title: debate washingtons syria policy
text: society us supreme court justice clarence thomas 
  a female lawyer has accused us supreme court justice clarence thomas of sexually assaulting her in  a report says 
  moira smith who works as a corporate lawyer with an alaska energy company said the judge made unwanted sexual advances on her during a dinner party when she was yearold the national law journal reported on thursday 
  she said thomas grabbed and squeezed her buttocks several times during the party in falls church virginia 
  justice thomas touched me inappropriately and without my consent smith said 
  he groped me while i was setting the table suggesting i should sit right next to him smith said 
  he was  or  inches down and he got a good handful and he kept squeezing me and pulling me close to him she stated according to the journal 
  in a statement to the national law journal thomas  dismissed the allegation as preposterous saying that the incident never happened 
  smith currently vice president and general counsel at enstar natural gas co in alaska said she decided to speak out after hearing republican presidential nominee donald trumps lewd comments about women 
  a  video was released earlier this month by the washington post in which trump can be heard making lewd comments about women and bragging about groping them 
  a number of women have since come forward claiming that the business mogul has sexually assaulted them 
  trump has called the allegations slander and libel and part of a concerted coordinated and vicious attack by democratic candidate hillary clinton and the news media to undercut his campaign moira smith said justice clarence thomas groped her at her boss dinner party when she was  
  that willingness by men in power to take advantage of vulnerable women relies on an unspoken pact that the women will not speak up about it smith now  told the journal 
  why because they are vulnerable because they are starstruck because they dont want to be whiners because they worry about their career if they do speak out but silence no longer feels defensible it feels complicit she stated 
  as the mother of a young daughter and son i am coming forward to show that it is important to stand up for yourself and tell the truth smith said 
  thomas was nominated to the top court in  by republican president george hw bush loading