Anita Hill recalled her testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as she accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment as “surreal,” pointing to the lack of precedence at the time as a daunting experience.
During an interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace on Friday, the host played back clips of Hill’s testimony in 1991 in which she described instances of Thomas sexually harassing her while he was supervising her at the Department of Education years before his Supreme Court nomination.
TRUMP ATTORNEYS THOUGHT CLARENCE THOMAS WAS ‘ONLY CHANCE’ TO BLOCK CERTIFICATION OF 2020 ELECTION: REPORT Hill described the experience as “absolutely surreal,” noting there weren’t lawyers who had experience defending a similar case as her allegations were largely unprecedented.
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