Confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh - Page 17

July 23, 2019

Watters: Al Franken New Yorker story a 'puff piece' by 'advocate for Democrats'

Writer Jane Mayer's interview with Al Franken for the New Yorker is a ploy to rehabilitate the former Democratic senator's image, according to Jesse Watters.

July 11, 2019

New book claims Justice Kennedy lobbied for Trump to consider Kavanaugh

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh reportedly was among the top five choices that former Justice Anthony Kennedy recommended then-candidate Donald Trump nominate during the 2016 campaign. 

July 10, 2019

CNN reporter pretended to be on phone call during pro-Kavanaugh gathering, book claims

A new book claims that an unnamed CNN reporter pretended to be on a phone call when a massive gathering of women lobbied a swing-vote senator to support Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

July 10, 2019

Sen. Collins rejected Republican senator's offer to ditch Kavanaugh after Ford testimony, new book claims

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, refused to take part in a Senate Judiciary Committee Republican's proposal for the White House to abandon Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's nomination after his accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, delivered an emotional testimony at his confirmation hearing in September 2018, a new book claims.

July 9, 2019

'Fistfights nearly broke out' among senators before Kavanaugh vote, new book claims

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings deeply divided the U.S. Senate and created an extremely tense atmosphere at the end of 2018 -- so tense, a new book claims, that the nation's lawmakers almost traded blows as a critical swing vote, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., weighed his options.

July 7, 2019

'Justice on Trial' excerpt: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino reveal how Kavanaugh confirmation was saved

The unwillingness of nearly everyone to question [Christine Blasey] Ford’s credibility publicly made the pressure on Kavanaugh before his testimony nearly unbearable. After the Fox News interview, Don McGahn encouraged Kavanaugh by reminding him there was a reason he had been nominated to the Supreme Court.

July 7, 2019

New account of Kavanaugh confirmation reveals clashes behind scenes of historic hearing

A new book details how Brett Kavanaugh’s advisers were split on how he should approach his dramatic hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

July 3, 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers praise to Brett Kavanaugh for hiring all-female staff

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had kind words to her new conservative colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, for his inclusivity of women in the highest court of the land. 

June 20, 2019

Napolitano on doxxing sentence: Effort to block Judge Kavanaugh was unlike anything we have seen

Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said Thursday that a federal judge sent a strong message with a four-year sentence handed down to a former Capitol Hill aide for a "doxxing" scheme against Republican senators.

May 24, 2019

How the media enabled Michael Avenatti, now accused of stealing from Stormy

The media that made Michael Avenatti famous led their viewers and readers astray.