Trump court nominee faces new sex claim

Washington : Donald Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was hit by a second accusation of sexual misconduct Sunday, leaving Republicans scrambling to save a confirmation that until recently had seemed all but certain. The latest claims of impropriety during Kavanaugh’s youth came as he was already facing a dramatic hearing where his testimony was to be weighed against that of a university professor who has separately accused him of assault.

Senate Democrats are now investigating a bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez, 53, who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a 1980s college party at Yale University, thrust his genitals in her face and caused her to touch them without her consent, according to The New Yorker. Ramirez told the magazine she had become inebriated during a drinking game and was on the floor when the alleged incident took place. Kavanaugh denied the story, calling it “a smear, plain and simple.” “The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so,” the conservative judge said.