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September 24, 2018

GOP senators defend Kavanaugh as exasperation mounts: 'We're in the Twilight Zone,' Graham says

Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a forceful defense of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the Senate floor, top Judiciary Committee Republicans on Monday sounded notes of both exasperation and defiance in the face of what they have characterized as last-minute "smears."

September 24, 2018

Avenatti says more Kavanaugh accusations will go public within 48 hours: 'I state facts and have evidence to back it up'

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, now says he has a client who will reveal allegations against embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh within 48 hours -- shortly before Kavanaugh is set to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee amid other sexual misconduct accusations.

September 24, 2018

Supreme Court set to begin new term with empty seat amid Kavanaugh uncertainty

Regardless of whether Senate Republicans succeed in confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, it is increasingly likely that procedural hurdles will prevent him from taking his seat on the bench prior to the start of the court's term Oct. 1.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct that have threatened to derail his confirmation in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Monday.

September 24, 2018

McConnell says Kavanaugh will get up-or-down vote; blasts Senate Dems for 'smear campaign'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., vowed Monday that lawmakers will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the “near future,” during a speech on the Senate floor in which he strongly criticized Democrats for what he continually called a “smear campaign” against the judge.

September 24, 2018

Hundreds of protesters descend on Capitol Hill amid new Kavanaugh allegations

Protesters lined the halls outside the offices of Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. – both undecided voters on the Senate Judiciary Committee and key to Kavanaugh’s chances of being confirmed.

September 24, 2018

Grassley denies New Yorker claim that GOP sat on new Kavanaugh allegations, says Dems 'never informed Republican staff'

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is flatly denying a claim published by The New Yorker that "senior Republican staffers" had learned of the latest sexual misconduct allegation against Brett Kavanaugh days in advance of the magazine's story on Sunday.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh accuser says 'fear' won't stop her from testifying as Grassley promises 'fair and respectful treatment'

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that despite being “frightened,” her “fear will not hold me back from testifying” as scheduled on Thursday.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh accusers enlist high-powered lawyers, Dem operatives

The women accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school and college have something else in common: they are enlisting a growing number of well-known Democratic lawyers, donors and operatives for their fight against President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh fires back at latest allegation, says he won’t be ‘intimidated into withdrawing’

An embattled Brett Kavanaugh on Monday said he won’t be “intimidated into withdrawing” his nomination to the Supreme Court, as he called accusations he sexually harassed and assaulted women decades ago while in high school and college "smears" in a new letter to top lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee.