All three Republicans — Thomas, Kavanaugh and Trump, who are dissimilar in background and temperament — deny the accusations. Hill was heard before the Judiciary Committee, but under circumstances that she claims were designed to discredit her. “And Professor Hill would be the one on trial.”Biden refused to permit public testimony from a number of witnesses who endorsed Hill’s version of events. So, too, is the makeup of the Judiciary Committee different, although not markedly so. In his 1994 account of the Thomas nomination, “Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas,” former senator John Danforth (R-Mo.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 09:32 UTC