Progressive activist Igor Volsky on Monday said the credibility of Brett Kavanaugh is “very much in question,” especially now that a second woman has come forward accusing the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct.
“What we’ve seen from the nominee when he was before the committee is he may have come very close to perjury in several instances that we now know about,” Volsky told Hill.TV “Rising” co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton. “We have this whole situation happening – another allegation coming last night.”
“If you look at his credibility before the committee, that’s in question – that’s very much in question, given all of the documents that came out, given the fact that there’s lots of documents that haven’t come out that this White House doesn’t want to come out,” he added.
Democrats have repeatedly criticized Republicans over the release of documents tied to Kavanaugh’s nomination. More than 42,000 documents relating to Kavanaugh’s work during the George W. Bush administration made available to Senate Judiciary Committee members the night before the confirmation hearing was set to begin, giving lawmakers, particularly Democrats, little time to review them.
Democrats last week filed a lawsuit against the National Archives in an attempt to gain access to more of the judge’s records that were previously deemed confidential.
Volsky said that if more women come forward with allegations against Kavanaugh, it’s going to be even more difficult for Senate Republicans to push forward with a confirmation vote.
“The more shoes drop, the more allegations come forward, the harder I think it’s going to be for Republicans to rush this through – if anything, I think there’s going to be a delay,” Volsky told Hill.TV.
A second woman came forward, on Sunday, accusing Kavanaugh sexual misconduct.
Fifty-three-year-old Deborah Ramirez said Kavanaugh exposed himself to her while the two were in college at Yale University, according a report by The New Yorker.
In light of the new accusation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on the panel to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation process so that the allegations can be referred to the FBI for further investigation.
The report from The New Yorker came hours after Christine Blasey Ford reached a tentative deal with the Republican-led Judiciary Committee to testify on Thursday.
Ford went public with her allegation last week, saying Kavanaugh forced himself on her, groped her and tried to to remove her clothes at a high school party during the early 1980s.
Kavanaugh, who has denied the allegations made by Ford and Ramirez, is slated to testify on Thursday as well.
— Tess Bonn
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