NY Times reporters claim Kavanaugh offered interview if they said it never happened

Two New York Times reporters​ claim Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed to be interviewed for their book under the condition that they say he didn’t speak with them.

Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, the authors of “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,” speaking at the National Press Club, said that the sit-down fell through after he offered to provide background information if they mentioned in the book that he declined to be interviewed, according to reporters at the Wednesday event.

Unable to come to terms with Kavanaugh, Pogrebin and Kelly declined the interview.

The discussion with Kavanaugh came near the end of their writing of the book.

“Brett Kavanaugh agreed to talk to @katekelly and @rpogrebin for their book – If they wrote that they didn’t talk to him,” National Press Club president Allison Kodjak tweeted Wednesday evening. “The authors – who told the story tonight @PressClubDC, refused and walked away from the interview.”

The reporters’ book has created controversy not only through the revelations it contains but through the Times’ handling of its rollout.

An article adapted from the book published over the weekend in the newspaper and online claimed Kavanaugh was involved in sexual misconduct involving a female classmate at a college party.

The reporters noted in their book that the alleged victim told friends she didn’t remember the incident — a fact that was missing from the published report.

Pogrebin and Kelly later said the woman’s name was removed during the editing process along with the assertion that she didn’t recall the incident.