The sexual assault allegation levied against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “does not involve any potential federal crime,” said a Justice Department spokesperson Monday evening.

Kavanaugh, whose confirmation has hit some turbulence, faces an allegation from Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old professor at Palo Alto University who revealed her identity to the Washington Post over the weekend. She claims Kavanaugh forced himself on her at a party in the early 1980s when they were both teenagers.