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‘Intergalactic Freak Show’?

An allegation of sexual assault has thrown the Supreme Court confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh into jeopardy, with the accuser seeking an F.B.I. investigation and Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, saying her charge had turned the process into “an intergalactic freak show.”

On “The Late Late Show” on Tuesday, James Corden said he didn’t see things that way.