Kavanaugh was combative with Democratic senators, frequently interrupting them or flatly refusing to answer their questions. The hearing quickly derailed - if the purpose was any meaningful fact-finding. “This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election.” Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill. A good name built up through decades of very hard work and public service at the highest levels of the American government,” Kavanaugh said. “This has destroyed my family and my good name. He attacked Senate Democrats and unequivocally denied the allegations made against him, while detailing his career achievements and vaguely invoking the threat of a left-wing conspiracy to sink his confirmation. The federal judge opened the hearing with an angry, emotional, sometimes meandering statement that sharply contrasted with his prior public appearances.
Brett Kavanaugh fiercely defended himself Thursday against allegations of sexual assault made by Christine Blasey Ford in an explosive, sometimes surreal, Senate hearing that may determine one way or the other the fate of his Supreme Court nomination.