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GOP looks to avoid Clarence Thomas repeat after new claim against Kavanaugh

By Susan Ferrechio
Published September 15, 2018 4:00am ET
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GOP looks to avoid Clarence Thomas repeat after new claim against Kavanaugh
Brett Kavanaugh, appeals court judge, speaks after being nominated as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2018. Trump said he would nominate Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a choice that could create the most conservative court in generations and threaten landmark rulings including the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Senate Republicans on Friday moved to avoid “Clarence Thomas redux” after news leaked out that an unnamed woman had accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault while the two were in high school in the 1980s.

[New: Woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct comes forward]

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