Deborah Ramirez, one of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct decades ago, has spoken with the FBI, according to multiple reports Sunday.
Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party when they were both students at Yale University in the early 1980s. She is the second woman to go public with allegations against the judge, following Christine Blasey Ford, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday about Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulting her at a high school party. Kavanaugh has vehemently denied both allegations, as well as the allegations brought forth by a third woman — Julie Swetnick.
President Trump ordered the FBI to reopen Kavanaugh’s background investigation on Friday following a successful committee vote. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who represents a critical GOP vote to confirm Kavanaugh on the Senate floor, said he would be uncomfortable with proceeding on the nomination until after a supplemental FBI investigation.
Ramirez reportedly provided FBI agents with names of others who she said could corroborate her account.
The FBI is also planning to interview three other potential witnesses in addition to Ramirez: Mark Judge, Kavanaugh’s high school classmate who Ford alleges was in the room when she was groped, and two other people who were said to have attended the same party. Ford herself has not been contacted by the FBI, according to ABC News.
