Heidi Brown, a retired U.S. Army major general, argued sexual assault allegations Gen. John Hyten lack merit in a piece for the Wall Street Journal published Thursday. 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) was a no-show at closed-door and public Senate Armed Service Committee hearings delving into a sexual assault charge against the nominee for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
Attorneys for President Donald Trump released video of an interaction between then-candidate Trump and a campaign worker, disputing her claim he subjected her to unwanted kissing. 
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D.), who is facing two allegations of sexual assault, is being denied a table at the Democratic Party of Virginia's Blue Commonwealth Gala fundraiser in June.
Progressive groups sent a letter to members of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Reform on Thursday, calling on them to investigate the confirmation process of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, despite a panel of federal judges dismissing all 83 ethics complaints in December.
The late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.), a colossal creep even by the lax standards of his generation, reportedly "tried to f—k" Jeramie Rain in the 1980s, then-wife of Hollywood actor Richard Dreyfuss, who has "never forgiven Teddy" for the transgression. 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) defended her decision to call on former colleague Al Franken to resign in 2017, saying in a new interview the decision helped Democrats win the 2018 midterms. 
Two staffers for Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax resigned in the midst of a series of scandals afflicting the state's political leaders, including two accusations of sexual assault against Fairfax himself. 
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D.) has called on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D.) to resign after another woman accused Fairfax of sexual misconduct, releasing a statement through attorneys on Friday. 
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax remains under fire after Stanford professor Vanessa Tyson accused him of sexually assaulting her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. As I laid out Tuesday, his response to the allegation has been bizarre and erratic, including lying about his accuser's story being debunked, threatening to sue the Washington Post when they reported otherwise, and accusing the whole thing of being a plot hatched by fellow Democrats. Since then, it's also been reported that he privately said of his accuser "Fuck that bitch." 