WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced that the Committee will hold a public hearing with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
“Anyone who comes forward as Dr. Ford has deserves to be heard, so I will continue working on a way to hear her out in an appropriate, precedented and respectful manner.
“The standard procedure for updates to any nominee’s background investigation file is to conduct separate follow-up calls with relevant parties. In this case, that would entail phone calls with at least Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford. Consistent with that practice, I asked Senator Feinstein’s office yesterday to join me in scheduling these follow-ups. Thus far, they have refused. But as a necessary step in evaluating these claims, I’ll continue working to set them up.
“Unfortunately, committee Republicans have only known this person’s identity from news reports for less than 24 hours and known about her allegations for less than a week. Senator Feinstein, on the other hand, has had this information for many weeks and deprived her colleagues of the information necessary to do our jobs. The Minority withheld even the anonymous allegations for six weeks, only to later decide that they were serious enough to investigate on the eve of the committee vote, after the vetting process had been completed.
“It’s deeply disturbing that the existence of these allegations were leaked in a way that seemed to preclude Dr. Ford’s confidentiality.
“Over my nearly four decades in the Senate I have worked diligently to protect whistleblowers and get to the bottom of any issue. Dr. Ford’s attorney could have approached my office, while keeping her client confidential and anonymous, so that these allegations could be thoroughly investigated. Nevertheless, we are working diligently to get to the bottom of these claims.”
Below is the official notice for Monday’s hearing.
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING CONTINUATION
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on the nomination of the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States will continue Monday, September 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
By order of the Chairman.
How many millions is Hillary and George Soros paying for all of this…Those two will do anything, to bring down Trump and Judge Kavanagh
When the first one doesn’t succeed…add another accuser. Its typical democrat strategy. Be ready
How did these drunk girls know it was Kavanaugh when they can’t even remember why they were laying on the floor to begin with? Other than the fact that they were all drunk ..so how does this hold up in court? This is absurd!
Maybe the Go Fund Me will be for her bail to get out after she SLANDERED and actually INTERFERING with people voting for him. She and her gang needs exposed and she needs charged . Since when does a person get to set “their terms” for testifying and set deadlines. It should of been done ASAP and get it over with and don’t forget to tax her income from the Go Fund Me or better yet take it away for her wasting tax dollars on this fiasco!
The only possible reason for Dr. Ford to demand a Thursday hearing (as opposed to Wednesday/Tuesday or the scheduled Monday) is to prevent the Senate from voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh before month’s end, leaving him off the bench when the Supreme Court’s next session starts.
FBI: Where did this happen?
Ford: I don’t know.
FBI: When did it happen?
Ford: I don’t know.
FBI: How did you get there?
Ford: I don’t know.
FBI: Who were you with?
Ford: I don’t know.
FBI: Did you file a police report?
Ford: No.
FBI: Can anyone corroborate your accusation?
Ford: The 3 people that were there said it didn’t happen.
FBI: Do you have any other proof to present?
Ford: No.
Democrats: HE’S GUILTY!!!!!!
This Ford lady is bat shit crazy! She is not a victim. She is an abuser.
Exactly how do you know this? What inside information do you have? Grassley probably would want to talk with you.
Here’s my question, she claimed she was 15, she claims that Judge Kavanaugh was 17. The judge is 7 years older than his accuser. Was she 10 years old and he was 17 when this happened at the party? Or was she a fifteen-year-old at the party and he was then 22? Or are there other questions to be raised by this?
More far right wing bullshit.
She is 51 and Kavanaugh is 53…that is a 2 year difference.
The Liberal Liar said. Dumb Ass!
I know that if I was sexually assaulted in highschool to the point that I feared for my life, I would remember the details of when, where and what time. She can’t remember that but 30 years later she sees a therapist for it because it traumatized her and affected her entire life. Seriously, who is believing any of this!?!?
Now that Christine Blazey Ford has come forward, some interesting things about her are beginning to surface. Knowing this would happen, perhaps it’s the real reason why Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) kept these allegations secret since July. Here is what we now know that we didn’t just a few hours ago:The brother of Christine Blazey Ford worked for Fusion GPS. Wow, what a coincidence.
Read this. It might clear up a great deal of the right wing’s tactics regarding Ms. Ford.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-kavanaughs-fact-check.html
New York Times????? Ha, ha, ha, FAKE news Dumb Ass!
Yes, the New York Times. That same newspaper that just broke a story about Rob Rosenstein asking if he should wear a wire when speaking to the liar in chief. Of course, it is not true because the Times doesn’t report the truth.
Ford’s lawyer is a big Democrat donor who was involved in the Clinton / Paula Jones case. Christine Blazey Ford is a far left professor and an open-borders activist who has signed anti-Trump immigration letters.
She also deleted her social media accounts just before coming forward. I don’t blame her for that, but what would her posts reveal?
There will be much more to come—trust me on that.
An “online professor rating site” has numerous reviews by from her students. Some say that they think she’s crazy, and they were actually scared by her behavior.
Just more far right bullshit.
Another innocent man is judged by FNN and dumocrats , but Wild bill gets away with rape .
Trump will find someone else to excuse all his crimes. So F*** it . corrupt world sad world the scum crooks win again because they are all RICH and they are gonna stay that way f*** you honest working man ur screwed.
What may or may not have happened 36 years ago has no bearing on today. Esteem is something that is earned and built during your lifetime. Judge Kavanaugh has earned his very high esteem. I too am ashamed of my “former” Democratic Party. It’s just not the same party it used to be.
The GOP, the “family values” folks who tout themselves as the “moral” party, couldn’t care less if he did what she claims,
or they wouldn’t have voted for Trump and his brazen admissions – boasts, really – of sexual assault with impunity.
Republicans were all too happy to impeach a Democrat who lied about a consensual affair, but heaven forbid anyone worry
about the behavior of their nominees.
You say that you are ashamed of Democrats, yet you support the likes of Donald Trump.
Ah yes Trump, the disgusting low life that denigrates women at every turn.
“You know, it doesn’t really matter what they write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.” – Donald Trump
In an interview with New York Magazine, Trump uttered this charming phrase about women: ‘You have to treat ’em like shit.
“grab them by the pussy” – Donald Trump
But your fine with that, huh?
Of course they are fine with that. That happened a few years ago and Trump has changed. He is now God’s number one guy who is on a mission to cleanse the world of liberals. He is also going to eliminate poverty, stupidity and world hunger.
Are you sure that you’re not being childishly naiive by choice? Are you so emotionally invested in hating Donald Trump that you cannot absorb reality?
Most all of us strive for success, security and yes, wealth..what perks do you imagine come along with great wealth and success? What kind of indiscretions would you be guilty of if the opportunities that fall at the feet of an alpha-male billionaire were to come fall at your feet? I’ll wager you are incapable of an honest answer.
65 women signed a statement attesting that Kavanaugh was a good guy. None of them knew what they were signing. Once they were told what they signed, 63 of them took back their statement. Grassley’s ploy to hide this failed.
Thanks Bo.
Bull Shit!
Go put on some fresh Depends, you stupid old goat.
There are hundreds of women who have suffered sexual abuse who never report it. To air it publicly, one knows she will suffer even more because of the hateful men who think taking what they want from a woman is ok.
,,,and her cohorts, You will lose. lol
I am a registered democrat and have NEVER been more ashamed! In 2016 we lost the election, Why, because we ran a bad campaine and bad candidate, period. Now we will say or do anything to stop Trump and his picks.
He won, we lost, if we run better canidates we will win in the fall, but lets stop making ourselves out to be fools.
This is a joke
So I can accuse someone/anyone of anything, but not know when it actually happen, where it happen, all the names of only four people there, don’t remember how i got there, or how i got home. Oh,I may have been drinking. Hmmmmmmm ok now defend yourself against my allegations.
Was the ford escort another stormy daniels ? Look at all options and fill all the holes.
First the lying bitch tells her therapist a rape happened in her late teens. Now she’s saying she was 15. Then she told her therapist it was 4 guys who raped her. Now she’s saying it was 2 guys. It’s all a bunch of horse sh-t, and we all know it. Kavanaugh has been in the public eye for years, working with many women, nobody complained about any misdeeds. Now at the 11’th hour, they want us to believe this crud. This “case” was presented to Feinstein a few months ago, and she sat on it to use later as a stall tactic. Boy, r the Dems desperate and scared! Shame on the Republicans agreeing to “investigate” this blatantly obvious stall tactic!
Di Fi sat on this since July. Definitely a strategic play by the Dems. What a political party. I doubt I’ll ever vote Democrat again.