Senate Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Assault Claims Reveals Serious Omissions
A 2018 Senate investigation into sexual assault claims against US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh contained serious omissions, according to information obtained by The Guardian. The report, which found “no evidence” to substantiate any of the claims, included an unfounded and unverified claim that Kavanaugh’s accuser, Deborah Ramirez, was “likely” mistaken. The revelations raise questions about apparent efforts to downplay and discredit accusations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. In other news, Russian cruise missiles have killed at least 12 people in the central Ukrainian cities of Uman and Dnipro, days after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy begged Ukraine’s allies for more air defence supplies. Meanwhile, former US Vice President Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury in Washington about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Finally, a poll shows that only three in 10 Britons think the monarchy is “very important”, the lowest proportion on record.