Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday said that there will be two people testifying during a public hearing on Monday: Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford.
But only if Ford agrees to appear, which she has not yet done, according to Grassley.
During an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday morning, Grassley said that his staff had reached out to Ford via email, but had not yet heard back from the professor, who alleges Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. The committee has set a hearing to review both people’s testimony on Monday.
“At this point we have two people testifying, that’s all I can say,” Grassley said when asked if Mark Judge, a classmate of Kavanaugh’s who was named in Ford’s allegations, would be testifying as well. Grassley was also adamant that the hearing would remain civil and that neither witnesses would be badgered by committee members.
“I’d like to see 21 members of our committee, listen patiently to both witnesses and kind of act like a jury and then wait until you hear all the evidence and make your mind up afterwards,” he said. “I’m going to be respectful and I hope my colleagues will too.”
Mark Judge should testify, as well as some of the people Ford told long before Kavanaugh was nominated. This is a sham hearing if we are only allowed to hear Ford and Kavanaugh.
I expect nothing else from Grassley and the Trump-enabling GOP.
Where’s Ford’s attorney while all this is breaking. If Ford’s not going to appear, why didn’t they push back, yesterday, and set out their terms. It’s really easy for the drama to turn into “drama queen” and for the sympathy for her to turn against her.
“Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday said that there will be two people testifying during a public hearing on Monday: Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford.”
Bullshit. This latest Grassley posturing will hold up for 90 minutes, at best.
BTW, I remember a quote from Grassley at the tail end of the Anita Hill hearings, referring to several friends and colleagues who testified in support of Hill. He said: " These are not corroborating witnesses, but collaborating witnesses".
Anyone who gives Grassley the benefit of the doubt here has fatally flawed judgement.
Gee, what’s there to hide, Chuck? The moron administration already said no FBI investigation. God, I loathe these people.