Judge Brett Kavanaugh indicated Monday that he is willing to return to the Senate to testify about newly surfaced allegations that he sexually assaulted and attempted to rape a girl when he was in high school, even as he called the allegation “completely false.”
The new statement comes after Christine Blasey Ford came forward on Sunday to publicly accuse Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were in high school. The contents of a private letter she’d written about the event to her congresswoman had earlier leaked to the public. On Monday morning, her attorney said she’s be willing to testify to the Senate.
Kavanaugh was spotted at the White House Monday by CNN.
??? Brett Kavanaugh has just arrived at the White House.
Another incredible spot by @abdallahcnn pic.twitter.com/aCyn0Bt3EZ
— Allie Malloy (@AlliemalCNN) September 17, 2018
It remains to be seen whether Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans will agree to delay a planned Thursday vote to move Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate floor — or whether Kavanaugh and Ford will be brought back to testify in public in front of the committee. Committe Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has indicated the committee is full steam ahead, though some other Senate Republicans have begun to make noises that it should be delayed and that Ford and Kavanaugh should be brought back to testify publicly.
Here’s the full statement from Kavanaugh, released by the White House Monday morning:
“This is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes—to her or to anyone.
“Because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday.
“I am willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee in any way the Committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation, from 36 years ago, and defend my integrity.”
Boy he really is a compulsive gambler isn’t he?
Is he also willing to take a polygraph test with the FBI?
If you were too drunk to remember, how would you know? Will your 65 “female friends” bring fresh context to the evening in question and if asked will they also testify, given the weight of their testimony as corroboration? Will your best friend deny he had to pull you off her?
Yes or no answers only.
Looking forward to this, although I think its a bluff and his appearance this morning at the White House suggests they are double-checking this is not going to end up as a dribble all over Donnie’s chin…
“Yeah, that’s the ticket! I’ll run to the White house to get advice from a man who stated that it is perfectly all right to grab a woman by her private parts against her will.”
Oh, and in case you missed it, defender of white Santa Clause and phony feminist Megyn Kelly sez of Christine Ford, “Maybe he blew her off and she has an ax to grind.”
Really, Megyn? Is that what happened during your tenure at FoxNews, Roger Ailes blew off your advances and you had an ax to grind?
Comparing Kavanaugh to his boss on the appeals court Merit Garland…my god Republicans are unfit to hold any offices…not just Trump but all of them!
No wonder and no surprise Kavanaugh was a baby Bush pick…and now a lying illegitimate crooked Trump pick.
The Republicans are killing our Democracy all to make the rich Billionaires happy…Kavanaugh will add to Trump’s attack on trying to clean up our environment and to start reducing the high rate of cancer in the US. Cancer is now the #1 killer in the US even as fewer people smoke…thanks to Republican deregulation and contaminating our air, water, and food supply!