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Aaron Blake: Why the Brett Kavanaugh accusation isn’t really a ‘he said, she said’ anymore

In her must-read recap of how alleged sexual assaults are prosecuted, The Post's Deanna Paul quotes a former district attorney saying she doesn't like calling these cases "he said, she saids."

"I stand to believe there's no such thing as a 'he-said-she-said' case," Linda Fairstein said. "As a prosecutor, it's your job to break down every minute of the encounter so that details on one side pushes the facts over the edge."

This is an important point — and it's also key to our evolving understanding of Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.