Brett Kavanaugh - Third accuser comes forward alleging Supreme Court nominee was present for 'gang rape'
Judge has adamantly denies the allegations - 'This is ridiculous and from the twilight zone'
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Your support makes all the difference.The future of Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court after a third woman came forward to make accusations of sexual assault or misconduct at Brett Kavanaugh.
Julie Swetnick said in a sworn statement sent to the Senate Judiciary Committtee, she said at a number of parties in the 1980s, she witnessed efforts by Mr Kavanaugh and Mark Judge to get teenage girls “inebriated and disoriented so they could then be “gang raped” in a side room or bedroom by “a train of numerous boys”.
“I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their 'turn' with a girl inside the room,” she said in the statement.
Both Mr Kavanaugh and Mr Judge have denied the claims
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Bill O'Reilly, the former Fox News host who was fired after the company settled claims with five women over the years for a range of alleged misconduct including outright verbal abuse, has come to Mr Kavanaugh's defence - in typical style
Lawyers for Ms Ford have provided the Senate Judiciary Committee with the results of a polygraph test on her accusation Ms Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teens.
The documents indicate the Ford took the test on August 7 at a Hilton Hotel in Maryland, according to the Associated Press.
Ms Ford has told The Washington Post she hired a former FBI agent to conduct the test as she considered whether to come forward with her accusation, and she said she passed it.
Via Politico: Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley will announce he's seeking an injunction in federal court designed to stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh, asserting an obstruction of his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees
An official at a nonprofit working to end sexual and domestic violence describes an Arizona prosecutor set to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday about sexual assault allegations as "straightforward".
Tasha Menaker of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual Violence said Wednesday that she has worked with Rachel Mitchell for three years to develop sexual assault reporting guidelines for medical and legal specialists in Arizona's most populous county.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have said they want to speak to the latest woman accusing Mr Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said the committee would be be extending an invitation to Julie Swetnick to provide a sworn statement, and South Carolina's Lindsey Graham said he wanted the committee to talk to her “today”.
Mr Kavanaugh testified behind closed doors and under oath on Tuesday and denied allegations that he was present at parties in the 1980s where women were targeted and gang-raped, Time magazine has reported.
On Thursday, Mr Kavanaugh plans to tell the senate committee "did things in high school that make me cringe now”, but will deny the allegations against him, according to testimony prepared for the committee.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BK%20Written%20Testimony%20-%20Submitted%20Sept%2026.pdf
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