Washington – At least three Democratic presidential candidates are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college.
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Kavanaugh was confirmed last October after emotional hearings in the Senate over a sexual assault allegation from his high school years. The New York Times now reports that Kavanaugh faced a separate allegation from his time at Yale University and that the FBI did not investigate the claim. The latest claim mirrors one offered during his confirmation process by Deborah Ramirez, a Yale classmate who claimed Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a drunken party.
When he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year, Kavanaugh denied all allegations of impropriety .
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said after the new report that “Brett Kavanaugh lied to the U.S. Senate and most importantly to the American people.” She tweeted: “He must be impeached.”
A 2020 rival, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, tweeted that “Confirmation is not exoneration, and these newest revelations are disturbing. Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.”
Their comments followed similar ones from Julian Castro, a former U.S. housing secretary, on Saturday night. “It’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath,” he tweeted. “He should be impeached and Congress should review the failure of the Department of Justice to properly investigate the matter.”
Republicans currently control the Senate, making it virtually impossible to impeach Kavanaugh, who was nominated by President Donald Trump.
Trump, who fiercely Kavanaugh during his contentious confirmation process, dismissed the latest allegation as “lies.”
In a tweet Sunday, Trump said Kavanaugh “should start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue.” It wasn’t immediately clear how the Justice Department could come to the justice’s defense.
Trump added that they were “False Accusations without recrimination,” and claimed his accusers were seeking to influence Kavanaugh’s opinions on the bench.
(AP)
Ok so he was a classic wild college kid when 18 in college. People mature. Time to move forward. it was more accepted behavior in those times too. if thats the best the failing NYT has then good luck
NYTimes is now a hate newspaper. It will pick up all sorts of lies and report them as if they are fact as long as it goes along with the left-wing extremism and anti-Semitism of the NYTimes.
I call for all dems to be thrown out of the county. They are a insane
The whole metoo movement is a fake movement just to knock out Trump. The biggest proof is in the Jeff Epstein fiasco . Why didn’t anybody care about those women till Trump was elected ?
The behavior described may be boorish but this chapter is over. It’s fine to document that he did these things, he’s a public figure, but he’s on SCOTUS and this is not grounds to change that.
More lies from the fake news propagandist arm of the Democrat party
Bunch of idiots……Clinton a grown men goes after his secretary while in the White House and they have a problem with an 18 year old college boy
Enough on this parsha. ITS OVER! Time to move on and burry it. No solid proof and only out to destroy a decent man. I call upon all the clowns calling for impeachment {which is unheard of} to impeach themselves and free us from their hypocricy.
The NYT this morning had to add a note to it’s article. It seems that the alleged victim doesn’t actually recall the incident.
You know how there are “political generals” This guy is a “political judge.”
Born inside the Beltway, his Mom was a judge, his Dad was a lobbyist. He went to a private high school with its own golf course. On summer breaks he vacationed in Europe. He never tried a case. He never sentenced anyone. He never wrote a will. He never defended a client.
He went to the same law schools that produced the other Supreme Court justices. He doesn’t fish or hunt. He cannot ride a horse. He cannot speak any languages other than English. He has no hobbies.
Seriously, can’t we do better than this privileged elitist drunk?
Paul, what do you mean “WE”? Justice Cavanaough wasn’t some guy that Trump picked up of the street. Justice Cavanaugh is eminently qualified to serve on the Supreme court after serving many years on lower courts and on the U.S. Court of Appeals. This latest attempt to smear him appears to be another serving of Liberal BS. As noted above, the alleged “victim” in this case doesn’t recall anything of the kind occurring.
It’s a big country. Even if you can make excuses for the flaws of our government members, there are millions of people to replace them with; surely we can find someone better.