 Garvey was found to have breached BBC guidelines on impartiality in the 1 October 2018 broadcast of "Woman's Hour" discussing the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.The main interviewee had compared the allegations against Kavanaugh with previous allegations against Judge Clarence Thomas, with a listener complaining about the bias of the interviewee selection and presenter.The BBC Executive Complaints Unit partially upheld the complaint and ruled that Garvey "gave the impression of sympathising with the viewpoint" of the biased interviewee, and "did not challenge the interviewee in a manner which would have ensured due impartiality".