On July 9, 2018, a fuse was lit. President Donald Trump invited reporters and lawmakers into the East Room of the White House to announce his nomination of conservative Catholic justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. Two months later, that fuse would explode into one of the most contentious confirmations in history, the lasting effects of which continue today.
Twelve days after Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing began, Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s when they were teenagers in suburban Maryland. She claimed Kavanaugh and his friend drunkenly cornered her into a bedroom at a small party, locked the door and played music as Kavanaugh groped her on the bed.
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