Headline Roundup • September 27th, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh Concludes Testimony
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied allegations of sexual assault in an impassioned testimony, emotionally and defiantly criticizing Senate Democrats for turning the confirmation process into a "national disgrace" and orchestrating a "political hit" against him.
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Brett Kavanaugh Calls Allegations a ‘Political Hit’
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A fiery, tearful Brett Kavanaugh defended his nomination to the Supreme Court and his personal reputation against allegations of sexual assault in an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, shortly after his accuser said she was 100% certain he had assaulted her decades earlier.
Kavanaugh abandons script to deliver blistering opening statement on assault accusation
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A visibly emotional Judge Brett Kavanaugh abandoned his prepared script and delivered a blistering opening statement denying the allegations of sexual assault leveled against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, calling it a “calculated and orchestrated political hit.”
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