Grassley staffer promoting Kavanaugh resigns after his own history of sexual harassment is revealed
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A top staffer for Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is leaving his position with the Senate Judiciary Committee after it was discovered that he was fired from a previous job over charges of sexual harassment. Garrett Ventry was fired from his position as socGrassley staffer promoting Kavanaugh resigns after his own history of sexual harassment is revealed
A top staffer for Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is leaving his position with the Senate Judiciary Committee after it was discovered that he was fired from a previous job over charges of sexual harassment. Garrett Ventry was fired from his position as social media adviser for the North Carolina House Majority Leader in 2017. He was then hired by Chuck Grassley as a communications aide and given charge over communications for the Judiciary Committee. Ventry has been the point man for Grassley in fielding questions about Kavanaugh. Ventry’s history was surfaced by Heidi Przybyla at NBC News. He denied the charges of sexual misconduct, but would not discuss the reasons for his firing. Republicans connected with the effort to confirm Kavanaugh insist that Ventry is leaving out of concerns that he “could not be an effective spokesman.” On Friday, Ventry denied that Grassley was connected to the blame-someone-else scheme published on Twitter by Republican insider Ed Whelan. Ventry has appeared on Fox News to express disdain for the charges against Kavanaugh and Democratic insistence that there be an investigation. Read more