In transcripts released by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, late Wednesday, it was revealed that committee staff questioned Kavanaugh about two other accusations reported to the committee that were not previously known.
Both of the accusations are presented in the transcript anonymously, and were made without corroboration. Kavanaugh categorically denied both in his interview with the committee.
The accusations allege sexual assaults in 1985 and 1998; they were reported to committee members by people who knew the accusers, not the accusers themselves.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired but had not actually stepped down as he traveled to the White House this morning for a meeting. n.pr/2NCy2Mg
Some news organizations reported Rosenstein had submitted a verbal resignation to White House officials. The situation was unclear. n.pr/2NCy2Mg
A source close to Rosenstein said he believes he'll lose his job following a @nytimes report that described him discussing secretly recording President Trump and enlisting other Cabinet officers to remove Trump from power under the 25th Amendment. n.pr/2NCy2Mg
A former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR she doesn't know if an alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh took place as she first suggested on social media. n.pr/2QLyZzO
"In my post, I was empowered and I was sure it probably did [happen]," she says. "I had no idea that I would now have to go to the specifics and defend it before 50 cable channels." n.pr/2QLyZzO
She says she doesn't have "first-hand knowledge" — but that despite not knowing specifics, she remembers there was a "buzz" that went around the weekend of the party in question about an alleged incident involving students from her school and Kavanaugh's. n.pr/2QLyZzO
Breaking: Facing pressure from lawmakers to beef up election security, President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that would impose sanctions on any person or country that attempts to interfere in U.S. elections.
The new order sets up a framework for intelligence agencies to investigate whether foreign actors are attempting to influence any aspect of the electoral process.
The Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, would then turn over any significant findings to the attorney general and the secretary of Homeland Security to determine whether to move ahead with sanctions.
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is suing the Trump Foundation over what she calls “extensive and persistent violations of federal law,” her office announced today.
President Trump and three of his children (Donald J. Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump) are named in the lawsuit in their roles as directors of the foundation.
The substance of the suit alleges “unlawful political coordination” with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, “self-dealing” that benefits Trump’s businesses and other violations of the law.