“When you were confronted with this accusation, you said that you, quote, was not a church boy, and that you, quote, have so many skeletons in my closet. Your text then Miss Cooney an apology and indicated that you had no memory of what you described, “said Mrs. Murray, and explicitly asked if he had made sexual progress.
“No, I didn't do that,” said Mr. Kennedy. He added that the account was invalidated, without offering information to substantiate his claim. Mrs. Murray asked why he had apologized. “I apologized for something else,” he replied.
(In the text, whose content was reported by news organizations, including The Times in July, Mr. Kennedy wrote: “I have no reminder of this incident, but I sincerely apologizing for everything I have ever done so that you felt uncomfortable or Something I did or said that you insulted or hurt your feelings. “
Mrs. Murray insisted and asked Mr. Kennedy if there were other cases where you made sexual progress towards a person without his permission? Just yes or no. “
“No,” Mr. Kennedy replied.
In the answers he submitted on Friday, he did not specify the type of settlement he had reached, or the nature of the “misconduct or inappropriate behavior” he was accused of. In an e -mail statement to the Times on Friday, Mrs. Murray remembered the exchange about the babysitter and said that Mr. Kennedy was “clearly unsuitable” to lead the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
“His answers to the financial committee are deeply disturbing – the American people deserve answers, and senators must have before a vote is held over his nomination,” said the statement.
