Judiciary Committee Reviews New Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh
Senators said they were assessing what to make of new accusations involving the Supreme Court nominee as the hours tick toward a high-stakes hearing on Thursday.
by Ryan Lucas
Sep 26, 2018
4 minutes
Updated at 3:27 p.m. ET
The Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing a statement from a third woman who has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
The allegations, from a woman identified as Julie Swetnick, were made public by attorney Michael Avenatti on Wednesday morning.
Avenatti posted Swetnick's three-page sworn declaration on Twitter.
NPR is not reporting some of the details involved in the allegations; attempts to contact Swetnick had not succeeded on Wednesday morning.
Kavanaugh has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct.
"This is ridiculous and from the ," he said in a statement released by the White House. "I don't
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