Anita Hill: Rushing Kavanaugh process shows sexual assault charges ‘not important’

Published September 18, 2018 12:59pm ET



Anita Hill, the woman who told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 that Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her, warned Tuesday that the committee is rushing its examination of sexual assault charges against President Trump’s nominee to the court.

Republicans decided Monday to hold a new public hearing next week to consider the charges against Brett Kavanaugh raised by Christine Blasey Ford, and have made it clear they still want to move quickly to confirm Kavanaugh soon. But in an op-ed for the New York Times, Hill said the rush shows sexual assault allegations are “not important” to the committee.

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