Posted on 09/17/2018 10:36:42 AM PDT by jazusamo
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday said that Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, deserves to be heard in an appropriate manner.
Anyone who comes forward as Dr. Ford has deserves to be heard, so I will continue working on a way to hear her out in an appropriate, precedented and respectful manner, Grassley said in a statement.
He said his committee is working diligently to get to the bottom of these claims, an indication that another round of committee hearings is possible.
The most prominent precedent is from 1991, when the Senate Judiciary Committee held additional hearings on then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas to review allegations by Anita Hill, a former subordinate, who accused the Thomas of multiple incidents of sexual harassment.
Grassley has come under intense pressure from colleagues to postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Kavanaugh and to have both the nominee and his accuser testify under oath before the committee.
Three key swing votes, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), on Monday called for the Judiciary Committee to spend more time looking into the allegations, which surfaced last week, throwing Kavanaughs nomination into turmoil.
Grassley hasnt yet committed to an additional round of public questioning, but at this point it may be impossible to avoid.
He has tried to schedule follow-up calls with Ford and Kavanaugh, but Democrats have so far refused to participate.
The standard procedure for updates to any nominees background investigation file is to conduct separate follow-up calls with relevant parties, Grassley said in his statement.
In this case, that would entail phone calls with at least Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford. Consistent with that practice, I asked Senator Feinsteins office yesterday to join me in scheduling these follow-ups. Thus far, they have refused. But as a necessary step in evaluating these claims, Ill continue working to set them up, he said.
Senate GOP staff say that follow-up calls are the next appropriate step and that the chairman will then make a decision on whether to schedule additional hearings.
Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Judiciary panel, praised Grassleys handling of the allegations and faulted Democrats for partisanship.
I applaud Chairman Grassley for immediately initiating the committee process for situations like this, which respects confidentiality, Cornyn said in a statement.
That Democrats have so egregiously mishandled this up until now is no excuse for us to do the same. If Democrats reject the committee handling this swiftly and in a bipartisan way through regular order, then its clear that their only intention is to smear Judge Kavanaugh and derail his nomination, he added.
Both Kavanaugh and Ford have said they are willing to testify publicly.
In a new denial issued Monday, Kavanaugh said, This is a completely false allegation.
I have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone.
Updated: 1:18 p.m.
He said his committee is working diligently to get to the bottom of these claims,
THERE IS NO BOTTOM!!!!!
There will be one more woman claiming that Kavanaugh assaulted her. The reason is that the public is more likely to believe the first claim, if there’s a second.
2 false accusations do not equal one valid accusation.
I hope Christine Blasey Ford has plenty of witnesses to the incident...
Would anybody put it past the Democrats to have a bunch of lying women step forward to create guilt by numbers? I’d be shocked if they didn’t.
Of course, Demonrat accusers ALWAYS deserve to be heard. Normals? Never.
#5, Which is a VERY bad play on their part.
It gives 60+ Million Americans an opportunity to find every bit of dirt in this Sluts background.
The longer they drag their feet to expose her, they worse it will get for her and the RAT party.
Ted Cruz
If this was such an important issue, why did Feinstein sit on the letter for two months? This in itself should be cause to move ahead with the vote as scheduled.
Excellent choice!
She is being further coached as we speak.
...and what happens when the next RAT designated bimbo with a story shows up?
She doesnt remember where it happened.
She doesnt remember exactly when it happened.
She knew four guys assaulted her. Then changed to they were in the house and two were in same room.
I think let her testify and let him testify.
I want to see her full social media she deleted. Sure shes got some left wing but comments there.
There is no confidentiality when it comes to an accusation like this. The woman sent her stupid letter to a U.S. Senator, for heaven’s sake. LOL.
If I were Grassley, I’d explain to the public that these charges had been known about for several months. During all the hearings it wasn’t brought up. Now they are, because they want to delay the vote.
I’d refuse to delay the vote, and refuse to hold hearings.
Next time they can present charges in a timely manner, or miss another opportunity for a reasoned hearing on the matters.
Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals:” “Make the enemy live up to his own book of rules.” “Pick a target, freeze it, polarize it... individuals hurt faster than institutions.” Just following the Demonrat playbook. It only makes sense in a Satanic context. Of course there is a double standard. Demonrats depend on it.
Since the mechanism exists for righting any wrong that may be done by continuing with the scheduled process, that is what they should do.
They will do everything to delay. If they can’t stop the vote, they will what they can to make Kavanaugh look bad before the election. Even if they look horrible right afterwards.
This lady will try to delay her meeting with congress. She will try to move it back several weeks.
Subpoena? Serve her today. And the when she appears, serve her with a summons re malicious prosecution, slander, and defamation.
Give her 24 hours to show up, or the offer shall be withdrawn.
If it is true, then she would have no problem marshaling her thoughts and timeline. If untrue, or if there is no way to present this as a valid or even plausible timeline, then her disinclination to appear would be a clear statement of the ineffectuality of her assertion.
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