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Brett Kavanaugh is President Donald Trump's nominee to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy's soon-to-be-open spot on the nation's highest court after the latter announced his intention to retire. Kavanaugh is an attorney who serves as a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. He was married in 2004 and has two children.
If confirmed, he would be Trump's second appointment to the Supreme Court, the first being former U.S. Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch from the 10th Court of Appeals. Gorsuch is from Colorado.
NOTE: Starting at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Channel 9 will be switching over to an NBC Special Report to cover the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings with Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. We’ll also be streaming the hearings on 9NEWS.com, Facebook and on the 9NEWS app.
Since Kavanaugh's nomination, two women have come forward to accuse Kavanaugh of misconduct; Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh and a friend of holding her down and attempting to rape her at a party in high school, and Deborah Ramirez of Boulder said Kavanaugh put his penis in her face during a dorm room party at Yale. Both accusations stem from incidents in the early 1980s.
Kavanaugh denies the claims.
Below, you'll find more in-depth coverage from 9NEWS' journalists.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to get a committee vote this week, in the face of accusations of sexual misconduct - including one from a Coloradan. The process is much different than any other vote in Congress....
Deborah Ramirez alleges Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were in college together at Yale....
President Trump referred to Deborah Ramirez, a Colorado woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party when they were freshmen at Yale University, saying, "The second accuser has nothing."...
"Ultimately, it came down to the fact that Clarence Thomas' entire life exhibited a pattern of behavior that was at great odds with what had been alleged," Brown said. "I think his conduct on the courts since verifies that."...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have scheduled a Friday vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court bid, less than 24 hours after the committee is scheduled to hear testimony from a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her. ...
Deborah Ramirez's attorney wants her -- and other witnesses -- to be questioned under oath by the FBI. But it's not clear whether that will happen, or whether the Senate Judiciary Committee is interested in hearing her story.
Friends said Ramirez rarely talked about her college days and lived a private life in the Rocky Mountains foothills. But colleagues said they sensed something in her past had drawn her to devote her life to supporting women in trouble.
"You've got one side that has a huge agenda, another side that has a huge agenda," Morrissey said. "So, is this really even about getting to the truth?"
A woman in Denver wrote and sent a letter anonymously to Colorado's Republican Senator Gardner detailing an accusation of misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Lawyer John Clune released a series of e-mails Thursday in an effort to show that Deborah Ramirez has tried to discuss a process with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee whereby she would tell her story. Repeatedly, a committee staffer asked her to provide "evidence" before any discussion of the process.
A few of you sent in feedback Wednesday night after we reported on the new, anonymous allegation made against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. This is why we did...
