A prominent conservative lawyer faced intense blowback on Thursday after he presented a theory that an allegation of sexual assault lodged against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may be a case of mistaken identity.

Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, detailed his theory in a series of tweets and ultimately revealed the name and photo of a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Georgetown Preparatory School whose childhood home fit the description of the assault from Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford.

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