Covert Affairs alumna Piper Perabo was arrested today at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings – one of dozens of protesters who were ushered out by Capitol Police after disrupting the proceedings. Shaunna Thomas, the executive director and co-founder of women’s advocacy group UltraViolet, tells the Cut that when she first entered the hearing room with a group of 22 other members of the public, she felt like she was walking in a “funeral procession.” She described the room as “very somber” and “quiet in a negative way,” though the energy quickly shifted after Muslim activist Linda Sarsour became the first protester to get up from her seat, calling to “adjourn the hearing.”

Following Sarsour’s move, other protesters — including actress Piper Perabo and #VOTEPROCHOICE co-founder Heidi Sieck — loudly decried the hearing as a “travesty of justice” and demanded that Senators “cancel Brett Kavanaugh” until Capitol Hill police forcibly removed them from the room. The Daily Mail says that Piper Perabo was arrested for civil disobedience and escorted out of the hearing room by police who grabbed her by the arm. I can’t be silent when someone is nominated to the Supreme Court who would take our equal rights away.”

The clip Perabo tweeted showed her being removed from the hearing room while she and other women interrupted the proceedings to demand senators don’t vote to confirm the Trump-nominated judge.
70 protesters, including television actress Piper Perabo, are arrested at the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination.