The lawyer for the woman who says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s says her client is willing to testify in Congress about what happened, but no one has asked her to.
“The answer is yes,” lawyer Debra Katz said on CNN when asked if Christine Blassey Ford would testify.
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When asked if she’s been approached about testifying, Katz said there have been no offers.
“That’s interesting, the answer is no,” Katz said. “We’ve heard from no one.”
Ford revealed her name to the Washington Post over the weekend, which threw into doubt whether the Senate Judiciary Committee would be able to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Thursday as planned. Senate Democrats said hearings should be held on the accusations before Kavanaugh is advanced, and even Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he wants to hear more from Ford before moving ahead.
Republians, in the meantime, have argued that Democrats knew about Ford months ago and delayed the release of this information until just before his confirmation vote was scheduled.
The committee was working over the weekend on how to give senators a chance to interview Ford and Kavanaugh about the reported incident.
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