Friday Deadline For Blasey Ford To Decide On Hearing May Be Flexible

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Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley’s 10 a.m. Friday deadline for professor Christine Blasey Ford to submit documents for a Senate hearing on her accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may not be set in stone.

According to a Thursday CNN report, sources say that Blasey Ford could decide to participate later on Friday and still attend Monday’s hearing, though they were fuzzy on what that hard cutoff is.

Blasey Ford and her team want an FBI investigation before the hearing, along with outside witnesses to be invited when she does testify. So far, Grassley has put the kibosh on both.

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  1. The fear coursing through the GOP right now is both very palpable and highly pleasurable…

  2. Oops, this may be the blow back from the staffer’s tweet which said Kavanaugh’s appointment was in the bag.

  3. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Yep more waffles.

  4. I haven’t seen this many waffles since that “All You Can Eat” special at IHOP.

  5. This is going to leave Susan Collins very, very confused as to what steadfast position to now take for the next 60 minutes or so…

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