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Video | Doug Jones explains why he voted no on Kavanaugh confirmation

Sen. Doug Jones, Alabama’s Democratic senator, explained on the Senate floor why he voted against now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. In a floor speech on Friday ahead of the final vote on Saturday, Jones relented the “divisive” nature of Kavanaugh’s nomination, the now-justice’s “partisan-fueled tirade”during a hearing on sexual assault allegations and … Continued
October 8, 2018

Senators criticize Trump’s remarks on Ford as Kavanaugh vote is fast tracked

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) delivered its report to the White House on allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett M Kavanaugh sexually assaulted women in the 1980s. The White House has transmitted the report to the Senate Judiciary Committee. After receiving the report on late Wednesday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said … Continued
October 4, 2018

Poll: Voters more likely to back candidates who oppose Kavanaugh’s confirmation

Voters are more likely to back Senate candidates who oppose the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, according to a new Morning Consult and Politico poll released as the FBI conducts its week-limited investigation into the sexual misconduct claims against him. Morning Consult surveyed 993 registed voters on Friday and Saturday, the two … Continued
October 2, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh lies a lot

Brett Kavanaugh is a liar. Let’s get that straight right off the bat. He’s a stone cold, look-you-in-the-eye-and-lie liar. That’s really the only reason there even was a hearing on Thursday, in which decades-old allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh were in the spotlight. Had Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee been truthful about his high … Continued
September 28, 2018

Will Christine Blasey Ford testify before Senate Judiciary Committee or not?

Christine Blasey Ford has alleged that she was groped by Brett Kavanaugh when they were both teenagers and that another student had to pull him off of her. That student, Kavanaugh’s Georgetown Prep classmate Mark Judge denies Ford’s account. Judge said Ford’s allegation never happened: “It’s just absolutely nuts. I never saw Brett act that … Continued
September 21, 2018

UltraViolet says Kavanaugh nomination must be withdrawn over sexual misconduct allegation

Brett Kavanaugh appeared to be a sure confirmation, likely this week; until U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) presented claims that Kavanaugh may have abused a young woman at a pool party in the 1980s when both Kavanaugh and his accuser were teens. Friday, the ‘New Yorker’ published a piece about how Senate Democrats referred a … Continued
September 18, 2018