Conservative group launches $1.5M campaign to defend Kavanaugh
By Jordan Fabian - 09/17/18 12:00 PM EDT
A conservative group plans to launch a new ad campaign to defend Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh from allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman while in high school.
The Judicial Crisis Network said it will put $1.5 million behind a television ad blitz that features a person who has been friends with Kavanaugh for 35 years.
"We are not going to allow a last-minute smear campaign destroy a good and decent man who has an unblemished personal record," said a spokesperson for the group.
The group did not name the person who will appear in the ad. Judicial Crisis Network has already pledged to spend $5 million backing Kavanaugh's nomination.
The announcement comes as Kavanaugh's nomination has been thrown into peril by the assault charges, which took on new life Sunday when the accuser came forward.
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