Sexual misconduct allegation fuels last-minute push to tank Kavanaugh

Published September 16, 2018 4:00am ET



A decades-old sexual misconduct allegation involving Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, has led to an 11th-hour charge by Democrats to get him to withdraw.

The allegation, made by an unidentified woman in a letter sent to Democratic lawmakers in July, comes days before the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination.

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