White House Open to Deborah Ramirez Testifying on Her Kavanaugh Allegation
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The White House is open to giving the second woman who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault the opportunity to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
“Certainly we would be open to that, and that process could take place on Thursday,” Sanders said Tuesday on “Good Morning America.”
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Sanders also said Tuesday on “Fox & Friends” that because of “11th-hour political games” on the part of Democrats, they have hurt the lives of two different families and exploited individuals for “their own political purposes.”
“I do think it’s unfair to continue to drag the process out and continue to put good people through the wringer for the sake of political games the Democrats want to play,” Sanders said.
Deborah Ramirez claimed Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, thrust his exposed penis into her face without her consent at a Yale College party in the mid-1980s, according to The New Yorker.
“Ms. Ramirez herself contacted former Yale classmates asking if they recalled the incident and told some of them that she could not be certain Mr. Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself,” The New York Times reported. “The Times had interviewed several dozen people over the past week in an attempt to corroborate her story, and could find no one with firsthand knowledge.”
The Judiciary Committee has contacted Ramirez and her lawyer, but no official invitation to testify publicly has been offered thus far, according to The Washington Post.
Ramirez’s accusations come after Christine Blasey Ford alleged that Kavanaugh
Ford said she cannot remember exactly where or when the alleged assault occurred. She said she believes it happened during the summer of 1982.
Alleged witnesses have told the Judiciary Committee they don’t recall the party or the events that were reported to have occurred.
Porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, tweeted Tuesday morning that a third woman might come forward in the next 36 hours with allegations that Kavanaugh assaulted her.
Kavanaugh has denied that he sexually assaulted anyone. The Judiciary Committee plans to meet Thursday to hear from Kavanaugh and Ford.
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