WATCH: CNN Panelist Says Kavanaugh ‘Carries The Burden To Prove’ That ‘He Is Fit’

On Tuesday, during a CNN panel anchored by Jim Acosta, the Brookings Institute’s Susan Hennessey seemed to suggest that the burden is on SCOTUS nominee Bret Kavanaugh to “prove” that “he is fit” in light of recent circumstances:

I think it’s important to realize that this is not a criminal trial; this is the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice — and what we have here is a credible accusation. Now, that doesn’t mean it’s a conclusive accusation; it doesn’t mean it’s proof; it doesn’t mean that people have to believe it; but it is a credible accusation.