Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in high school, Christine Blasey Ford, are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ford was the first of three women who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. And President Trump, who nominated Kavanaugh, said during his visit to the United Nations Wednesday that the accusations are "ridiculous" and repeated his counter-accusation that Democrats are playing a "con game."
In the wake of a the third accusation Wednesday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to President Trump urging him to immediately withdraw the nomination or order an FBI investigation into all allegations.
“Judge Kavanaugh is being considered for a promotion. He is asking for a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court where he will have the opportunity to rule on matters that will impact Americans for decades. The standard of character and fitness for a position on the nation’s highest court must be higher than this. Judge Kavanaugh has staunchly declared his respect for women and issued blanket denials of any possible misconduct, but those declarations are in serious doubt,” the letter read in part.
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