Brett Kavanaugh: I will not be intimidated into withdrawing nomination

US President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday said he will not be intimidated into withdrawing his nomination after a second woman came forward with a sexual misconduct allegation against him Judge Kavanaugh in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee said that the series of sexual assault allegations against him is a coordinated effort to destroy his good nameAs I told the Committee during my hearing a federal judge must be independent not swayed by public or political pressure That is the kind of judge I will always be I will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process Kavanaugh said in the letterThe coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out The vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out The last minute character assassination will not succeed Kavanaugh said and refuted a new accusation that he exposed himself to a classmate at Yale University also in the 1980sJustice Kavanaugh already faces a separate allegation of sexual assault made by Christine Blasey Ford a professor at Palo Alto University who claims Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her at a drunken high school party in the early 1980sFord and Kavanaugh are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to address the allegations after a week of fraught public negotiations between Fords attorneys and Senate Republicans The latest sexual assault allegation dated back to the 198384 academic school year when Justice Kavanaugh was a freshman at Yale University The New Yorker said adding that at least two Senate Democrats were investigating the allegation Kavanaugh has denied both the allegationsThese are smears pure and simple And they debase our public discourse But they are also a threat to any man or woman who wishes to serve our country Such grotesque and obvious character assassinationif allowed to succeedwill dissuade competent and good people of all political persuasions from service he said in the letter a copy of which was released by the White HouseSenate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a new hearing for him and the first accuser By the time first allegation surfaced he had testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 31 hours Only after that exhaustive process was complete did I learn through the news media about a 36yearold allegation from high school that had been asserted months earlier and withheld from me throughout the hearing process First it was an anonymous allegation that I categorically and unequivocally denied he saidSoon after the accuser was identified I repeated my denial on the record and made clear that I wished to appear before the Committee I then repeated my denial to Committee investigatorsunder criminal penalties for false statements he said Kavanaugh said all of the witnesses identified by Ford as being present at the party she describes are on the record to the Committee saying they have no recollection of any such party happeningI asked to testify before the Committee again under oath as soon as possible so that both Dr Ford and I could both be heard I thank Chairman Grassley for scheduling that hearing for Thursday he said Last night another false and uncorroborated accusation from 35 years ago was published Once again those alleged to have been witnesses to the event deny it ever happened There is now a frenzy to come up with somethinganythingthat will block this process and a vote on my confirmation from occurring Kavanaugh saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever