Tag: Sexual Assault

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

The handling of the Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault accusation is unfair to him and Christine Blasey Ford

Nicole Russell · September 17, 2018 5:45 pm

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, listens during a hearing with Jeff Sessions, U.S. attorney general, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017.

Grassley, Cornyn resist new hearing for Kavanaugh after sexual assault accusation

Susan Ferrechio · September 17, 2018 4:40 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,Â speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Washington.

Susan Collins: Kavanaugh and his accuser ‘should both testify’

Robert Donachie · September 17, 2018 4:34 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing.

Beltway Confidential

SCIF-based hearings are the way for senators to address the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh fairly and without a circus

Tom Rogan · September 17, 2018 3:43 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.

Democrats demand delay in Kavanaugh vote as GOP doubts grow

Susan Ferrechio · September 17, 2018 3:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

The three most important questions on the allegation against Brett Kavanaugh

Emily Jashinsky · September 17, 2018 3:10 pm

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, second from left, returns from a short break while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

53,000 sign petition demanding delay in Brett Kavanaugh confirmation vote

Katelyn Caralle · September 17, 2018 2:57 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.

Don’t let Democrats recreate the Anita Hill circus for Kavanaugh

Washington Examiner · September 17, 2018 2:42 pm

Kavanaugh calls sexual misconduct allegation ‘completely false,’ offers to speak with Senate Judiciary Committee

Melissa Quinn · September 17, 2018 2:35 pm

Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin doesn't expect enough Democrats to vote in favor of ending debate on Judge Neil Gorsuch's appointment to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Durbin: Kavanaugh accuser needs a public hearing, not phone calls

Katelyn Caralle · September 17, 2018 12:42 pm

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks on television in the Briefing Room.

Kellyanne Conway: Kavanaugh accuser ‘should not be ignored’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 17, 2018 12:02 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh answers a question about guns during a third round of questioning on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify: ‘The answer is yes’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 17, 2018 11:40 am