’t tell the Committee, “two intermediaries” told them what Stier allegedly saw. And Stier has never commented publicly. That means he has no statement on the record. And he can’t necessarily be held to account for giving a false statement to the Committee.
Via Fox News:
The Washington Post has revealed it passed on a questionable story about Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh back in 2018 because it “could not independently corroborate the allegation” and key figures didn’t cooperate. The story, about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Kavanaugh during the 1983-84 school year at Yale, was published Saturday by The New York Times, which was forced to issue a correction to the article the next day.
The Times revised its report to include a significant detail that several friends of the alleged victim said she did not recall the purported sexual assault in question. The Gray Lady also stated for the first time that the alleged victim refused to be interviewed and has made no comment — but the Post apparently had all of this info well before the Times’ gaffe.
“The Washington Post last year confirmed that two intermediaries had relayed such a claim to lawmakers and the FBI. The Post did not publish a story in part because the intermediaries declined to identify the alleged witness and because the woman who was said to be involved declined to comment,” the Post reported on Sunday night.