Kavanaugh accuser has not yet agreed to attend hearing
Source: Politico
The woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago has not yet confirmed her appearance at a public hearing the GOP is planning next week, a top Republican senator said Tuesday.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that his staff has reached out to Christine Blasey Fords camp several times since the California-based professor came forward with her story of a high-school-era assault by President Donald Trumps high court pick. Although Fords lawyer said that her client would be open to a fair proceeding, it remains unclear whether she would agree to a planned hearing on Sept. 24 that Republicans have set up to help save Kavanaughs nomination.
The lack of response so far kind of raises the question, do they want to come to the public hearing or not, Grassley told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday.
Republicans have billed the public hearing as an opportunity for both Kavanaugh and Ford to share their sides of the story. GOP leaders made that decision under pressure from undecided members of their conference chiefly Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a Judiciary member said he would vote against Kavanaugh in the committee if senators didnt get more of a chance to hear from Ford. One Kavanaugh ally suggested that Katz, a well-respected veteran of high-profile sexual misconduct cases, has tried to impose some serious conditions on Fords testimony, though it's unclear what those conditions are.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/18/grassley-kavanaugh-accuser-hearing-827921
I realize that this will be stressful, but having brought the charge up, she has to appear or she'll damage her own credibility.
john657
(1,058 posts)she's already on record as saying she wants to testify before the Judiciary committee.
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john657
(1,058 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)Why wouldn't she testify?
Kavanugh has already said he's willing to appear and Grassley has set Mon. for Kavanaugh to appear.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)That is a very difficult and stressful position to be in. And what about expenses, and disrupting her own personal life? Lots of ducks to get in a row.
smooth64
(58 posts)still_one
(92,216 posts)throw doubt in her credibility by doing this.
Her laywer already indicated she would be there
I wouldn't trust anything Grassley says
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)She and her lawyer Katz must be working things out.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Has approached her with a pay off. Shocked? Not
B2G
(9,766 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)That's the way Trump rolls. Anyone know Keith Schiller's whereabouts?
KWR65
(1,098 posts)The Republicans are going to paint her in a negative light. If Mother Teresa testified against a republican nominee they would do the same to her.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)to be asked. This was a single incident, not an allegation of ongoing harassment or abuse. She's already given an account of the incident she says occurred. What would they ask other than "why did you wait"? Unless they know of some other info that would cast doubt upon her story, there isn't really much to "ask".
robbob
(3,531 posts)Discrepancies in her story. The issue? She told her therapist there were 4 boys from the prep school at the party, but 2 of them ambushed her and dragged her into the bedroom. The therapist wrote down that 4 boys assaulted her. Believe it or not, those creeps in congress will use those kind of minor details to cast doubt on the entire story.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,475 posts)You were in the United States Senate, voting against making MLK Day a holiday.
Link to tweet
Grassley: Id hate to have someone ask me what I did 35 years ago.
Link to tweet
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)Ever hear of the FBI vetting someone completely.......................nope you and your turtle asshole only released 7% of the documents on this Federalist Society asshole.....................your fucking turtle even said this:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court_us_5b420c9de4b05127ccf335a0
And do you remember how you treated Anita Hill: And assailed her........................jerk:
Some of those attacks were renewed on the Senate floor today. Senator Specter made his perjury argument. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, assailed the witnesses who testifed on Sunday that Professor Hill had told them of being sexually harassed at work. He said they were not "corroborating witnesses," as most had seen them, but "collaborating witnesses, collaborating with the special interest groups that pounced on Anita Hill and her story in their effort to assassinate the character and integrity of Clarence Thomas."
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/16/us/the-thomas-confirmation-senate-s-futile-search-for-safe-ground.html
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Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Maybe he wants the interview on a level playing field.
a fair proceeding, How about at nancy pelosi's place?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)onetexan
(13,041 posts)I'm reading conflicting info from different sources.
Now that Ms. Ford is not testifying unless there is FBI investigation, Dems should stand their ground and stall for as long as possible, and hopefully till after midterms in which case a Dem-controlled Senate can reject his nomination.