Kavanaugh’s wife: Sexual misconduct accusations ‘not consistent with Brett’

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s wife, Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, on Monday defended her husband against sexual misconduct allegations, saying they are “not consistent with Brett.”

“I’ve known him for 17 years, and this is not at all — it’s really hard to believe. He’s decent. He’s kind. He’s good. I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett,” she said during a Fox News interview.

Ashley Estes Kavanaugh: “He’s decent. He’s kind. He’s good. I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett.” #TheStory https://t.co/ZexbiQZjf2 pic.twitter.com/kiDCVaaobN

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 24, 2018

The couple sat for the interview Monday amid two sexual misconduct allegations that have been levied against the Supreme Court nominee. It is unusual for a Supreme Court nominee to appear in a televised interview during the confirmation process, but Brett Kavanaugh appeared on Fox News to defend himself from multiple accusations ahead of a Senate hearing.

{mosads}Ashley Estes Kavanaugh also said during the interview that the nomination process has been “harder than we imagined.”

“And we imagined it might be hard,” she said. “But at the end of the day, our faith is strong and we know that we’re on the right path. We’re going to stick to it.”

CNN reported last week that Ashley Estes Kavanaugh has faced harassment and threats since the first allegation against her husband became public, and that the judge has also received death threats.

The Fox News interview came one day after The New Yorker reported that Senate Democrats are investigating a second allegation dating back to Brett Kavanaugh’s freshman year at Yale University. Deborah Ramirez told The New Yorker that Kavanaugh thrust his penis in her face, causing her to touch it without her consent while the two were students at Yale.

The allegation came as Kavanaugh is scheduled to testify Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee over separate accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed during a high school party in the 1980s and tried to take off her clothes.

Kavanaugh, who has denied both accusations, reiterated his denials during the Fox News interview, saying that he has “never sexually assaulted anyone” and requesting that he get a “fair process.”