Kavanaugh Accepts Committee Invite For Monday Hearing: ‘I Will Be There’

By Matt Shuham

September 20, 2018 6:40 p.m.

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Despite lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford objecting that Monday is far too early to hold a hearing over her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (and arbitrarily early, at that), Kavanaugh accepted the committee’s invitation on Thursday. CNN’s Kevin Liptak posted a copy of Kavanaugh’s letter:

Brett Kavanaugh tells Judiciary Committee in a letter "I will be there" at Monday's hearing pic.twitter.com/x8eu1mUn83

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) September 20, 2018

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Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.

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