Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation has, like that of Clarence Thomas before him, been thrown into chaos with an eleventh-hour allegation of sexual misconduct.
Christine Blasey Ford, now a California professor of psychology, told the Washington Post over the weekend that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high-school party in the 1980s.
According to Ford, Kavanaugh and his Georgetown Prep classmate Mark Judge, both drunk, threw her in a room before Kavanaugh tried to take her clothes off and force himself on her.
Though they describe an attempted rape, they do not name Kavanaugh or Judge, instead referring to four perpetrators "From an elitist boys' school" who went on to high-ranking positions in D.C. Ford attributes the discrepancy to an error on her therapist's part, and her husband says her description of the incident has remained consistent since 2012.
Senator Chuck Grassley has announced that Kavanaugh and Ford will testify under oath before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, delaying the confirmation vote that was scheduled for this Thursday.
The committee should also determine what Senator Dianne Feinstein was able to glean about the allegation since July, when she was forwarded a letter Ford wrote to Representative Anna Eshoo about the allegation.
A public airing was unavoidable, certainly once both Kavanaugh and his accuser said they were willing to testify.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusation-eleventh-hour-ambush/
Christine Blasey Ford, now a California professor of psychology, told the Washington Post over the weekend that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high-school party in the 1980s.
According to Ford, Kavanaugh and his Georgetown Prep classmate Mark Judge, both drunk, threw her in a room before Kavanaugh tried to take her clothes off and force himself on her.
Though they describe an attempted rape, they do not name Kavanaugh or Judge, instead referring to four perpetrators "From an elitist boys' school" who went on to high-ranking positions in D.C. Ford attributes the discrepancy to an error on her therapist's part, and her husband says her description of the incident has remained consistent since 2012.
Senator Chuck Grassley has announced that Kavanaugh and Ford will testify under oath before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, delaying the confirmation vote that was scheduled for this Thursday.
The committee should also determine what Senator Dianne Feinstein was able to glean about the allegation since July, when she was forwarded a letter Ford wrote to Representative Anna Eshoo about the allegation.
A public airing was unavoidable, certainly once both Kavanaugh and his accuser said they were willing to testify.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusation-eleventh-hour-ambush/
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