Seventy people were arrested during Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s first day of confirmation hearings Tuesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Capitol Police. Sixty-one were taken out of the hearing room itself, the Capitol Police said, and nine more were taken out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for “unlawful demonstration activities.”
NEW: Capitol Police says 70 people were arrested (61 charged with disorderly conduct, 9 charged with crowding). pic.twitter.com/Z85N8yZjhg
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) September 4, 2018