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Mormon woman group call on Senate to postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until allegations are investigated

Washington • A group of Mormon women are urging the Senate to halt the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by two woman decades ago.

Mormon Women for Ethical Government, a group of some 6,000 women founded in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, notes that there are four members of the Judiciary Committee – Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee of Utah, Jeff Flake of Arizona and Mike Crapo of Idaho – who are LDS and should “ensure that these charges be taken seriously and that every attempt be made to ascertain the truth of the situation.