During a confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) asked Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary about the president-elect’s infamous boasts on the “Access Hollywood” tapes. In questioning Betsy DeVos, Murray wanted to know whether Trump’s descriptions of kissing and groping women without their consent ― and the allegations subsequently made about him by a host of women ― amounted to sexual assault. Under President Barack Obama, the Education Department has launched dozens of investigations into how college campuses have handled sexual assault allegations. Democrats invited victims of sexual assault to the hearing in order to draw attention to the issue. When Murray also asked DeVos about whether she’d maintain those reforms, DeVos dodged the question again.

Source: Huffington Post January 18, 2017 05:25 UTC