The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee released a report late Saturday night that it said completely exonerates Brett Kavanaugh from “numerous allegations” of sexual misconduct.
“This was a serious and thorough investigation that left no stone unturned in our pursuit of the facts,” wrote committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in a statement about the 414-page report. “In the end, there was no credible evidence to support the allegations against the nominee.”
Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to be an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court last month, faced allegations from numerous women about sexual misconduct. He denied all of the claims levied against him.
One of those women, California professor Christine Blasey Ford, said Kavanaugh was drunk when he pinned her down to a bed and tried to remove her clothes when they were at a high school house party in the 1980s in a Maryland suburb.
Another woman, Deborah Ramirez, said a drunken Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party when the two were at Yale University.
But the Senate Judiciary Committee said Saturday that there were six FBI reports on Kavanaugh throughout his career, and interviews with more than 150 people said Kavanaugh “did not reveal any alcohol abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior.”
According to Grassley, committee investigators spoke with 45 people and took 25 written statements relating to the allegations made during Kavanaugh’s confirmation process.
Among those questioned, the report said, were Mark Judge, PJ Smyth, and Leland Keyser — the three individuals whom Blasey Ford claimed were present in the house when Kavanaugh assaulted her.
In September, the FBI conducted a narrow probe into both Blasey Ford and Ramirez’s accusations, and ultimately found no evidence of wrongdoing.
“This was a serious and thorough investigation that left no stone unturned in our pursuit of the facts,” Grassley said. “In the end, there was no credible evidence to support the allegations against the nominee.”https://t.co/xJKAoiWJlW
— Senate Judiciary (@senjudiciary) November 4, 2018
