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- Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley granted Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys an extension to decide whether she’ll speak to lawmakers about her claim that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school in the 1980s.
- Ford’s attorneys sent a letter to the committee on Friday ahead of an initial 10 p.m. ET deadline to ask for more time. The lawyer, Debra Katz, also scolded the senators for displaying what she called a “cavalier” attitude toward a “sexual assault survivor.”
- After granting the extension, Grassley appeared to fume about it on Twitter, and seemed to apologize to Kavanaugh, who is waiting for the senators to vote on his confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley appeared to fume on Friday night about his decision to grant Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys request for more time to decide whether she’ll speak to lawmakers about her claim that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her decades ago.
Ford’s attorneys sent a letter to the committee on Friday ahead of an initial 10 p.m. ET deadline to ask for more time. The lawyer, Debra Katz, scolded the senators for displaying what she called a “cavalier” attitude toward a “sexual assault survivor.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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