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In a softball exchange with Anita Hill on Monday to promote the new HBO film commemorating her sexual harassment claims against Clarence Thomas, co-host Savannah Guthrie touted the law professor as a “reluctant witness” during the 1991 hearings that attempted to sink the nomination of the future Supreme Court justice.
Guthrie proclaimed: “That epic battle ultimately led to Justice Thomas's confirmation by one of the most narrowest margins in history and it also transformed how we talk about sexual harassment in the workplace. Well, now, the landmark hearings are the subject of a new HBO movie, Confirmation...”