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Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the accusation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court. Senate leaders announced the move under pressure from fellow Republicans who wanted a fuller, open examination of the allegations from Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor in California.
While U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation has certainly been politically contentious, his confirmation by the Senate had seemed all but certain. With credible credentials, a Republican majority in the Senate and passable answers to charged questions on court precedent, Kavanaugh seemed set to become the next Justice.
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, has announced that the committee will hold a public hearing on Monday with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s. NPR's Scott Detrow is here to tell us an update about what's going on.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says the nation deserves the truth about sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulted her at a party when they were teenagers.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's US Supreme Court pick, has called a woman's allegation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago "completely false". A lawyer said the accuser is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel that is scheduled to vote this week on his nomination.
In this Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Today, Common Cause called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay its scheduled vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court in light of new allegations of sexual assault by the nominee. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Common Cause urged the committee to require Kavanaugh to testify under oath about the accusations.
In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the third day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
A top aide to President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility of further Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as Democrats demanded that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford be allowed to tell her story, in which she accuses Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct at a party in the early 1980's, a charge he vehemently denies. "This woman should not be insulted, and she should not be ignored," Conway said this morning on the Fox News program Fox and Friends, and then repeated the same to a gaggle of reporters on the driveway outside the White House.
A top aide to President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility of further Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as Democrats demanded that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford be allowed to tell her story, in which she accuses Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct at a party in the early 1980's, a charge he vehemently denies. "This woman should not be insulted, and she should not be ignored," Conway said this morning on the Fox News program Fox and Friends, and then repeated the same to a gaggle of reporters on the driveway outside the White House.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events If there is one reason Senate Republicans decide to keep Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination on track despite a credible, on-the-record allegation of sexual assault when he was in high school, it's this: the clock. Specifically, the countdown clock until Election Day in November, when Republicans' majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate could be in peril.
You can watch the hearing, when it begins at 10 A.M. , on the live stream above. Check back throughout the day for reactions and analysis from our writers.
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In the 24 hours since I last wrote about the Brett Kavanaugh nomination , further details have emerged including the name of the accuser and the name of Kavanaugh's prep-school buddy on the night of the alleged incident in 1982. According to the tale, the future Supreme Court nominee was with Mark Judge, now a conservative journalist, on the night that 17-year-old Kavanaugh allegedly .
People will look back on this era in our history to see what was known about Donald Trump while Americans were deciding whether to choose him as president. Here's a running chronicle from James Fallows on the evidence available to voters as they make their choice, and of how Trump has broken the norms that applied to previous major-party candidates.
While standing behind federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, some Republican Senators said Sunday that they were open to the idea of hearing from Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during a party when they were teenagers in the 1980's. Sen. Lindsey Graham , a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he "would gladly listen" to Ford, as some Democrats called for a Thursday vote of that panel on Kavanaugh's nomination to be delayed.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday denied an allegation that he engaged in sexual misconduct in high school, a day after the allegation surfaced and a top Democrat said she referred the matter to federal investigators . "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation," Judge Kavanaugh said in a written statement released through the White House.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein directs questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on September 5. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee entered the confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with concerns about his record and his views. After four days of testimony and questions, those concerns remain - and in some cases have increased considerably.