b*****d 发帖数: 61690 | 1 Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he plans to push ahead and appear
at a Senate hearing set for Monday, despite lawyers for the woman accusing
him of sexual assault saying she won't be there.
Kavanaugh sent a letter Thursday to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the
chairman of the Judiciary Committee, saying he wanted to attend the Monday
hearing to "clear my name."
"Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary on Monday, September 24. I will be there. I look forward to the
opportunity to testify before the Committee," Kavanaugh wrote.
Kavanaugh noted that during a private phone call with Judiciary Committee
staff on Monday of this week he had requested a hearing as soon as the
following day.
"I continue to want a hearing as soon as possible, so that I can clear my
name," Kavanaugh said.
The White House released the letter hours after a lawyer for Christine
Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's accuser, said she would not testify at the hearing
set for Monday but opened the door for testifying later in the week.
“She wishes to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair
and which ensure her safety,” Ford lawyer Debra Katz wrote to the Judiciary
Committee.
Katz wrote that her client’s appearance on Monday “is not possible” and
argued “the committee’s insistence that it occur then is arbitrary in any
event.”
Republicans had invited both Kavanaugh and Ford to appear for the Monday
hearing.
Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing since Ford came forward
publicly on Sunday to accuse him of sexual assault.
Ford told The Washington Post that during a high school party in the early
1980s Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, tried to remove her clothes and covered
her mouth when she tried to protest. | p**j 发帖数: 7063 | 2 一定要告这个女人。
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【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】 : Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he plans to push ahead and appear : at a Senate hearing set for Monday, despite lawyers for the woman accusing : him of sexual assault saying she won't be there. : Kavanaugh sent a letter Thursday to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the : chairman of the Judiciary Committee, saying he wanted to attend the Monday : hearing to "clear my name." : "Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Senate Committee on the : Judiciary on Monday, September 24. I will be there. I look forward to the : opportunity to testify before the Committee," Kavanaugh wrote. : Kavanaugh noted that during a private phone call with Judiciary Committee
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