Feinstein denies leaking Ford’s allegation to media

By Melissa Quinn

Published September 27, 2018 10:52pm ET

Feinstein denies leaking Ford’s allegation to media — In this June 12, 2013, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen to testimony from Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command before the Senate Appropriations Committee. U.S. authorities have said they are reducing the amount of time they will delay deporting the few immigrants in the country illegally awaiting congressional decisions to legalize their immigration status after lawmakers file so-called "private bills" supporting their last-ditch bids to remain in the country. Senators Durbin and Feinstein criticized the decision to change longstanding practices they said was made without consulting lawmakers. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., denied Thursday that members of her staff leaked the details of a confidential letter from Christine Blasey Ford to her office, saying it’s possible Ford’s friends spoke to the press.

“I do not believe my staff would leak it,” Feinstein said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

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