Thursday, 11 October 2018

Anita Hill: Kavanaugh confirmation hearing 'disservice to the American public'

Professor said Senate committee response to Christine Blasey Ford mirrored her experience testifying against Clarence Thomas

Anita Hill said Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing was a “disservice to the American public”, in her first public remarks since he was confirmed to the supreme court on Monday after one of the most narrowly won confirmation proceedings in history.

Hill said the Senate judiciary committee’s response to Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Kavanaugh mirrored her own experience testifying against the then supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991.

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