Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Friday lambasted an allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh committed potential sexual misconduct when he was a teenager, arguing Democrats are recklessly throwing out the unsubstantiated claim at the last minute to halt his confirmation.
Kavanaugh has “categorically” denied the allegation, which surfaced in a letter to a California congresswoman that was later sent to the authorities by Sen. Diane Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The letter, whose author did not want her name to be made public, says that Kavanaugh and a male friend trapped her in a bedroom during a high school party and attempted to assault her, The New York Times reported.