Ross: And now there are two Kavanaugh accusers
Sep 24, 2018, 7:12 AM
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The New Yorker has published a second accusation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Deborah Ramirez is quoted as saying that while they were both Freshmen at Yale, she was invited to one of those circular co-ed drinking games. It led to Kavanaugh committing a lewd act that I will not describe, but which I’m sure has set some kind of Google search record by now.
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The New Yorker could not completely verify Ramirez’s story – due a complete lack of sober witnesses. But this raises the stakes. Because it would have happened a year after the now-famous house party described by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Which would mean Kavanaugh was an 18-year-old adult.
And that goes directly to a question he was asked under oath at his confirmation hearing: “Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors, or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?”
Kavanaugh replied “no.”
If it turns out he lied, he’s in trouble. But if his accusers have no solid proof either incident happened – and so far they do not – the women who stepped forward hoping to protect women’s rights will instead have a Supreme Court justice who is not only a Conservative, but who considers himself to have been falsely accused of sexual assault in front of his family.
And he will be in a position to decide how the courts will handle such accusations for years to come.
