focusing on the democrats once again saying why was this not brought up three months ago, why does senator feinstein specifically not bring it up when she was made aware of this allegation made against judge kavanaugh. but you no mention of the actual allegation, no mention of when he left the room and reporters were shouting questions at him about whether or not he believes the allegation and finds it credible. instead simply expressing sympathy for her and then of course as gloria was saying, he said that he did not believe that this was something that the fbi should get involved in, but he made it sound like that is something the fbi has told him, essentially saying that that is what they do that is not what they do. but the president there not answering any other questions about the assault allegation. but he does seem to believe that this is not inasmuch turmoil as the rest of washington does. he seemed to be projecting confidence once again that he believes brett kavanaugh coul
alison kosik, lawrence, massachusetts, thank you. turning to the confirmation of supreme court nominee kavanaugh. a decades old assault allegation is threatening to impact his vote in the senate. a woman who is still unidentified sent a letter to california senator dianne feinstein accusing kavanaugh of assaulting her when they were teenagers in high school in the early 1980s. feinstein redacted the woman s name and sent the letter to the fbi. judge kavanaugh is denying those allegations. but it does come at a critical time in this confirmation process. joining me is cnn supreme court reporter ariane devoge. what effect could it have on his confirmation? you re absolutely right, this is an anonymous allegation of an alleged incident that occurred 30 years ago and the woman is declining to come forward and kavanaugh is denying it. but she s alleging that kavanaugh assaulted her at this party when they were both in high school in the 80s.
soon. be careful this, martin. thank you very much. we ll stay in close touch with you. there s other breaking news emerging now, this time out of washington. a woman says the president s supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh assaulted her when she and kavanaugh were in high school. j jessica snyder joins me. what do we know about the woman? a vehement denial from brett kavanaugh over a decades old assault allegation. she knew him in high school in the 1980s. her allegations are coming to light now because she recently wrote a letter to her congresswoman in california. that letter was passed on to the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, dianne feinstein. here s what s detailed in the letter according to a source familiar with the letter. it was in the early 1980s, the woman attended a party in maryland with brett kavanaugh and other high schoolers.
a plea deal admitting she made up the assault allegation. because as her arrest warrant affidavit stated, it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn t want to lose another male student as a friend and potential boyfriend. the affidavit said she believed when the other student, heard the allegation, it would make him angry and sympathetic to her. investigators said the football players admitted having sex with her but said it was consensual. their attorney said the plea deal cannot make up for what she has put the young men through but that, it does send a powerful message that lying about a serious incident carries serious consequences. her lawyer said, this was a very difficult decision for nicky and a sad day for her and her family. she will now begin the process of healing and rehabilitation as she awaits her final
laying out the case that they will have to prove in detail, and the judge ensuring that defendant weinstein upd the bnd the bail agreement. this defendant used the position, money, power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. and violate these terms you are u subject to arrest, do you agree with that? over 90 women have publicly accused him of various stages of assault and rape. one says that he held a woman against her will and had sexual intercourse with her against her will while visibly forcing her into sex. and the new york attorney general resigning recently, because of his own assault allegation, and that is the context of what women are facing in new york. it was a different prosecutor,