The Intercept

The Intercept is an online publication whose role in the book is tied to its September 12, 2018, report about a letter concerning Brett Kavanaugh that Dianne Feinstein had received. The story brought the existence of the still-withheld letter into public discussion during the confirmation controversy and described efforts by Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary to obtain it.

Identity and Report

The book identifies The Intercept as an online publication and cites a report by Ryan Grim published on September 12, 2018. The article concerned Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary seeking a letter held by Dianne Feinstein. According to the report, the letter described an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman when they were in high school, and its author was affiliated with Stanford University. These details are presented as the article’s account of the letter, not as independently established findings about the alleged incident.

The Letter’s Public Profile

The report emphasized that the letter had been kept from public view while becoming an increasingly prominent subject of discussion. By describing both the effort to obtain it and the uncertainty surrounding its contents and authorship, The Intercept’s article made the document itself part of the public story before it was publicly disclosed. The book’s account establishes this reporting role but does not describe further actions by the publication or assess the article’s subsequent effects.