GOP lawmaker: Second Kavanaugh accuser refusing to talk to Congress
by Susan Ferrechio
| September 25, 2018 03:55 PM
Deborah Ramirez, a Yale University classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is refusing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her accusation against Kavanaugh, a GOP lawmaker said Tuesday.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who sits on the committee, said a lawyer for Ramirez told committee staff she would not speak to them about her allegation that Kavanaugh flashed his naked groin in her face during an alcohol-laden party their freshman year. Ramirez made the accusation in a blockbuster Sunday night New Yorker story.
“Our counsel repeatedly tried to reach him,†Kennedy said of Ramirez's lawyer. “They finally did reach him, and he said we are not issuing a statement. He said if you want our statement, read the New Yorker.â€
Lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a key swing vote, have said they want to hear from Ramirez about her accusation.
Democrats want the FBI to probe the matter, and Ramirez said she also supported an FBI investigation.
Republicans said they don’t believe one is necessary and point to gaps in her story and lack of first-hand witnesses.
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