THE LEAD STORY - KAVANAUGH UNDER SIEGE: Supreme Court nomineeBrett Kavanaugh is battling a firestorm after a pair of new sexual misconduct allegations emerged against him late Sunday ... Attorney Michael Avenatti said he had knowledge that in the late 1980s, Kavanaugh and high school friend Mark Judge targeted women with drugs and alcohol in order to "allow a 'train' of men to subsequently gang rape them."
Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against President Trump and has hinted at a possible presidential run, made the claims in an email to Mike Davis, the chief counsel for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He did not state the source of his "evidence" and did not name any alleged victims. However, Avenatti told the Associated Press that he will disclose a client's identity in the coming days and that she is prepared to testify before the committee, as well as provide names of corroborating witnesses.
Meanwhile, the New Yorker magazine reported late Sunday that a Yale classmate of Kavanaugh claimed he exposed himself to her at a college party. The woman, Deborah Ramirez, has called on the FBI to investigate the alleged incident. The magazine's report, which is co-written by Ronan Farrow, who is credited with starting the #MeToo movement, states that four Democratic senators have received information about Ramirez's allegation and at least two have begun investigating it.
In a statement provided by the White House, Kavanaugh said the event "did not happen" and that the allegation was "a smear, plain and simple." A White House spokeswoman added in a second statement that the allegation was "designed to tear down a good man."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Sunday night for the "immediate postponement" of any further action on Kavanaugh's nomination. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the committee will attempt to evaluate the new claims against Kavanaugh. But he slammed Senate Democrats for withholding information from the committee.
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