Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, now accused of sexual assault, faced the toughest questions during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing from two senators who gained a seat at the table, in part, due to the Me Too movement. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) were added to the committee in January after two men were taken down by sexual misconduct allegations. Days later, Republican Roy Moore lost his bid for Jeff Sessions’ open Senate seat in Alabama after multiple women accused Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers and Moore was in his 30s. Democrat Doug Jones’ special election win over Moore added another Democratic seat to the committee. Before California professor Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were high schoolers, Booker and Harris were arguably the toughest questioners during Kavanaugh’s committee hearing.

Source: Huffington Post September 17, 2018 21:45 UTC