Tag: Sexual Assault

Beltway Confidential

NBC News’ report on unverified Kavanaugh Facebook allegations is the worst coverage of the news cycle

Becket Adams · September 20, 2018 8:36 pm

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, left, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott wait for a joint session of the Alaska Legislature to convene Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Juneau, Alaska. In Walker's annual State of the State address, he told lawmakers Alaska's prosperity hinges on solving Alaska's multibillion dollar budget deficit.

Alaska’s governor, lieutenant governor oppose Kavanaugh nomination

Melissa Quinn · September 20, 2018 8:22 pm

Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., flanked by Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about his time in the White House.

Democrats urge Trump to launch FBI investigation into Kavanaugh sexual assault allegation

Robert Donachie · September 20, 2018 7:21 pm

Beltway Confidential

Democrats need to read the Constitution

Michael Barone · September 20, 2018 7:02 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, listens to questions from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in the evening of the second day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Sept. 5, 2018.

Kavanaugh accuser ‘prepared to testify next week’ in the Senate, with conditions

Caitlin Yilek · September 20, 2018 6:59 pm

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill, June 21, 2016, in Washington.

Washington Secrets

Cancelled: Lawyers for Kavanaugh accuser to host Democratic fundraiser for Sen. Baldwin

Paul Bedard · September 20, 2018 6:44 pm

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joins protesters objecting to President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a rally in Washington, Aug. 1, 2018.

Kirsten Gillibrand: Christine Blasey Ford shouldn’t testify if FBI doesn’t investigate assault allegation

Laura Barrón-López · September 20, 2018 6:14 pm

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questions witnesses as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, on Capitol Hill.

Patrick Leahy: What are Republicans hiding about Kavanaugh?

Caitlin Yilek · September 20, 2018 6:10 pm

Writer Amy Chua attends an event in New York.

Yale Law professor gave female students advice on how to look ‘model-like’ to get Kavanaugh clerkship: Report

Katelyn Caralle · September 20, 2018 5:49 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters' questions on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid scrutiny of a woman's claim he sexually assaulted her at a party when they were in high school, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018.

New York Times: Dianne Feinstein faces ‘legitimate questions’ on timing of Kavanaugh accusation

Eddie Scarry · September 20, 2018 4:45 pm

Protesters opposed to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, occupy the office of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in the Hart Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Kavanaugh protesters swarm Chuck Grassley’s office

Caitlin Yilek · September 20, 2018 4:32 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif, fired back at President Trump after he called for a government shutdown in September to get rid of the legislative filibuster in the Senate. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Democrat Eric Swalwell apologizes for ‘Boo hoo hoo’ tweet belittling threats to Susan Collins

Diana Stancy Correll · September 20, 2018 3:49 pm