Published 18:13 IST, September 16th 2019

Democratic Presidential candidates call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment

Democratic Presidential candidates call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment after the fresh line of accusations of uninvestigated sexual assault in Yale University

Reported by: Tanima Ray
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Based on fresh line of sexual assault accusations from his time at Yale University along with previous year's accusation from his high school years, several Democratic Presidential Candidates have called for impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on September 16. Last October, re were emotional hearings in Senate which confirmed Kavanaugh's involvement in a sexual assault in his high school. A New York Publication w reports that Kavanaugh faced a separate allegation at Yale which hasn't been investigated by FBI.

As per reports, Kavanaugh's Yale classmate Deborah Ramirez claimed that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a drunken party. Yet Kavanaugh h denied all allegations of impropriety while testifying before Senate Judiciary Committee last year.

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call for impeachment

Currently, Democrats control House, which holds power of impeachment. But it won't be easy to impeach Kavanaugh as Republicans have a majority at White House. Still a long line of Democrats and politicians across United States have a unified take on Kavanaugh. y wish for his impeachment.

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said that Kavanaugh has lied to Senate and America and so he must be impeached. Ar Presidential Candidate and Harris's rival from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, tweeted that new revelations were disturbing and like man who appointed him (Trump), Kavanaugh should be impeached. Similarly, Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke said in a tweet that it is kwn that Kavanaugh lied under oath. He furr accused that FBI is being rushed to save Republican Party's wrongdoings.

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Julian Castro, a former U.S. Housing Secretary said that Congress should review failure of Department of Justice to properly investigate matter. Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont didn’t refer to impeachment by name in but said that he would support any appropriate constitutional mechanism to hold Kavanaugh accountable. Sen. Cory Booker tweeted that he stands stand with survivors and countless or Americans in calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. new allegation and ditional corroborating evidence ds to a long list of reasons why Brett Kavanaugh should t be a Supreme Court justice, he ded.

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Trump backs Kavanaugh

Even during allegations in October 2018, Trump backed Kavanaugh. US President h fiercely defended Kavanaugh during his contentious confirmation process. According to Trump, latest allegation on Supreme Court Justice are all "lies". In a tweet Sunday, Trump wrote that Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel, or Justice Department should come to his rescue.

Trump claimed that y were false Accusations without recrimination and that accusers were seeking to influence Kavanaugh’s opinions on bench. Trump also called accusations by Democrats to be me up stories. Attacking media again, Trump called media report fake and corrupt.

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(With inputs from Associated Press)

16:11 IST, September 16th 2019