In an interview with The Washington Post, Ford alleged that, when they were both teenagers in the Bethesda area, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her. His nomination faced many racial overtones — he became just the second black Supreme Court justice but is a staunch conservative. So for weeks Feinstein sat on the allegation, unable to question Kavanaugh about the allegation or inform her colleagues about the case. Thomas denounced the process as a “high-tech lynching.”A few weeks later, after a 7-to-7 vote in the committee, Thomas won confirmation on a 52-to-48 vote. Last fall, Hill and her supporters gathered at The Post for an oral history about the entire ordeal.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 23:15 UTC