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Brett Kavanaugh classmate who wrote of booze-fueled partying now goes silent
Mark Judge spent decades mining his recollections and writing books and articles full of semi-confessional details about the suburban Maryland prep school he attended with future Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Now, though, Judge's memory has drawn a blank. Judge, identified by Christine Blasey Ford ...
Trump calls allegations against his top court nominee a 'con game being played by the Democrats'
President Donald Trump, fighting to shore up his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a divided U.S. Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge "a con game being played by the Democrats." In a break from convention, Senate ...
As confirmation fight gets nastier, Republicans begin digging in on Kavanaugh
The first allegation against Brett Kavanaugh left Republicans rattled and nervous. The second left them angry and ready to fight back. The GOP punched back hard Monday, seeming to cast aside — for now — worries that President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee could turn ...
U.S. top court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces new accusation as Senate hearing set
The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing Thursday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager, as a claim of sexual misconduct emerged from another woman. The New Yorker magazine reported Sunday ...
Supreme Court nominee accuser agrees to testify before U.S. Senate
The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has agreed to testify in the Senate, her lawyers said Saturday, setting up a dramatic showdown in the coming week. Christine Blasey Ford's decision followed days of negotiations and ...
Assault claim against U.S. Supreme Court nominee fans #MeToo flames
When U.S. President Donald Trump demanded to know why his Supreme Court nominee's sexual assault accuser did not come forward sooner, he sought to cast doubt over her claims. His argument? If her story were true, Christine Blasey Ford would have spoken out back in ...
Kavanaugh hearing on alleged assault echoes 1991 showdown, but is U.S. set for replay?
In 1991, a visibly uncomfortable law professor named Anita Hill swore to tell the truth before an all-male panel as she leveled detailed allegations of workplace sexual harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Nearly three decades later, the stage is set for another eerily ...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday bluntly questioned the allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a fellow high school student over 30 years ago, and Republicans warned the accuser the window was closing to tell her story before a confirmation vote. Trump's skepticism, ...
65 women came to Brett Kavanaugh's defense in matter of hours, raising questions
It started as a series of phone calls among old high-school friends and ended up embroiling 65 women in the firestorm over a sexual assault allegation that could shape the Supreme Court. In a matter of hours, they all signed onto a letter rallying behind ...
Trump feels 'terribly' for top court pick as Democrats seek FBI probe into alleged sexual misconduct
President Donald Trump showered sympathy Tuesday on Brett Kavanaugh, his embattled Supreme Court nominee who is accused of sexual assault, as Senate Republicans and Democrats fought determinedly over who should testify at a high-stakes hearing on the allegation just six weeks before major congressional ...
Democrats have been calling on the FBI to investigate a woman's claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school. What they're asking for, though, isn't a criminal investigation that could lead to charges. Instead, they want ...
