Schumer To McConnell: Apologize To Kavanaugh Accuser

The accusation from Ramirez raises the stakes further for a dramatic showdown Thursday, as Kavanaugh and Ford testify in public about an incident she characterizes as attempted rape – and that he says simply never happened. “The last-minute character assassination will not succeed”. Multiple Republican senators have told Fox News that they want to hear Ford’s testimony before deciding which way to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination. “The network released excerpts in advance”. Kavanaugh has denied he ever sexually assaulted any one.

None of the people Ramirez said were at the party have backed up her story.

On Monday, Trump decried the allegations.

“Gee, let’s not make him a Supreme Court judge”.

“He’s never had any charges like this”, Trump said.

“This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen”, Kavanaugh said in a statement to the New Yorker about Ramirez’s account.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nevertheless vowed to press ahead with the vote in a bid confirm the nomination ahead of the crunch mid-term elections in November. Ramirez said in an article published Sunday by The New Yorker magazine that Kavanaugh put his sex organs close to her face, causing her to touch him without her consent.

Hundreds of protesters rally in the Hart Senate Office Building while demonstrating against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill September 24, 2018 in Washington, DC.

After The Post broke Christine Blasey Ford’s story of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, I told skeptical friends to withhold judgment, because there was a good chance some outlet was already vetting a second accusation.

Senators were told to be prepared for a rare weekend session and McConnell said he was confident Kavanaugh would be confirmed. “The New York Times has reported that just last week the person making the accusation was calling other classmates saying she was not sure that I had done this”.

She added, “as a former prosecutor, I think you have to at least get the facts down”. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

But senators were still openly feuding over processes and precedents in terse letters and emails late Tuesday, with Democrats seeking delays and investigations and Republicans insisting the time for negotiations had ended. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a string of tweets Monday morning. Railing against what he called “a game of delay, deception, and wholesale character assassination”, Sen.

Mike Davis, nominations counsel for committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the name would remain secret “for safety reasons” he could not discuss.

Protesters opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation held rallies in Washington, New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere. The group loudly chanted, “We believe the women”.