Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, speaks with Garrett Ventry, a press adviser for the committee, left, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Washington. NBC News has reported that Ventry, who has been assisting in the committee’s response to a sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, has “stepped down amid evidence he was fired from a previous political job in part because of a sexual harassment allegation against him.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)