Mark Judge, the man who Christine Blasey Ford has said was in the room while Brett Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted her when they were in high school, has declined to speak before the Senate Judiciary Committee as it weighs Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination.

Democrats had called for Judge to testify before the committee. But in a statement to committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Judge claimed he had no memory of the incident and declined to speak publicly about the allegation.

I did not ask to be involved in this matter nor did anyone ask me to be involved, Judge said in a letter signed by his lawyer on Tuesday. The only reason I am involved is because Dr. Christine Blasey Ford remembers me as the other person in the room during the alleged assault.

In fact, I have no memory of this alleged incident, he added. Brett Kavanaugh and I were friends in high school but I do not recall the party described in Fords letter. More to the point, I never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes.

Judge added: I have no more information to offer the Committee and I do not wish to speak publicly regarding the incidents described in Dr. Fords letter.