There was 'substantial corroboration' for Ramirez's story, tweeted Susan Hennessey, editor of the influential blog Lawfare. For their part, some Democratic presidential candidates — Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg — cited the story as (additional) cause..…

Last year Kavanaugh nomination was rammed through Senate without examination of the allegations against him, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Pogrebin and Kelly also rehashed accusation from Debbie Ramirez, one of Kavanaugh's former classmates at Yale. ..…

Kavanaugh declined to comment through the court’s press office, but in Senate testimony last year, he flatly denied other misconduct claims, including an allegation of sexual assault during his high school years made by Christine Blasey Ford and a separate episode at Yale involving college classmate Deborah..…