black woman who handed something to ford attorney during kavanaugh hearing

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What did Zina Bash do during Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing?

Following accusations that she openly displayed a white supremacist hand gesture during one of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Zina Bash stoked the flames by making the exact same gesture during another session .

Who is flashing a white power sign behind Kavanaugh?

Kavanaugh’s former law clerk Zina Bash is flashing a white power sign behind him during his Senate confirmation hearing. They literally want to bring white supremacy to the Supreme Court. What a national outrage and a disgrace to the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/uQGOpNa6xg. — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 4, 2018.

Who made the same symbol at the Senate hearings?

A few days after the original brouhaha, images of Zina Bash making the same symbol at a subsequent day of the Senate hearings were circulated online:

Who flashed the sign in front of Trump?

White supremacist Richard Spencer infamously flashed the sign in front of Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.:

Is the Ok hand gesture a white power?

Claims that the “Ok” hand gesture are in fact a “white power” signal may have started as an online troll, but they’ve periodically swept social media ever since President Donald Trump took office. And on 4 September 2018, accusations flooded the online world when a White House lawyer was seen sitting behind Judge Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing with her right hand making what some viewersinterpreted as the “white power” gesture:

Is Zina Bash a white supremacist?

My friend Zina Bash, whose father is Polish-American Jew (whose parents escaped the Holocaust) and mother immigrated from Mexico is not a white supremacist. https://t.co/4SuZzSSq05

What's the next step in Kavanaugh nomination battle?

WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans said Tuesday that they had hired an outside attorney to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her, at the committee's hearing on Thursday.

How are Kavanaugh and Ford preparing for their Senate hearing?

"The goal is to de-politicize the process and get to the truth, instead of grandstanding and giving senators an opportunity to launch their presidential campaigns," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the committee's chairman, said in a statement. "I’m very appreciative that Rachel Mitchell has stepped forward to serve in this important and serious role."

Trump reportedly sounds 'fatalistic' on Kavanaugh in private

Meanwhile, both President Donald Trump and leading Hill Republicans continued to take a sharper tone Tuesday on the accusations against Kavanaugh.