Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday [View all]
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee and lawyers for the woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers reached a tentative agreement on Saturday for her to publicly testify on Thursday, an apparent breakthrough in halting negotiations.
After a brief call late on Saturday, the lawyers and aides to Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, planned to talk again Sunday morning to continue negotiations over the conditions of the testimony, according to three people familiar with the call. Aides to Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee's top Democrat, were also involved.
Negotiations could still falter over those details, which include who will question the woman, Christine Blasey Ford. But in tentatively agreeing to a Thursday hearing, Republicans made a significant concession that suggested they were working to ensure that the session occurred after several days of uncertainty.
If no final deal is made, Mr. Grassley will be left to decide on Sunday whether to move ahead with a committee vote on Judge Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination scheduled for Monday. Judge Kavanaugh, who has vehemently denied the allegations, has repeatedly expressed his desire to testify.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate-blasey-ford-testify.html
As a note - the previous reports of the negotiations had indicated a Wednesday testimony and this latest status just came through as a breaking news.
(wonder if this breakthrough is related to the recent Michael Bromwich move to join her legal team)
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