Brett Kavanaugh: Second sexual misconduct allegation ‘a smear, plain and simple’

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defended himself Sunday evening against a second allegation of sexual misconduct, condemning a report that said he exposed himself to a woman as an undergraduate at Yale University.

“This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen,” Kavanaugh wrote in a statement released to the press. “The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so.”

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