Dr. Ford says – the uproarious laughter’ is her strongest memory from the assault
During a press conference on Sept. 26., President Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in light of sexual misconduct allegations.
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Ryan says Congress shouldn’t ‘step in the way’ on Rosenstein Source: AP
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that Congress "shouldn't step in the way" ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Ryan's comments Wednesday came after the conservative House Freedom Caucus pushed for Rosenstein to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
Kavanaugh Denies Two Additional Accusations to Senate Judiciary Committee
Republican investigators for the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about two new allegations against him, according to a transcript of a conference call released by the committee. In the transcript released Wednesday, Kavanaugh denied an allegation that he assaulted a woman he was dating in 1998 while working for independent counsel Ken Starr that investigators said stemmed from an anonymous complaint sent to Colorado GOP Sen. Cory Gardner.
Scot Lehigh: Republicans must hit the pause button on Kavanaugh
There's simply no way around this any longer: Republicans must put the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on hold while the FBI investigates the latest accusations about him . Those allegations, from Julie Swetnick of Washington, D.C., are not merely of teenage sexual boorishness, but also of efforts to incapacitate girls with alcohol or drugs so they could be sexually exploited.
Lessons from Thomas-Hill hearings likely to guide senators Source: AP
Clarence Thomas saw it as a circus and national disgrace. Anita Hill complained that she was treated as though she were a defendant in a criminal trial.
As hearing looms, GOP’s woman problem never more apparent
Eleven Republican men, backed by a Republican president plagued by sex scandal, will soon judge the credibility of a woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault. Ahead of the extraordinary moment, never has the GOP's problem with women been more apparent.
In Shelton, former neighbors divided on Ramirez’s accusations
This undated photo provided by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence shows Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez went public with allegations that while in his first year at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh placed his penis in front of her and caused her to involuntarily touch it during a drunken dormitory party.
Kavanaugh battle traps Republicans between base and female voters
Supreme Court nomiinee Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018.
‘Outrageous’ Move by ‘Chickensh*t’ GOP as Grassley Schedules…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley leads Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the witness table at the beginning of Kavanaugh's second day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. The word " chickenshit " became one of the operative adjectives and "sham" a widely-used noun overnight after it was learned late Tuesday that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had hired an outside female prosecutor to grill Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during a hearing scheduled for Thursday and then proceed to a committee vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday morning, less than a day later.
Brett Kavanaugh denies Two More sex attack claims
Brett Kavanaugh denies TWO MORE sex attack claims - including anonymous allegation he drunkenly pushed woman against a wall when he was investigating Bill Clinton Two new cases surfaced Wednesday in transcripts of phone interviews between Kavanaugh and Senate aides, both of them with no one's name attached One allegation, lodged anonymously, is that Kavanaugh 'sexually' shoved a woman up against a wall after leaving a bar with her in 1998 That correspondes to the period when Kavanaugh was a staff attorney working for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal Neither accusation can be corroborated because there are no firm details, and Kavanaugh denies it all as 'made up,' 'ridiculous' and 'total Twilight Zone' Senate investigators questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about two new claims of sexual misconduct, including one from an anonymous ... (more)
Rep. Duncan Hunter’s campaign denies he implied campaign rival is a radical Muslim
U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, the California Republican fighting charges of misusing campaign funds, appeared to suggest in a speech to a women's group that his election opponent is a "radical Muslim" and part of an attempt by Islamists to infiltrate the federal government. "He changed his name from Ammar Yasser Najjar to Ammar Campa-Najjar so he sounds Hispanic," Hunter said Monday night, according to audio of the event recorded by Ken Stone of the Times of San Diego.
Democrats have leads in Rust Belt states that Trump won: Reuters poll
An Indiana U.S. Senator seen as one of the chamber's most vulnerable Democrats has a slight edge while four of his Rust Belt Democratic colleagues have solid leads in states President Donald Trump won in 2016, a Reuters poll found. A Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics Poll released on Wednesday found that a majority of likely voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana disapprove of the Republican president and more than one-third were "very motivated" to back someone who would oppose his policies.
Second accuser in standoff with GOP over Kavanaugh testimony
Attorneys for Deborah Ramirez are arguing with Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee over how to bring forward her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party when they were Yale students. This undated photo provided by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence shows Deborah Ramirez.
The Latest: Ford says she thinks Kavanaugh tried to rape her
President Donald Trump is standing by his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the face of sexual misconduct allegations from at least two women.
Third Kavanaugh accuser on eve of dramatic hearing
This image released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 in Washington, shows Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's calendar, from the Summer of 1982.
The Latest: House approves bill to keep US government open
The House has given final legislative approval to a bill keeping the government open through Dec. 7. The $854 billion bill also funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year. The measure includes $675 billion for the Defense Department and boosts military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay raise in nine years.
Trump says he would consider changing his mind on Kavanaugh ‘if I thought he was guilty’
On the eve of a showdown hearing, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the senators who will judge him confronted a third set of lurid allegations Wednesday accusing him of sexual misconduct as a young man. Kavanaugh heatedly denied them all, while Democrats complained about a rush to approval and President Donald Trump said the accusations added up to no more than "a con job."
Second accuser in standoff with GOP over Kavanaugh testimony Source: AP
Attorneys for Deborah Ramirez are arguing with Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee over how to bring forward her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party when they were Yale students. Ramirez lawyer John Clune said Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that Republican staff members were a no-show on a scheduled conference call Tuesday night to discuss her allegations.
3rd woman makes allegations about Kavanaugh
In a statement released by Avenatti, Swetnick said she witnessed efforts by Kavanaugh and Mark Judge to get teenage girls "inebriated and disoriented Third woman makes sexual misconduct allegations about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh In a statement released by Avenatti, Swetnick said she witnessed efforts by Kavanaugh and Mark Judge to get teenage girls "inebriated and disoriented Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://usat.ly/2xMHS3q Here are the key figures for Brett Kavanaugh's hearing. A previous version of this video misidentified Ford's scholastic association with Kavanaugh.
Senate panel opens hearing on crafting U.S. privacy law
The Trump administration is hoping Congress can come up with a new set of national rules governing how companies can use consumers' data that finds a balance between "privacy and prosperity." But it will be tricky to reconcile the concerns of privacy advocates who want people to have more control over the usage of their personal data - where they've been, what they view, who their friends are -and the powerful companies that mine it for profit.