Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said he’ll testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday to “clear my name” of an allegation that he sexually assaulted a girl more than three decades ago, putting pressure on his accuser to show up.
“I will be there” at the hearing, Kavanaugh said Thursday in a letter to panel Chairman Chuck Grassley.
A lawyer for the accuser, California college professor Christine Blasey Ford, told the committee earlier Thursday it is “not possible” for her to appear on Monday. Lawyer Debra Katz said Ford would be prepared to testify later next week under ...
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