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Wright had a corroborator, Rose Jourdain, who also was eager to testify, but she, too, never got the chance.

Who is a bystander—or a corroborator, or a collaborator, or a witness—and what such a person ought to do, know, recognize, or remember, became key questions in the wrenching discussions that have taken place since Ford’s story became public, a month ago, followed by allegations from Deborah Ramirez, one of Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates, that he exposed himself to her at a drunken gathering during their freshman year.

Corroborator: Ann Russo, friend: She said that Zervos told her in 2010 that Trump had been “verbally, physically, and sexually aggressive with her” but that she had rebuffed his advances.

Corroborator: George Houraney, her boyfriend and later husband.

Corroborator: Leeds told the story to at least four people close to her, who also spoke with the New York Times.