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发帖数: 3433 | 1 Christine Ford, the California professor accusing Supreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault more than three decades ago, is "being
used" by Democrats who have "betrayed her," Sen. Lindsey Graham told "Fox
News Sunday."
Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also made clear
that Republicans "are not going to turn the hearing over to her lawyers" by
allowing them to dictate which witnesses to call, or in what order to call
the witnesses. If Ford's lawyer's persist, Graham said, "there won't be a
hearing."
"I'm want to listen to Dr. Ford," Graham said. "I feel sorry for her. I
think she's being used here. If she truly wanted to be anonymous, the person
who brought this allegation to the public owes her an apology."
Ford's legal team last week asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to agree to
certain terms before she sits down for a potential interview. Among the
terms: Only members of the committee -- no lawyers -- can question her;
Kavanaugh cannot be in the room at the time; and Kavanaugh should be
questioned first, before he has the opportunity to hear Ford's testimony.
But, Graham said, some of those requests were nonstarters, especially
because Ford has already been granted several extensions to make a decision
on when to testify.
"Chairman [Chuck] Grassley has bent over backwards to make this happen,"
Graham told host Chris Wallace. "The offer is Thursday at 10 o'clock. She
made ten conditions through her lawyer. We've accepted six.
"We're not going to turn over to the other side how many witnesses to call.
There will be two witnesses, Dr. Ford, then Judge Kavanaugh, and we'll hire
our own counsel. ... If they continue to contest those two things, there won
't be a hearing. If they really want to be heard, they can be heard in a
small room with a lot of security, limited press availability, she'll be
treated fairly. But we're not going to turn the hearing over to her lawyers."
Asked by Wallace whether Republicans wanted to bring in outside lawyers
simply to avoid the optics of having the all-male Republican contingent on
the Judiciary Committee asking Ford questions, Graham said there were other
concerns at play.
"We've got 11 politicians who haven't done a trial in about 20 years,"
Graham said. "I thought it would be really smart to have someone come in who
knows what the hell they're doing, to ask the questions, to be respectful."
Graham also rejected an impassioned plea last week by Hawaii Democratic Sen.
Mazie Hirono, who told men to "shut up and step up" in the wake of the
accusations against Kavanaugh.
"I am not going to shut up, with all due respect," Graham said. "When I
voted for Sotomayor and Kagan, no one on the other side told me to shut up."
He added: "What am I supposed to do? Go ahead and ruin this guy's life,
based on an accusation -- I don't know when it happened, I don't know where
it happened, and everybody named in regard to being there said it didn't
happen. I'm just being honest. Unless there's something more, no, I'm not
going to ruin Judge Kavanuagh's life over this." | l****d
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发帖数: 12932 | 3 这个是给GOP里面各派定调了。
We bend outer backwards to let her talk. But it’s just a show. Everyone has
to vote the way it was. |
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