Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is accused of alleged sexual abuse, wrote in an op-ed where he argued that he was an "independent, impartial judge" and conceding he "might have been too emotional" in his Senate Judiciary Committee last week.

"I was very emotional last Thursday (September 27), more so than I have ever been," Kavanaugh wrote in the op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. "I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said. I hope everyone can understand that I was there as a son, husband and dad. I testified with five people foremost in my mind: my mom, my dad, my wife, and most of all my daughters."