WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was called back to testify about claims by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh abandoned his prepared remarks on Sept. 27 and offered an emotional defense of his dignity and innocence before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Often choking back tears, he detailed how the last-minute allegations against him have wreaked havoc on his family, destroyed his reputation, and undermined the constitutional process for confirming judicial nominees for decades to come.
