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<\/a>Attorney Debra Katz is representing Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford. (Kmblegal.com)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By Alex Pappas | Fox News<\/p>\n
Attorney Debra Katz made the rounds Monday on morning television to argue her client\u2019s sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be taken seriously, an appeal accepted\u00a0even by the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n But while her client’s claims have raised bipartisan concerns about Kavanaugh, Katz, a longtime Democratic donor known for representing sexual harassment accusers, also has a history of downplaying or dismissing accusations made by women against Democratic politicians — including former President Bill Clinton and former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken.<\/p>\n \u201cPaula Jones’ suit is very, very, very weak,\u201d Katz said on CNN\u2019s \u201cTalkback Live\u201d in March 1998 in a discussion about Jones\u2019 claims against Clinton, according to a show transcript. \u201cShe’s alleged one incident that took place in a hotel room that, by her own testimony, lasted 10 to 12 minutes. She suffered no repercussions in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones, who worked as a government employee in Arkansas, accused Clinton, while governor of Arkansas in 1991, of propositioning her for sex. Clinton settled a lawsuit with Jones in 1998.<\/p>\n KAVANAUGH DISMISSES SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AS \u2018COMPLETELY FALSE\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Katz, in other\u00a0media appearances first highlighted by Townhall,<\/a>\u00a0suggested Jones didn\u2019t have much of a case.<\/p>\n \u201cClearly a one-time incident that took place in 10 to 12 minutes, she was not forced to have sex, she left on her own volition, the courts increasingly are finding that that is not enough to create a sexually hostile work environment claim,\u201d Katz said in April 1998, according to a transcript of CBS Evening News.<\/p>\n ”If a woman came to me with a similar fact pattern, that is someone in the company above her propositioned her but only once and she suffered no tangible job detriment,” Katz\u00a0told The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0in 1998, ”I would probably tell her that I’m sorry, it’s unfair, but you don’t have a case.”<\/p>\n Katz, speaking to the newspaper, added, ”If it’s one time, it has to be severe, almost a sexual assault, not just a touching of somebody’s breast or buttocks or even forceful kissing.\u201d<\/p>\n In more recent years, Katz also downplayed the wave of sexual misconduct allegations against Franken, who denied some of the allegations but eventually resigned from the Senate over them.<\/p>\n