There is no reason to delay the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, a pair of sisters who knew him when they all were in high school said on Monday.
Monica Mastal and Meghan McCaleb, who joined 63 other women in signing a letter in support of Kavanaugh after a California professor alleged sexual assault during the 1980s, said on “The Laura Ingraham Show” that Kavanaugh deserves a vote.
“I believe it should go forward ’cause they have thoroughly vetted him and proven that he is the best candidate for the job,” said Mastal, a real estate professional who worked with Kavanaugh on independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s Whitewater probe in the 1990s.
She also testified this month in support of the nominee at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Many Democrats and a few Republicans have called for a delay in this week’s planned Judiciary Committee vote in order to examine the allegation by Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto University clinical psychology professor who first made the allegation in an anonymous letter that found its way to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Kavanaugh has flatly denied the allegations.
In addition to attending high school during the same period as Kavanaugh, Mastal has watched the appeals court judge coach her daughter in youth basketball.
“He’s probably the most ethical person I know,” she said. “I knew him through my sister in high school but worked with him and obviously never would entrust my daughter to play basketball for him if I thought anything less of him.”
McCaleb repeated her support of Kavanaugh.
“I stand by that letter,” she said.
“I have known Brett since high school … I met him when I was a freshman, and he always behaved honorably and treated women, you know, with respect. And I recognize that Christine has alleged that she endured a traumatic event. But the behavior she alleges is wildly inconsistent with the behavior I ever witnessed of Brett — at that time and since.”
Mastal and McCaleb said they did not know Ford well.
McCaleb said she has not heard her name in 35 years.
“There [have] to be people out there that she knew well in high school or dated her in high school that they could ask,” she said.
Mastal questioned the timing of the allegation, which Feinstein reportedly sat on for weeks and did not raise until days after the committee hearing had concluded.
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“It’s very suspicious, and for the importance of this job, it should have been handled correctly and investigated immediately if they felt it needed to go anywhere,” she said.
“And it didn’t. So it is now suspicious because of the way they’ve handled it.”
McCaleb noted that the women who signed the letter represent a broad range of backgrounds and political views.
“It’s not a political group in any way,” she said.
“And I’ve not heard from anyone who does not still stand by that letter.”
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