Another woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Kavanaugh has staunchly denied all allegations of sexual assault or misconduct.
Borger noted that Murkowski feels it’s “important to remember if the FBI investigates these allegations, that it would be part of a continuation of the multiple background checks the Federal Bureau of Investigation has already conducted”.
It also appears that Kavanaugh got into trouble with his parents from time to time. Trump tweeted that Avenatti was a “third-rate lawyer” pushing “false accusations”. On June 12, penciled in is his plan to spend the night in Rehoboth, a beach about three hours from Washington.
Mundane summer activities. There are several activities listed: basketball games, movie showings (including “Rocky III”), football workouts and interviews, including one with Yale University. He ended up attending that Ivy League School.
Russell Wheeler, an expert on the judicial selection process at the Brookings Institution, said he was unaware of a similar media interview by a Supreme Court nominee in the past 100 years.
President Donald Trump is pictured speaking during his meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque at the United Nations.
“I strongly believe Judge Kavanaugh should withdraw from consideration”, Schumer said in a statement.
Senate Republicans are bringing in a veteran Arizona prosecutor to handle questioning about the allegations. Asked about her possible testimony, Trump on Tuesday said she “had nothing”. In retrospect, I said and did things in high school that make me cringe now. Kavanaugh’s lawyer Beth Wilkinson also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He’s denied those allegations. “Whatever they decide is fine with me”, Corker said.
The New Yorker reported Sunday that in Ramirez’s initial conversations with the publication, “she was reluctant to characterize Kavanaugh’s role in the alleged incident with certainty”. He has denied both accusations.
Taken together, the sworn statements paint a picture of Ford sharing her experience from time to time over the last six years with neighbors and friends in informal and personal settings long before Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. She did not identify her attackers and did not accuse Kavanaugh of taking part.
Since Ford came forward publicly with her allegation in The Washington Post, another woman has accused Kavanaugh of past sexual misconduct. The president’s news conference begins at 5 p.m.
After the interview aired, the sense in the West Wing was relief that Kavanaugh was able to present an image to counter the allegations.
“We are at just a hard place because the conversation is not rational on either side”, she said.
Ramirez told the magazine that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her while they were both students at Yale. If she doesn’t want to testify, why not just say that? Another committee spokesman, Taylor Foy, said the panel received Swetnick’s declaration on Wednesday and “committee lawyers are in the process of reviewing it now”. MacCallum asked him how long he was a virgin in college, after he volunteered that he never had sex in high school.
“These most recent allegations don’t have anything to do with Dr. Ford”, he said.
Ford alleges that Kavanaugh tried removing her clothes during a party when they were in high school.
Mr Kavanaugh rejected the latest allegations in a statement released by the White House. He and Ford are scheduled to testify on Thursday.
Hoping the hearing will yield no new surprises, the Judiciary Committee scheduled its own vote on Kavanaugh for Friday. Those prospects now are left uncertain.
Even so, Trump insisted Kavanaugh’s confirmation is “really working out well”.