4 monthes ago | By Think Progress
White House officials aren't on the same page about how to respond to new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
During a CBS This Morning interview on Monday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway downplayed the allegations - all of them pertaining to Kavanaugh's behavior in high school - as youthful indiscretions that have no bearing on who the judge is as an adult. She praised him for not using his position as a judge to further abuse women.
Senate Republicans learned of a second Kavanaugh accuser, then they tried to speed up his vote
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4 monthes ago | By Fortune
A second woman's account of being sexually harassed by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was revealed Sunday in an article published by the New Yorker .
The woman, Deborah Ramirez, was a classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale. After carefully reviewing her memories of the event, Ramirez told the New Yorker that she remembers Kavanaugh "exposing himself" to her at a "drunken dormitory party," during which time he "thrust his penis in her face and caused her to touch it without her consent." Ramirez has not stated whether she is willing to testify, but she has called for an FBI...
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4 monthes ago | By ABC
A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation.
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4 monthes ago | By NPR
Rachel Martin talks to Senate Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, ahead of Thursday's hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who's accused of sexual misconduct.
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R. Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Cook County Friday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Kelly is accused of sexually abusing four... Read more ...
Nine of the counts specify the victim was between 13 and 15. One count did not specify any ages. Read more ...
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