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More than 200 arrested total for Kavanaugh hearings protests

By Anna Giaritelli
Published September 7, 2018 3:19am ET
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More than 200 arrested total for Kavanaugh hearings protests
A protester disrupts the confirmation hearing of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More than 200 protesters have been arrested by U.S. Capitol Police in the first three days of the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

A total of 69 people were taken into custody Thursday, USCP spokeswoman Eva Malecki said in a statement issued late Thursday.

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