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Sep 28, 2018 · Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, are testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Follow here for the ...
Oct 6, 2018 · From CNN's Ted Barrett. The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, following a contentious confirmation battle. The vote total was 50-48 ...
Sep 7, 2018 · Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings have concluded, meaning the Trump-nominated justice has cleared a key hurdle on his way to a lifetime Supreme Court appointment. See highlights.
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After thanking Ford, Grassley recesses the committee, which will return at about 3 p.m. ET to question Kavanaugh.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, remarked that Ford was “attractive” and “pleasing” during a break in Thursday’s hearing about her allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Hatch’s office told the PBS NewsHour’s Lisa Desjardins that he was not referring to Ford’s physical appearance. “Hatch uses ‘attractive’ to describe p...
Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked Christine Blasey Ford during a hearing Thursday if she was aware that three people had submitted sworn statements that said they did not have any memory of the party where an alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh occurred. Ford said she wouldn’t expect that two of those people — her friend Leland Ingham Keyser a...
Prosecutor Mitchell is pressing Ford on whether she was receiving assistance with her legal fees. Ford’s lawyers, Debra Katz and Michael Bromwich, told Mitchell they were working pro-bono. Ford added that she was aware of some GoFundMe accounts set up with the intent of assisting with costs associated with her testimony. She said her home community...
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., notes the outpouring of survivors’ stories that has followed Ford’s allegations. “You are opening up, to open air, hurt and pain that goes on across this country,” Booker tells Ford. “It’s nothing short of heroic.”
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, criticizes Mitchell for asking Ford detailed questions about her memories before and after the alleged attack. “Sexual assault survivors often do not remember peripheral information such as what happened before or after the event,” she said. “We all know Dr. Ford’s memory of the assault is very clear.” Hirono added that...
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, is weighing in on Ford’s testimony via Twitter. Earlier in the hearing, prosecutor Mitchell asked Ford about her fear of flying. Ford said she isn’t comfortable flying but was “able to get up the gumption” to travel to testify Thursday with the help of friends. Ford said she had in the past taken flights for v...
Why did Ford take a polygraph test? She tells Mitchell her attorney advised her to. “I found it extremely stressful. Much longer than I anticipated. I told my whole life story I felt like,” she said.
Between questions from Democratic senators, Phoenix prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is questioning Ford on behalf of Republicans, asking her to recall the night of the alleged assault by Kavanaugh, along with how it has affected her life and the events that led her to alert lawmakers and the Washington Post to her story. Mitchell has been limited to fiv...
Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., is doubling down on the point that Ford tried to make her allegations known while Kavanaugh was still on the shortlist for the Supreme Court nomination. “I felt it was very important to get the information to you, but I didn’t know how to do it while there was still a shortlist of candidates,” Ford said. Coons asked ...
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Sep 4, 2018 · PBS NewsHour will livestream confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh on September 4-7. Hearings will begin each morning at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Nov 2, 2018 · Day four of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh starts at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, but we will not be covering it live. The session will feature testimony from experts ...
Oct 6, 2018 · Senators are expected to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court starting around 5 p.m. ET Saturday. Watch live in the player above. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and Sen. Susan ...
