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Anita Hill says senators should 'push the pause button' on Kavanaugh's confirmation to investigate Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault claim

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Anita Hill appeared on "Good Morning America", and said she thinks the Senate should properly investigate the sex assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh. ABC News
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Anita Hill, who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment when he was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1991, has spoken out on the recent allegation against Brett Kavanaugh — the latest nominee to America's highest court.

In an interview on "Good Morning America" Wednesday morning, Hill, now a professor at Brandeis University, said she thinks the Senate Judiciary Committee should "push the pause button" on Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and have the FBI thoroughly investigate the claim Christine Blasey Ford has made.

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