Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2018 10:39:00 GMT -4
Who is Deborah Ramirez?
Ramirez, 53, was raised a "devout Catholic" in Connecticut, according to The New Yorker. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Ramirez studied sociology and psychology at Yale, where she graduated in 1987, along with Kavanaugh. NBC News reports that she is a board member and volunteer at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, an organization that helps victims of domestic violence.
She is a registered Democrat but denied that her allegation was politically motivated, The New Yorker reported.
Ramirez's attorney Stanley Garnett told The New Yorker that she is "as careful and credible a witness as I’ve encountered in 36 years of practicing law."
Kavanaugh denies the allegation
In response to the New Yorker story, the White House released a statement from Kavanaugh who said the incident alleged by Ramirez "did not happen" and called the allegation "a smear, plain and simple."
"This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen," Kavanaugh said. "The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my good name – and the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a lifetime building – against these last-minute allegations."
Similarly, a statement from White House spokeswoman Kerri Kupec dismissed Ramirez's allegation as a "coordinated smear campaign."
"This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man," Kupec said. "This claim is denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White House stands firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh."
Ramirez, 53, was raised a "devout Catholic" in Connecticut, according to The New Yorker. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Ramirez studied sociology and psychology at Yale, where she graduated in 1987, along with Kavanaugh. NBC News reports that she is a board member and volunteer at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, an organization that helps victims of domestic violence.
She is a registered Democrat but denied that her allegation was politically motivated, The New Yorker reported.
Ramirez's attorney Stanley Garnett told The New Yorker that she is "as careful and credible a witness as I’ve encountered in 36 years of practicing law."
Kavanaugh denies the allegation
In response to the New Yorker story, the White House released a statement from Kavanaugh who said the incident alleged by Ramirez "did not happen" and called the allegation "a smear, plain and simple."
"This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen," Kavanaugh said. "The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my good name – and the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a lifetime building – against these last-minute allegations."
Similarly, a statement from White House spokeswoman Kerri Kupec dismissed Ramirez's allegation as a "coordinated smear campaign."
"This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man," Kupec said. "This claim is denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White House stands firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh."