9 Women Arrested for Trespassing at Manchin Campaign Headquarters During Kavanaugh Protest

Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 2:20 a.m.

Nine women have been arrested for trespassing after staging a sit-in at U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s campaign headquarters in Charleston. The group was demanding that Manchin pledge to vote against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination -- based on allegations of sexual abuse waged against the judge.

The women sitting at Manchin’s campaign office were sharing their own stories of being targets of sexual violence and were collecting stories from others through an email address they created.

“What we asked for is a commitment that he vote no and we're willing to stay here until we get that -- or until we are removed,” Karan Ireland, of Charleston, said just before midnight.

Ireland was one of roughly a dozen women who had sat at Manchin’s office for more than 10 hours Monday into early Tuesday. She and eight other women were arrested by officers from the Charleston Police Department at Manchin’s campaign office, cited for trespassing and then released from custody. Those arrested were issued a court date of Nov. 8.

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