Confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh - Page 52

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.

September 24, 2018

Jason Chaffetz: Democrats fundraise off Kavanaugh smears -- is this the country we want to live in?

All of this creates perverse incentives for political operatives (on both sides) to manufacture allegations anytime they disagree with an appointee’s politics – or with the broader results of an election.

September 24, 2018

New Yorker hit piece on Kavanaugh is not journalism, it's a bizarre political stage show

Disturbing though the new accusation about Judge Kavanaugh may be it is not serious and it is not credible. It should be dismissed by the public at large and those pushing it should apologize to Kavanaugh and his family.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh confirmation chaos -- Liberals, especially liberal women, should be careful what they wish for

If Kavanaugh does not join the Supreme Court, many liberal women will rejoice. Given how his defeat could harden suspicions about the unfairness of the women’s movement, they should be careful what they wish for.

September 24, 2018

Ben Shapiro: Kavanaugh allegations are business as usual for Democrats -- They have a long history of smears

It’s pretty obvious at this point that the Democratic attempts to smear Brett Kavanaugh are just that: a smear attempt. It’s an election ploy, an attempt to rev up the base.

September 24, 2018

Kavanaugh buffeted by more uncorroborated charges as Dems seek to derail nomination

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, late Sunday slammed Senate Democrats for withholding information from the committee regarding sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.