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brooklynite

(94,590 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:24 AM Sep 2018

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 Ford’s camp several times since the California-based professor came forward with her story of a high-school-era assault by President Donald Trump’s high court pick. Although Ford’s 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 Kavanaugh’s 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 didn’t 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” Ford’s 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.
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Kavanaugh accuser has not yet agreed to attend hearing (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2018 OP
She absolutely needs to show up, john657 Sep 2018 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2018 #3
Hope so. john657 Sep 2018 #5
Grassley is going to cancel the hearing if she doesn't respond soon. B2G Sep 2018 #2
No he won't, john657 Sep 2018 #4
Because she is going to.be questioned by a pack of GOP Jackals CentralMass Sep 2018 #7
I think she will. This is a very tough thing to do. MGKrebs Sep 2018 #10
Probably because she's getting threatened smooth64 Sep 2018 #20
I believe this is typically part of the GOP playbook. She will be there, the repukes are trying to still_one Sep 2018 #6
Agree, to make her look irresponsible maybe. Get ready for more.. appalachiablue Sep 2018 #11
Let me guess. Some anonymous Republican operative Thrill Sep 2018 #8
I doubt that. nt B2G Sep 2018 #9
More likely, "Nice family you have there... would be a shame if something happened to them." Still In Wisconsin Sep 2018 #12
If she chooses not to appear that is her right. KWR65 Sep 2018 #13
There aren't actually very many questions ScratchCat Sep 2018 #14
Well, they've already been on tv saying there are robbob Sep 2018 #18
Grassley: I'd hate to have someone ask me what I did 35 years ago. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #15
Grassley..........................your a POS turbinetree Sep 2018 #16
She has an attorney doesn't she? Maxheader Sep 2018 #17
And it takes time to reach the attorney. They're working on Pacific time. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #19
is the vote on Kavanaugh officially cancelled? onetexan Sep 2018 #21
 

john657

(1,058 posts)
1. She absolutely needs to show up,
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:28 AM
Sep 2018

she's already on record as saying she wants to testify before the Judiciary committee.

Response to john657 (Reply #1)

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
4. No he won't,
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:31 AM
Sep 2018

Kavanugh has already said he's willing to appear and Grassley has set Mon. for Kavanaugh to appear.

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
10. I think she will. This is a very tough thing to do.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:48 AM
Sep 2018

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.

still_one

(92,216 posts)
6. I believe this is typically part of the GOP playbook. She will be there, the repukes are trying to
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:33 AM
Sep 2018

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)
11. Agree, to make her look irresponsible maybe. Get ready for more..
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:49 AM
Sep 2018

She and her lawyer Katz must be working things out.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
12. More likely, "Nice family you have there... would be a shame if something happened to them."
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:51 AM
Sep 2018

That's the way Trump rolls. Anyone know Keith Schiller's whereabouts?

KWR65

(1,098 posts)
13. If she chooses not to appear that is her right.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:04 PM
Sep 2018

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)
14. There aren't actually very many questions
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:08 PM
Sep 2018

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)
18. Well, they've already been on tv saying there are
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 01:09 PM
Sep 2018

“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)
15. Grassley: I'd hate to have someone ask me what I did 35 years ago.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:20 PM
Sep 2018
Scott Hechinger Retweeted:

You were in the United States Senate, voting against making MLK Day a holiday.



Grassley: I’d hate to have someone ask me what I did 35 years ago.


turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
16. Grassley..........................your a POS
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:20 PM
Sep 2018

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)
17. She has an attorney doesn't she?
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:50 PM
Sep 2018

Maybe he wants the interview on a level playing field.

“a fair proceeding,” How about at nancy pelosi's place?

onetexan

(13,041 posts)
21. is the vote on Kavanaugh officially cancelled?
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 03:54 AM
Sep 2018

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.

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