Watch Brett Kavanaugh spar with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, slam allegations as a 'farce'
In a Thursday hearing about sexual assault allegations against him, Brett Kavanaugh didn't look like the rosy-cheeked, basketball-coaching dad he was in Supreme Court confirmation hearings earlier this month. As he denied Christine Blasey Ford's allegation that he sexually assaulted her in high school, and especially as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) spoke, the nominee was at times downright angry.
Hours after Ford told her story to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Kavanaugh delivered his tear- and beer-filled 45-minute opening statement to the body. Then Feinstein got a chance to speak, questioning why "the FBI isn't interviewing [witnesses] and isn't giving us any facts." Kavanaugh quickly jumped in, repeatedly shouting that "you're interviewing me!"
After Kavanaugh calmed down, Feinstein asked about a sworn statement made Tuesday by Julie Swetnick, who claimed Kvanaugh was at parties where girls were drugged and gang-raped. Kavanaugh hopped in to bitterly call Swetnick's allegation "a joke" and "a farce." Watch Kavanaugh's forceful defense below.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: "What you're saying, if I understand it, is that the allegations by Dr. Ford, Ms. Ramirez and Ms. Swetnick are wrong."
Brett Kavanaugh: "That is emphatically what I'm saying ... the Swetnick thing is a joke, that is a farce." https://t.co/5mZsDaBALv pic.twitter.com/DkZV0OHGKQ— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 27, 2018

