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Kavanaugh issued a statement through the White House that said, ""I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time."

In 2002, Kavanaugh had met with other White House lawyers, and talked about whether or not the Supreme Court would approve of denying lawyers to prisoners detained as enemy combatants. Kavanaugh had clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and predicted in that meeting that Kennedy would not approve.

This issue re-emerged in July, 2018 as Kavanaugh was under consideration for a nomination to the Supreme Court, which Kavanaugh received.

Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy accused Kavanaugh of lying to them in his confirmation hearing when he denied being involved in formulating the Bush administration's detention and interrogation policies in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Durbin said, "It appears that you misled me, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the nation."