Kavanaugh hearing: Eight extraordinary hours of tears, anger, political theater on Capitol Hill
Christine Blasey Ford's voice was soft and sometimes pinched, and it broke at times. But it echoed across the country.
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Furious Lindsey Graham Calls Kavanaugh Hearing ‘the Most Unethical Sham’
Senator Lindsey Graham, the blunt-speaking South Carolina Republican, vented to reporters on Thursday outside the hearing room where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing explosive testimony about sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump's embattled Supreme Court nominee. "What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020," Mr. Graham, red-faced and dropping all pretenses of legislative comity, yelled at his Democratic colleagues.
Sen. Lindsey Graham engages in fiery rebuke of Democrats during Kavanaugh testimony
Lindsey Graham's comments during the Kavanaugh testimony came after held a press conference Thursday during the Christine Blasey Ford testimony. Sen. Lindsey Graham engages in fiery rebuke of Democrats during Kavanaugh testimony Lindsey Graham's comments during the Kavanaugh testimony came after held a press conference Thursday during the Christine Blasey Ford testimony.
Republicansa a oeFemale Assistanta Strategy Seems to Have Backfired
When it became clear Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was going to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Republican members of the committee made a critical decision. Fearing a repeat of the 1991 Anita Hill debacle-once again, the Republicans on the committee are all men, and they didn't want to be perceived as badgering a victim of assault-they hired what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a "female assistant" to do the questioning for them.
Sen. Lindsey Graham calls Kavanaugh’s confirmation process ‘Hell’
President Trump was glued to the television and heartened by the fiery testimony of his Supreme Court nominee, aides said, as Brett M. Kavanaugh defended himself against allegations of sexual assault on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. One senior administration official involved in the confirmation process described Kavanaugh's performance as "powerfulstronggame changing" in a text message.
Dr. Ford says – the uproarious laughter’ is her strongest memory from the assault
During a press conference on Sept. 26., President Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in light of sexual misconduct allegations.
Kavanaugh and Ford complete testimony in contentious Senate hearing
Christine Blasey Ford and the man she accused of a 1980s sexual assault, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, both testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a hearing, at times emotional, contentious and in some ways revealing, that captured the attention of the nation. Ford spoke before the committee first, recounting her allegations in a soft and sometimes-halting voice in a drama that threatened to derail Kavanaugh's nomination.
Senate GOP tries to push Kavanaugh over the finish line Source: Cox Media Group
With President Donald Trump leading the charge, Republicans and the White House went on the offensive on Tuesday, accusing Democrats of using flimsy allegations of sexual misconduct in a last-ditch bid to stop the Supreme Court nomination of federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as GOP leaders vowed a Senate vote as early as next Tuesday. "We're going to be moving forward - I'm confident we're going to win," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters just off the Senate floor, as top Republicans formed a solid political wedge in public, making the argument that 'vague, uncorroborated allegations' should not be allowed to stop Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh, Rosenstein Confrontations Are High Stakes
That day, the fates of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and much else, may be decided. The New York Times report that Rosenstein, sarcastically or seriously in May 2017, talked of wearing a wire into the Oval Office to entrap the president, suggests that his survival into the new year is improbable.
GOP senators defend Kavanaugh as exasperation mounts: ‘We’re in the Twilight Zone,’ Graham says
Supreme Court nominee is denying the sexual harassment allegations forcefully and his supporters are branding the new stories as purely political. Peter Doocy reports for 'Special Report.' Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a forceful defense of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the Senate floor, top Judiciary Committee Republicans on Monday sounded notes of both exasperation and defiance in the face of what they have characterized as last-minute "smears."
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will receive an up-or-down vote in the Senate "in the near future." McConnell on Monday angrily denounced Democrats, accusing them of waging a "smear campaign" against Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court.
Congress Returns To Washington Ahead Of Midterm Elections
Congress returns to Washington this week for the final legislative sprint before the midterm elections. Lawmakers are trying to avoid a government shutdown and will review explosive sexual assault claims against President Trump's second Supreme Court nominee.
Column: In light of new allegations, Kavanaugh confirmation must be postponed
Christine Blasey Ford is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this Thursday regarding an alleged incident of sexual assault that occurred 35 years ago. "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation," Kavanaugh said in a statement released by the White House.
Kavanaugh, Ford will testify in open hearing Thursday
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager, agreeing to a date and time after nearly a week of uncertainty over whether Ford would appear at all. The agreement sets the stage for a dramatic showdown as Kavanaugh and Ford each tell their side of the story.
Amid furor, Trump pushes pause on deciding Rosenstein’s fate
In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Springfield-Branson National Airport before attending a campaign rally in Springfield, Mo.
Lindsey Graham Nails It, Bureaucratic Coup at the Dep. of Justice and FBI
In an interview, this morning on Fox News Sunday the Senator from South Carolina was asked about the mess in the Senate Judiciary Committee with on again off again accuser Christine Ford but that is not what was interesting. He dropped some bombs on the Justice Dept.
The Latest: Top Dems again urge FBI review of Ford’s claims Source: AP
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Top Democrats are asking President Donald Trump again to direct the FBI to investigate Christine Blasey Ford's claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers. Trump and Senate Republicans have repeatedly said an investigation is not necessary.
The Latest: GOP’s Graham assures respectful hearing for Ford
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Sen. Lindsey Graham says Brett Kavanaugh's accuser will be treated "respectfully" by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but both witnesses "will be challenged" over the sexual assault allegation from decades ago she's made against the Supreme Court nominee. Talks continue between the GOP-run committee and Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer over details of a tentative agreement for a hearing Thursday.
As hearing on Kavanaugh assault allegations looms, senators…
Republican defenders of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Democratic supporters of Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assaulting her when both were teenagers, suggested Sunday that their votes on his nomination would not be swayed by an expected hearing on Ford's allegations this week.
Thursday hearing for Kavanaugh accuser stuck on last details
Plans to hold a high-stakes hearing next week with testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, teetered with uncertainty Sunday as a Senate panel scrambled to resolve potentially make-or-break details, such as potential witnesses who could corroborate her decades-old sexual assault claim. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said lawyers for Ford are contesting two GOP conditions of the proposed 10 a.m. Thursday hearing - that Ford and Kavanaugh will be the only witnesses and that an independent counsel will ask the questions.