Headlines late tonight are saying that the 5th person at the party attended by Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, Mark Judge, and P.J. Smyth is Leland Ingham Keyser, a friend of Dr. Blasey who has today stated that she “has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he [Kavanaugh] was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford." If she was identified by Dr. Blasey as the other person at the gathering, then this could be bad news and a serious threat to the credibility of the Kavanaugh accusation. However, the CNN article tonight simply says that Senate Judiciary Committee staff have “reached out to a longtime friend of Ford named Leland Ingham Keyser.” Could this be a another ploy or misrepresented assumption by people eager to discredit Dr. Blasey? I’ve seen no clear evidence that Dr. Blasey claimed that Keyser was there. Debra Katz, lawyer for Dr. Blasey has said that Keyser’s lack of memory about the gathering is “not surprising because the alleged assault was never discussed between the two.” However, if Keyser had been explicitly identified as the 5th person, this could be a rallying cry for Kavanaugh and his supporters. If it’s exposed as a calculated trick or a foolish miscalculation by Kavanaugh’s supporters, then it will be a rallying cry for Kavanaugh’s detractors. Either way, this news will be consequential.