GOP Eyes Former New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte To Question Kavanaugh Accuser
The Republicans who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee have begun narrowing their search for the right person to question Judge Kavanaugh’s accuser. According to The Daily Beast, the committee is now mindful of the optics of having an all-male panel question an alleged sexual assault victim. For the last week, the GOP has searched for someone, preferably female, who could question Kavanaugh’s accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Now, it seems that the general consensus falls on their former colleague, former New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte.
As sources have confirmed, Ayotte is a strong candidate for the role of questioning Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in the 1980s. In addition to Ayotte’s former role in the Senate, she served as the Attorney General for the state of New Hampshire from 2004 to 2009. The former senator was also involved in Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s nomination being pushed through last year.
