Scores of Kavanaugh protesters arrested after descending on Senate building
More than 300 people were taken into custody by police on Capitol Hill after descending on a pair of Senate office buildings Thursday afternoon to protest the confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
The vast majority of the arrests, 293, were a result of protests in the Hart Senate Office Building, where protesters crowded in the atrium. Loud chants could be heard throughout the building, which is structured so the hallways of each floor open up and look out onto the first floor.
Those arrested in Hart were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, according to Capitol Police. Another nine people were arrested on the fourth floor of Dirksen Senate Office Building and charged with unlawful demonstrations.
Kavanaugh's nomination has been embroiled in controversy since Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor from California, accused him of sexually assaulting her when the two were in high school more than three decades ago. Two women have since come forward with their own sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh, all of which he has denied.
On Thursday, dozens of demonstrators, mostly women, chanted in protest of Kavanaugh's nomination, with many of them eventually escorted out by police. The protestors started at the nearby E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in the early afternoon and marched over to the Supreme Court, before making their way to the Senate office building.
"The individuals arrested are being processed on site and released. At this time, we are unable to confirm the names of those arrested due to the large number being processed," Capitol Police said in announcing charges against the 302 people.
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