A spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Sunday night said the panel will "attempt to evaluate" new allegations of sexual assault regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The spokesperson in a statement slammed Democrats for "withholding information" regarding the allegations.

"Yet again, Senate Democrats actively withheld information from the rest of the Committee only to drop information at politically opportune moments," the statement said, doubling down on his remarks that Democrats withheld the first allegation against Kavanaugh from Christine Blasey Ford, who went public last week.

-snip-

Deborah Ramirez in a New Yorker report alleged that Kavanaugh exposed himself without her consent during a Yale University gathering in the 1980s, when they were both students. She said he thrusted his penis in her face, forcing her to touch it when she pushed him away.

Kavanaugh forcefully denied the accusation and the White House in a statement said it stands behind President Trump's high court pick.

GOP staffers knew that the Ramirez accusations were forthcoming as they pushed to move the nomination process ahead last week, according to the New Yorker. Grassley denied this, saying the committee's staff was not aware until Sunday.

-snip-

A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also denied the claim.

"No, Senate Democrats didn’t inform us of these allegations," Antonia Ferrier tweeted on Sunday night.