here is the transcript
HATCH: When did you first hear of Ms. Ramirez’s allegations against you?
KAVANAUGH: In the last — in the period since then, the New Yorker story.
HATCH: Did the Ranking Member or any of her colleagues or any of their staffs ask you about Ms. Ramirez’s allegations before they were leaked to the press?
KAVANAUGH: No.
HATCH: When was the first time that the ranking member or any of her colleagues or any of their staff asked you about Ms. Ramirez’s allegations?
KAVANAUGH: Today.
This is nonsense, Kavanaugh is quoted in the NYer denying the allegation. He knew about it before it was published.
You’re misstating - he was questioned about it under oath last week. Then, at the hearing, he was asked if DiChi or her staff asked questions - they didn’t / hadn’t until he was at the hearing on Thursday.
If they asked him for a quote for the article, they must have told him about the allegation. That was before publication but the source was the New Yorker article.
And in the transcripts, it asks about the senator and her staff mentioning it. They didn't.