Kavanaugh comes out firing, rips Senate process as a ‘national disgrace’

By Melissa Quinn

Published September 27, 2018 7:24pm ET

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Kavanaugh comes out firing, rips Senate process as a ‘national disgrace’ — Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. | (Saul Loeb/Pool Image via AP)

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ripped his Senate confirmation process as a “circus” that has led to smears and threats against his family, and said the Senate effort to investigate sexual assault claims against him has become a “national disgrace.”

“This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” Kavanaugh said during his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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