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The conservative website Big League Politics published the message earlier this week, naming Fairfax as the alleged assailant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyson, who next week is scheduled to give a talk — \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casbs-symposium-betrayal-and-courage-in-the-age-of-metoo-tickets-54715313977\"> Betrayal and Courage in the Age of #MeToo\u003c/a> — at Stanford, said she decided to go public after Fairfax issued a statement and spoke with reporters to deny the allegations. He said the encounter was consensual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With tremendous anguish, I am now sharing this information about my experience and setting the record straight,” Tyson said in her statement shared by NPR. “Given his false assertions, I’m compelled to make clear what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The political science academic community, and others, have rallied around Tyson, using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23IBelieveVanessa&src=tyah\">#IBelieveVanessa\u003c/a>. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/legal-defense-fund-for-dr-vanessa-tyson\">GoFundMe account\u003c/a> set up to raise money for legal and security expenses has raised more than $15,000 since it launched on Wednesday. A Slack group was formed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/WomensCaucus_PS/status/1093200643165163522\">to help connect her supporters\u003c/a>, who were also asking people to \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxyJtQ-992MxfNSkUbSnQMqvahdIyOLk8G4gn-44iQZeCUwA/viewform\">sign a statement supporting Tyson\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/profmichelson/status/1093278551803981824\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never underestimate the power of feminist political scientists,” wrote Nadia E. Brown, an associate professor of political science at Purdue University, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrownPhDGirl/status/1093280204968157190\">on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/brownphdgirl/status/1092945617351929856?s=12\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Freyd, who is a part of the Stanford fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, said Tyson told her and a few other colleagues about the 2004 incident, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/05/virginia-lt-gov-fairfax-accuser-told-friend-at-stanford-about-2004-sexual-assault/\">the Bay Area News Group\u003c/a> reported. Freyd doesn’t remember whether Tyson named Fairfax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa R. Michelson, a professor of political science at Menlo College in Atherton who has known Tyson for many years as a colleague and a friend, said she didn’t recall Tyson speaking to her about the alleged 2004 attack. Michelson said she reached out to Tyson via text message after news broke about the incident, but Tyson indicated she couldn’t communicate with her about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m assuming … there are legal reasons why she can’t be in touch with me and the other folks who are doing what we can to support her,” she told KQED. (Debra Katz, a founding partner of the law firm representing Tyson, said she wouldn’t be doing interviews).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was really worried about her,” Michelson said. “I knew that Vanessa would need support. … And so her other friends and I started talking about what we could do to support her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelson, who started the GoFundMe fund, hasn’t been surprised by the donations — which surpassed the goal of $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>“It shows me how well loved and respected Vanessa is,” she said. “I think that’s testament to her reputation as a human being, as a scholar, as someone who is trustworthy, as someone who should be believed. … That’s the reputation that Vanessa has built up as the wonderful person that she is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11724401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11724401\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut-800x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut-1200x738.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/02062019_tysonmichelson-qut.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Tyson, left, with friend and fellow political science professor, Melissa R. Michelson, in Vancouver in April 2017. Michelson started a GoFundMe fundraiser to help raise money for Tyson’s security and legal expenses in the wake of her coming forward. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Melissa R. Michelson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Virginia politics has been rocked by a number of revelations in recent days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate scandal has engulfed Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration since a racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook surfaced. Northam initially acknowledged he was in the photo and apologized. Then, a day later, he denied being in the photo but said he had appeared in blackface around the same time as part of a dance competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Northam should resign, as many local and national politicians on both sides of the aisle have urged him to do, Fairfax would assume the governorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Fairfax released another statement, NPR reported. He said Tyson’s allegation was “surprising and hurtful,” and he wanted to stress “how important it is for us to listen to women when they come forward with allegations of sexual assault or harassment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tyson’s statement, she and Fairfax had struck up a “cordial, but not flirtatious” relationship by the third day of the convention in 2004. On July 28, Tyson said Fairfax invited her to his hotel room to retrieve documents, and upon their arrival, began to kiss her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault,” Tyson alleges in a statement \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sarahmccammon/status/1093223842745647104\">released on her attorneys’ letterhead\u003c/a>. She says he forced her to perform oral sex on him despite her struggles against doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cannot believe, given my obvious distress, that Mr. Fairfax thought this forced sexual act was consensual,” Tyson added. “To be very clear, I did not want to engage in oral sex with Mr. Fairfax and I never gave any form of consent. Quite the opposite. I consciously avoided Mr. Fairfax for the remainder of the Convention and I never spoke to him again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairfax has strongly rejected the allegation since it first surfaced publicly on Sunday. He pointed out that The Washington Post, though it was previously aware of the allegation, decided not to publish it last year (the Post said it decided not to publish the story because it couldn’t corroborate either party’s description of the events).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyson says she had been undecided about whether to come forward, but that her hand had been forced by the conservative blog. She \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691530607/woman-alleging-sexual-assault-by-virginias-lt-gov-hires-washington-law-firm\">then retained\u003c/a> Katz, Marshall and Banks, the Washington, D.C.-based firm that represented Christine Blasey Ford — who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, which he denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyson is researching the politics and policies surrounding sexual violence against women and children in the U.S. during her fellowship year at Stanford, \u003ca href=\"https://casbs.stanford.edu/people/current-fellows#222660\">according to her biography\u003c/a>. She served as one of the founding members of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Survivor Speakers’ Bureau, and began a self-esteem/self-awareness program for female juvenile offenders in Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR and KQED News’ Miranda Leitsinger contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He said Tyson’s allegation was “surprising and hurtful,” and he wanted to stress “how important it is for us to listen to women when they come forward with allegations of sexual assault or harassment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tyson’s statement, she and Fairfax had struck up a “cordial, but not flirtatious” relationship by the third day of the convention in 2004. On July 28, Tyson said Fairfax invited her to his hotel room to retrieve documents, and upon their arrival, began to kiss her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault,” Tyson alleges in a statement \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sarahmccammon/status/1093223842745647104\">released on her attorneys’ letterhead\u003c/a>. 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The brain holds on to the most important stuff at the expense of the peripheral details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take for example, a clerk at convenience store who gets robbed at gunpoint, says McNally. \"The person may often encode the features of the weapon, the gun pointed at him, but not recall whether or not the person was wearing glasses, because their attention is focused on the most central features of the experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally says this would explain why Ford says she remembers what happened during the alleged assault, but she can't remember the date of the party or its location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They were forgotten because they were never encoded,\" says McNally. \"When somebody has an experience such as this, they're not necessarily saying, 'I better get down the address.' They're preoccupied with trying to escape this terrifying experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, \"people in general are not good about dating events, whether they're traumatic events or non traumatic events,\" he adds. Unless there are other clues to the date, most people tend to forget when something happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the memory of perpetrators of sexual assault, there's been little research on it, says Hopper. 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That's because of the key role emotions play in making and storing memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Things that have more emotional significance tend to get more encoded.’\u003ccite>Jim Hopper, Harvard University\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On any given day, our brains only store or \"encode\" some of the things we experience. \"What we pay attention to is what's more likely to get encoded,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://www.jimhopper.com/\">Jim Hopper\u003c/a>, a teaching associate in psychology at Harvard University and a consultant on sexual assault and trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A region of the brain called the hippocampus plays an important role in this process. 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That's why \"the central details [of the event] get burned into their memory and they may never forget them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it's sexual assault victims, or soldiers in combat or survivors of an earthquake, people who've experienced traumatic events tend to remember the most essential and frightening elements of the events in vivid detail for life, says McNally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, this doesn't mean that these memories include every detail of the event. 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They're preoccupied with trying to escape this terrifying experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, \"people in general are not good about dating events, whether they're traumatic events or non traumatic events,\" he adds. Unless there are other clues to the date, most people tend to forget when something happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the memory of perpetrators of sexual assault, there's been little research on it, says Hopper. 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It's possible some of the witnesses won't even agree to talk with FBI. ... But to think we wouldn't even try would be the saddest thing for the country.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What Happens Next\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The new deadline for a Kavanaugh vote is Oct. 5. Grassley asked President Trump to instruct the FBI to spend that week conducting interviews, reviewing documents and looking into the new accusations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The supplemental FBI background investigation would be limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today,\" Grassley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn't immediately clear whether \"current credible allegations\" would mean the FBI would interview only people connected with Ford's case or with some of the other women who have come forward with allegations against Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI is unlikely to open a criminal investigation. Instead, its investigators are expected to pursue the same kind of background inquiry they have conducted on Kavanaugh in the past, focused on the new allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nominee said in a statement released by the White House that he would go along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Throughout this process, I've been interviewed by the FBI, I've done a number of 'background' calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me,\" Kavanaugh said. \"I've done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one key player in this drama also volunteered to talk: Mark Judge — a boyhood friend of Kavanaugh's who has been accused by Ford of being a bystander to her sexual assault and was named in other allegations — said in a letter to the Judiciary Committee that he would cooperate under certain conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge renewed his denials about being involved with any sexual misconduct and said that he would \"cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why Would the FBI Make a Difference?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's a crime to lie to Congress, but lying to the FBI is a whole other matter. And there is a practical difference between people in the Kavanaugh case issuing written statements — as Judge and others have done — and actually sitting down with human special agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators might glean details from people involved that aren't yet in the public eye. They might discover there are more people, including witnesses or others, than have been a part of the public accounting so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the FBI will not give its own determination about the truthfulness of what witnesses say — one reason Grassley and Kavanaugh both earlier said they opposed activating the bureau. Investigators probably only will conduct interviews and then pass them to the Senate, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the bureau serves only as a gold-plated transcription service in this case, the completeness of those transcripts might exceed the body of evidence that now exists — and it would be evidence obtained from witnesses who could be prosecuted if they lied to the feds. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats and outside groups — and now, Flake — argue that the information that has surfaced recently means the FBI must look into Kavanaugh again. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford told the Judiciary Committee she hadn't told anyone about her alleged sexual assault by the 1990s, when Kavanaugh was screened for a job in the Justice Department, or even by the early 2000s, when he was cleared to work in the White House of President George W. Bush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Republicans say the due diligence on Kavanaugh already was complete. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 6:28 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump has ordered the FBI to conduct a limited \"supplemental investigation\" into his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, to update the judge's background check, following a deal struck by Senate Republicans to move the nomination forward.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes after Senate Republicans agreed to delay a vote on Kavanaugh's nomination to give the FBI one week to look into into allegations of sexual assault brought against him — all of which the federal appeals court judge denies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate moved ahead with a procedural vote on Kavanaugh's nomination Friday evening but is expected to put off the final floor vote until the FBI finishes its review. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released by the White House Friday, Kavanaugh said he will continue to cooperate in the confirmation process. \"Throughout this process, I've been interviewed by the FBI, I've done a number of 'background' calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me. I've done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's only the latest unexpected twist that came after a long day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday by an agitated and sometimes tearful Kavanaugh, who defended his honor and integrity, and an emotional Christine Blasey Ford, who fought back tears as she told senators how Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her in high school while he was drunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford's attorney Debra Katz said in a statement that while Ford \"welcomes this step in the process ... no artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation.\"\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford had repeatedly asked for an FBI investigation during her testimony, which only Democrats on the committee then supported. Central to that investigation would be questioning Mark Judge — a friend of Kavanaugh's who Ford says was present during the alleged sexual assault more than 30 years ago. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695232/would-it-make-a-difference-if-the-fbi-were-to-investigate-kavanaugh\">The FBI Is Going To Investigate Kavanaugh After All. What Does That Mean?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695232/would-it-make-a-difference-if-the-fbi-were-to-investigate-kavanaugh\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/GettyImages-1042095906-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Judge told the Judiciary Committee Friday that he would \"cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations.\" Republicans on the committee had defeated a motion from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., earlier on Friday to subpoena Judge to testify before the committee. Judge has denied being involved in any such sexual assault or in actions alleged by other women that have also surfaced in relation to Kavanaugh in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the Judiciary Committee approved Kavanaugh's nomination along a party-line vote, but only after Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake proposed the weeklong FBI investigation that would be \"limited in time and scope\" to further look into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That followed behind-the-scenes drama on the committee, which delayed a planned vote by about 30 minutes as Flake was huddled outside the room with both Democrats and Republicans to relay his concerns Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flake then returned and announced he would vote to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate with the understanding that his request would be honored.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that we ought to do what we can to make sure that we do all due diligence with a nomination this important,\" Flake said. He noted he had talked with other Democrats who had been \"justifiably uncomfortable\" moving forward and that this proposal might help heal the country, which is being \"ripped apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch the committee vote and exchange about FBI:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=652486413&mediaId=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was overheard telling ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that \"this is all a gentlemen and women's agreement.\" Ultimately, the decision whether to delay a floor vote for Kavanaugh rests in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flake and two other key Republican swing votes on the Kavanaugh nomination — Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski — will ultimately decide the judge's fate.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Collins and Murkowski are undecided, along with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the most vulnerable Democratic senators up for re-election in November. Both Collins and Murkowski backed Flake's decision to ask for an additional FBI investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein said that Flake proposed the week delay on his own independent of any Democrats. As to whether it could give them a path to defeating Kavanaugh's nomination, \"this is the best we can do right now,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first remarks about Ford's testimony, Trump said Friday the California psychology professor was \"very compelling\" and looked like \"a very fine woman to me,\" calling her \"a credible witness.\" Trump also said Kavanaugh's testimony had been \"incredible.\" He tweeted Thursday that Kavanaugh \"showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/444670/how-trauma-strengthens-memory-scientists-weigh-in-on-kavanaugh-hearing\">How Trauma Strengthens Memory: Scientists Weigh In On Kavanaugh Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/444670/how-trauma-strengthens-memory-scientists-weigh-in-on-kavanaugh-hearing\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/dr-ford-and-memory_enl-2a1ebe83ba4b80c856b65e9eb3946982d3c9f823-1180x781.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As to whether he had a message for undecided senators like Collins and Murkowski, Trump said \"they have to do what they think is right\" and be comfortable with themselves. But he reiterated he still believes Kavanaugh's nomination will ultimately be successful and said that he had not even thought about a new nominee if the vote on Kavanaugh fails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After listening to Ford and and Kavanaugh testify, Flake issued a statement earlier on Friday saying that he \"left the hearing yesterday with as much doubt as certainty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence. That is what binds us to the rule of law,\" said Flake. \"While some may argue that a different standard should apply regarding the Senate's advice and consent responsibilities, I believe that the Constitution's provisions of fairness and due process apply here as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way to the committee vote on Kavanaugh's nomination, Flake was confronted by a woman who said she was the victim of sexual assault. Cable news cameras aired the confrontation live as the woman repeatedly told Flake that his vote made her think her voice and experience did not matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Don't look away from me,\" she said. \"Look at me and tell me that it doesn't matter what happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flake did not respond to the woman in the moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1045673959159517184\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Judiciary Committee vote was initially scheduled for earlier Friday morning, and after Democrats failed to force Grassley to call additional witnesses to testify, some Democratic members on the committee walked out of the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a sham what's going on in there right now. Democrats are not being heard. They are pushing through this process,\" said Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., one of the members who walked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., gave a lengthy speech to the committee underscoring his opposition to Kavanaugh and again pressing for a delay in a vote, but then joined other Democrats in walking out after he finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a partisan moment, this is a moral moment in our nation. ... This toxic culture, this pernicious patriarchy in this country has to stop,\" Booker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kavanaugh nomination process appears to have driven a deep wedge between members on opposite sides of the aisle. South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a normally lighthearted lawmaker with a reputation for bipartisanship, darkly warned that the process for assessing Supreme Court nominees would never be the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">Live Cartooning the Kavanaugh Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1200x896.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"This has never been about the truth. ... It's the beginning of a process that will tear this country apart,\" Graham said. \"And if I am chairman next year, if we keep the majority and Sen. Grassley moves over — and I hope he doesn't because I think he's done a great job — I'm going to remember this. There's the process before Kavanaugh, and the process after Kavanaugh.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two vulnerable Democratic senators in the midst of tight re-election races — Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly and Montana Sen. Jon Tester — have both announced they would oppose Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have deep reservations about Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to this lifetime position and, as I stated, we have been unable to get all the information necessary regarding this nomination,\" Donnelly said. \"While I would gladly welcome the opportunity to work with President Trump on a new nominee for this critically important position, if Judge Kavanaugh's nomination comes before the full Senate for a vote under these circumstances, I will oppose it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tester also said he has \"deep concerns about the allegations of sexual assault against Judge Kavanaugh. Unfortunately, Judge Kavanaugh couldn't find time to discuss these concerns with me in person, so the only information I have is from what he said in his hearings. I'll be voting against him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly voted in favor of President Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, now-Justice Neil Gorsuch, while Tester opposed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Ayesha Rascoe contributed to this report. \u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trump+Orders+Limited+FBI+Investigation+To+Supplement+Kavanaugh+Background+Check&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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Central to that investigation would be questioning Mark Judge — a friend of Kavanaugh's who Ford says was present during the alleged sexual assault more than 30 years ago. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695232/would-it-make-a-difference-if-the-fbi-were-to-investigate-kavanaugh\">The FBI Is Going To Investigate Kavanaugh After All. What Does That Mean?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695232/would-it-make-a-difference-if-the-fbi-were-to-investigate-kavanaugh\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/GettyImages-1042095906-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Judge told the Judiciary Committee Friday that he would \"cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations.\" Republicans on the committee had defeated a motion from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., earlier on Friday to subpoena Judge to testify before the committee. Judge has denied being involved in any such sexual assault or in actions alleged by other women that have also surfaced in relation to Kavanaugh in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the Judiciary Committee approved Kavanaugh's nomination along a party-line vote, but only after Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake proposed the weeklong FBI investigation that would be \"limited in time and scope\" to further look into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That followed behind-the-scenes drama on the committee, which delayed a planned vote by about 30 minutes as Flake was huddled outside the room with both Democrats and Republicans to relay his concerns Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flake then returned and announced he would vote to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate with the understanding that his request would be honored.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that we ought to do what we can to make sure that we do all due diligence with a nomination this important,\" Flake said. He noted he had talked with other Democrats who had been \"justifiably uncomfortable\" moving forward and that this proposal might help heal the country, which is being \"ripped apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch the committee vote and exchange about FBI:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=652486413&mediaId=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was overheard telling ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that \"this is all a gentlemen and women's agreement.\" Ultimately, the decision whether to delay a floor vote for Kavanaugh rests in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flake and two other key Republican swing votes on the Kavanaugh nomination — Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski — will ultimately decide the judge's fate.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Collins and Murkowski are undecided, along with West Virginia Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Senate Judiciary Committee \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/kavanaughhearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heard testimony\u003c/a> Thursday from Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Professor Christine Blasey Ford regarding allegations that the nominee sexually assaulted Ford when they were both in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a selection of quickly drawn cartoons from the hearing, which began with Ford’s testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Terrified by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford mentioned the difficulties her family has faced since she went public with her allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Far Worse by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using terms familiar to a psychology professor, Ford related her experience in ways that were simultaneously emotional and clinical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695077\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"Hippocampus by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1920x1243.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1180x764.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-960x622.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, praised Ford and became the punching bag for Republicans, who throughout the day accused her of withholding the letter alleging sexual assault until Kavanaugh neared confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-800x539.jpg\" alt=\"Strength and Bravery by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1200x809.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1920x1294.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1180x795.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-960x647.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Blasey Ford made references to her “beach friends,” and to talking about Kavanaugh on the beach in Aptos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Beach Friends by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1020x581.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1200x683.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1920x1093.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1180x672.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-960x547.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-240x137.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-375x214.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-520x296.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans on the committee \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651735137/sex-crimes-prosecutor-picked-for-kavanaugh-hearing-brings-decades-of-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chose a female veteran sex crimes prosecutor\u003c/a> to question Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1200x743.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1920x1188.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-240x149.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-520x322.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many looked forward to (or dreaded, depending on your politics) Sen. Kamala Harris’ questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"I Believe You by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1200x820.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1920x1312.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-960x656.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-240x164.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-375x256.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-520x355.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a lunch break, a visibly angry Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-800x604.jpg\" alt=\"Destroyed by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1200x906.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1920x1449.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1180x891.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-960x725.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-375x283.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-520x393.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout his testimony Kavanaugh was surprisingly emotional, choking up numerous times while recounting everything from his daughter praying to specific football workouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Cringed by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1200x845.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1920x1352.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1180x831.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-960x676.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh became particularly incensed when he mentioned one of the other women who has recently gone public with her story of sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-800x708.jpg\" alt=\"A Joke by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-800x708.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-160x142.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1020x902.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1200x1062.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1920x1699.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1180x1044.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-960x849.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-240x212.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-375x332.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-520x460.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the subject at hand was very serious, interpreting a teenager’s yearbook entry brought words never heard before in a Supreme Court confirmation hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"Flatulence by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1200x832.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1920x1331.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-375x260.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Kamala Harris attempted to undermine Kavanaugh’s recitation of his numerous friends, letters and character witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11695132 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"Possible by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1200x785.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1920x1256.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1180x772.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-960x628.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-520x340.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee might vote on the Kavanaugh nomination as early as Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Senate Judiciary Committee \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/kavanaughhearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heard testimony\u003c/a> Thursday from Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Professor Christine Blasey Ford regarding allegations that the nominee sexually assaulted Ford when they were both in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a selection of quickly drawn cartoons from the hearing, which began with Ford’s testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Terrified by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford mentioned the difficulties her family has faced since she went public with her allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Far Worse by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/blaseyford01-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using terms familiar to a psychology professor, Ford related her experience in ways that were simultaneously emotional and clinical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695077\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"Hippocampus by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1920x1243.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-1180x764.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-960x622.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/hippocampus01-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, praised Ford and became the punching bag for Republicans, who throughout the day accused her of withholding the letter alleging sexual assault until Kavanaugh neared confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-800x539.jpg\" alt=\"Strength and Bravery by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1200x809.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1920x1294.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-1180x795.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-960x647.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/feinstein01-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Blasey Ford made references to her “beach friends,” and to talking about Kavanaugh on the beach in Aptos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Beach Friends by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1020x581.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1200x683.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1920x1093.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-1180x672.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-960x547.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-240x137.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-375x214.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/beach01-520x296.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans on the committee \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651735137/sex-crimes-prosecutor-picked-for-kavanaugh-hearing-brings-decades-of-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chose a female veteran sex crimes prosecutor\u003c/a> to question Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1200x743.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1920x1188.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-240x149.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/mitchell01-520x322.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many looked forward to (or dreaded, depending on your politics) Sen. Kamala Harris’ questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"I Believe You by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1200x820.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1920x1312.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-960x656.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-240x164.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-375x256.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris01-520x355.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a lunch break, a visibly angry Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-800x604.jpg\" alt=\"Destroyed by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1200x906.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1920x1449.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-1180x891.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-960x725.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-240x181.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-375x283.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh01-520x393.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout his testimony Kavanaugh was surprisingly emotional, choking up numerous times while recounting everything from his daughter praying to specific football workouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Cringed by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1200x845.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1920x1352.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-1180x831.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-960x676.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh02-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh became particularly incensed when he mentioned one of the other women who has recently gone public with her story of sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-800x708.jpg\" alt=\"A Joke by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-800x708.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-160x142.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1020x902.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1200x1062.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1920x1699.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-1180x1044.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-960x849.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-240x212.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-375x332.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ajoke01-520x460.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the subject at hand was very serious, interpreting a teenager’s yearbook entry brought words never heard before in a Supreme Court confirmation hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11695116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"Flatulence by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1200x832.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1920x1331.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-375x260.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/kavanaugh03-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Kamala Harris attempted to undermine Kavanaugh’s recitation of his numerous friends, letters and character witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11695132 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"Possible by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1200x785.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1920x1256.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-1180x772.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-960x628.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/harris02a-520x340.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee might vote on the Kavanaugh nomination as early as Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Brett Kavanaugh was defiant and visibly angry as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday afternoon, rebutting earlier emotional testimony from the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Departing from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651940992/read-brett-kavanaughs-opening-statement-for-senate-hearing\">his prepared statement\u003c/a> he had submitted to the committee the night before, Kavanaugh cast himself as the victim of a political smear campaign driven by partisan divide in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit,\" Kavanaugh said, \"fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record and revenge on behalf of the Clintons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh's decision to cast the accusations against him as a political gambit sounded downright Trumpian, and shortly after his testimony concluded just before 7 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1045444544068812800\">President Trump tweeted\u003c/a> he was pleased with the way his nominee performed, but made no mention of how he felt about Ford's testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1045444544068812800\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the hearing, Kavanaugh vigorously denied the allegations and acknowledged that his nomination could be in jeopardy. But Kavanaugh said he was determined to press forward anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. Never,\" he emphasized.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">Live Cartooning the Kavanaugh Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1200x896.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651797758/judiciary-committee-review-new-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-kavanaugh\">Two other women have also come forward \u003c/a>with allegations of sexual misconduct, and Kavanaugh said this has \"destroyed my family and my good name.\" He also pushed back against Democrats on the committee, arguing they have made a mockery of their responsibility in confirming Supreme Court justices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. ... You have replaced 'advice and consent' with 'search and destroy,' \" Kavanaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of his nearly 45-minute opening statement — twice the length of Ford's — Kavanaugh was emphatic again in his denial: \"I swear today under oath, before the Senate and the nation, before my family and God — I am innocent of this charge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-stakes hearing will help determine whether Trump's effort to remake the nation's highest court with the conservative jurist to replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/533997482/supreme-court-to-lose-its-swing-voter-justice-anthony-kennedy-to-retire\">retired Justice Anthony Kennedy\u003c/a> is successful. The testimony from both Ford and Kavanaugh — accuser and accused — comes after a year in which the rise and the cultural influence of the #MeToo movement has raised sensitivity to the accounts of sexual assault victims, a significant cultural shift since 1991 when Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas during his confirmation process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Kavanaugh's opening statement:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=lL94tAsjYfk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651545283/watch-live-trump-holds-press-conference-at-u-n\">Speaking Wednesday during a press conference\u003c/a>, Trump said the allegations against Kavanaugh \"are all false to me.\" But the president indicated he would be watching Ford's testimony to determine whether she is believable, and even suggested he might withdraw the nomination based on what occurred Thursday. In the same remarks, the president also defended Kavanaugh and criticized the multiple allegations against the judge as a \"big, fat con job\" perpetrated by Democrats trying to stop the confirmation of a conservative judge to the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh's initial indignant approach stood in stark contrast to Ford's testimony earlier in the hearing. Fighting back tears, she described how Kavanaugh had allegedly sexually assaulted her at a house party when they were both in high school in the early 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school,\" Ford told the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11694942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11694942\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32977_GettyImages-1041671342-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his testimony, Kavanaugh eventually choked up multiple times. One point where he was especially emotional was in talking about the toll the accusations have taken on his family, particularly his two young daughters. He teared up as he said his 10-year-old daughter, when saying her bedtime prayers, said they should pray for Ford. \"We mean no ill will,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_6j-Kc-3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kavanaugh said\u003c/a>, and he said he believed Ford may have been a victim of sexual assault at one point in her life — just not by him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford said she didn't remember all of the specifics such as the date or place of the alleged attack, which has led some to question the veracity of her claims. But, with her voice cracking, she did recall certain vivid details, adding: \"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford also said the details she does remember \"about that night that bring me here today are ones I will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Ford's opening statement:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJORwf3izUU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17, the two ended up at the same party. Ford said she had one beer, while Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, \"were visibly drunk.\" When she went upstairs to use the restroom, Kavanaugh and Judge pushed her into a bedroom and locked the door. Ford claimed Kavanaugh pushed her onto the bed and \"began running his hands over my body and grinding his hips into me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. This was what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life. It was hard for me to breathe, and I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me,\" Ford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh admitted that he drank in high school — \"sometimes I had too many beers. I liked beer. I still like beer\" — but said he \"did not drink beer to the point of blacking out, and I never sexually assaulted anyone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If every American who drinks beer or drank beer in high school is suddenly presumed guilty of sexual assault in high school, it will be an ugly place in this country,\" Kavanaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/AOr808UXOgE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also presented calendars he kept during high school — a practice he compared to a diary that he modeled after his father's own habit — and said they showed he was often out of town during the summer in question when Ford alleges the assault occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford also insisted she had no political agenda in coming forward with her accusations, telling lawmakers, \"I am an independent person and I am no one's pawn.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing got off to a tense start, exposing the deep partisan divides that have colored the accusations from Ford and other women. Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, first acknowledged that Kavanaugh, Ford and their families have \"received vile threats\" since the allegations became public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What they have endured ought to be considered by all of us as unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of civility in our democracy,\" Grassley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then he went on to chastise the committee's ranking member, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., for a delay in giving the full committee the private letter setting forth the allegations against Kavanaugh that she received back in July from Ford, who is a constituent of Feinstein's in California. Ford had first requested that her allegations remain private, but as she later told the committee, when it became clear her name would be public, she then told her story to \u003cem>The Washington Post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grassley also pointed out that many of the witnesses Ford has identified deny that the party in question took place. He also defended hiring an outside attorney to assist with questioning during Thursday's hearing, saying he saw \"no basis for complaint [from Democrats] other than just plain politics.\" Rachel Mitchell \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651735137/sex-crimes-prosecutor-picked-for-kavanaugh-hearing-brings-decades-of-experience\">is a sex crimes prosecutor\u003c/a> from Arizona who has pushed for best practices in investigations to protect and serve victims of assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein pushed back during her subsequent remarks, pointing out that most sexual assaults go unreported and that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience some form of sexual violence in their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She warned colleagues that \"the entire country is watching how we handle these allegations\" and she criticized a \"rush to judgment\" on the allegations and quick push for confirmation, calling it a \"real question of character for someone who is asking for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a trial for Dr. Ford. This is a job interview for Brett Kavanaugh,\" Feinstein said, asking, \"Is he the best we can do?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/uIbxZ_96BZo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing pivoted somewhat awkwardly between Republican senators ceding their time to Mitchell, who questioned Ford about her past statements to the media and her specific memories about the circumstances of the alleged assault. Among her questions, the prosecutor tried to poke holes in Ford's fear of flying, which Ford said was triggered by PTSD following the alleged assault. And Mitchell pressed Ford about the polygraph she took to back up her claims — and which Ford revealed she took outside Baltimore just after she had attended her grandmother's funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford explained how the incident had affected her throughout her life — from struggling academically during her undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to difficulty in forming relationships and friendships, and ultimately pressing for a second front door during a remodel of her California home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the end of her questioning, Mitchell reminded Ford that the other people she identified as being at the party have told the committee, under penalty of felony, that they did not remember the gathering or the incident in question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't expect that P.J. and Leland would remember this evening,\" Ford responded. \"It was a very unremarkable party ... because nothing happened to them that evening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic senators used their time to largely reiterate their support for Ford, bemoan how she was being treated and criticize that a further probe by the FBI — as Ford has requested — was not undertaken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have given America an amazing teaching moment,\" Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told the college professor. \"You have inspired and you have enlightened America. You have inspired and given courage to women to come forward, as they have done to every one of our offices and many other public places.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., noted he was also in the Senate during hearings that have drawn obvious parallels to this one — Hill's testimony during the Thomas confirmation hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leahy said the Senate \"failed\" Hill back in 1991, and \"I am concerned we are doing a lot less for these three women today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Sen. Leahy's questioning:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/mhxpuj32ERg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a former district attorney and state attorney general, told Ford that, \"I believe you, and I believe many Americans across this country believe you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it was time to question Kavanaugh, Democrats pressed him about the contents of his high school calendars and yearbook quotations, which had references to drinking games and partying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., grilled Kavanaugh on whether or not he would submit to an FBI investigation into the charges, as Democrats want. He said he would go along with whatever the committee wants — which the Republican majority does not think is necessary — but never said on record that he would call for an FBI investigation himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Sen. Durbin's questioning:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/s6pVXCVPJzU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., pressed Kavanaugh about his drinking habits, he tried to turn the question back on the lawmaker and ask about her drinking. After a recess, Kavanaugh apologized for how he handled that line of questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grassley ceded his questioning time to Mitchell, who forcefully pressed Kavanaugh on his denials and his drinking habits, but then several others — unlike with their opportunity to question Ford — took their allotted time to condemn how Kavanaugh has been treated. It was a marked shift from Republicans' hesitancy to question Ford, cognizant of how a group of men pressing a woman on her claims of sexual assault might come across. (There are six GOP women in the Senate, but none sit on the Judiciary Committee.) Through the final stretch of the hearing, Mitchell was not given the opportunity to probe his testimony, as she was with Ford's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham became the first GOP senator to use his time to address Kavanaugh, and he angrily lashed out at Democrats on the committee for stonewalling the nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You've got nothing to apologize for,\" Graham told Kavanaugh. \"This is the most unethical sham since I've been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham accused Democrats of simply trying to keep the vacant Supreme Court seat open until at least the midterm elections, when they hope they might gain control of the Senate, exclaiming, \"Boy, y'all want power. I hope you never get it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a job interview. This is hell,\" Graham said, riffing on an earlier comment by Feinstein. \"This is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn also used his time after Graham to talk to Kavanaugh, comparing the allegations and questions that the Supreme Court nominee has had to face to the infamous 1954 McCarthy hearings that were purportedly aimed at rooting out communism in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said, \"this is worse than [failed Reagan Supreme Court nominee] Robert Bork and I didn't think it could get any worse than that. This is worse than Clarence Thomas, and I didn't think it could get any worse than that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retiring Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake — a frequent Trump critic who has shown sympathy toward Ford — is a critical swing vote on both the committee and in the full Senate. The Republican's comments toward Kavanaugh were brief and he gave no hint of how he might vote, simply saying that, \"In the end, there is likely to be as much doubt as certainty\" about whether Ford or Kavanaugh is telling the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Sen. Flake's statements:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/AheUQbKjiC4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Judiciary Committee released a timeline late on Wednesday night that indicated it had interviewed two men who believed they, not Kavanaugh, were the ones in the episode described by Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford categorically denied that could have been possible, saying she was \"100 percent\" certain that it was Kavanaugh who allegedly assaulted her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The psychology professor sometimes explained clinically how what happened to her more than three decades ago was \"seared\" in her memory — especially the laughter as Kavanaugh and Judge allegedly held her onto the bed, trapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense.\" Ford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday's hearing on Capitol Hill drew widespread, passionate interest. Both actress Alyssa Milano — who has been an advocate for sexual assault survivors after speaking up about her own assault — and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand are in the hearing room as guests of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were protesters and demonstrators next door in the Hart Senate Office Building — mostly women with some men, the majority of whom are opposing Kavanaugh's nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after the hearings concluded, the full Senate GOP conference was set to meet, likely to decide whether the committee would go ahead with a vote on the nomination as early as Friday morning. Republican leaders are eager to move ahead on the nomination and get it to the Senate floor quickly. Democrats have continued calling for delays to the hearing and the committee vote until the FBI investigates the allegations against Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Scott Detrow and Art Silverman contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Exactly+Why+I+Nominated+Him%27%3A+Trump+Gives+Kavanaugh+Positive+Review+After+Hearing&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Throughout the hearing, Kavanaugh vigorously denied the allegations and acknowledged that his nomination could be in jeopardy. But Kavanaugh said he was determined to press forward anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. Never,\" he emphasized.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">Live Cartooning the Kavanaugh Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11695064/live-cartooning-the-kavanaugh-hearing\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/terrified01-1200x896.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651797758/judiciary-committee-review-new-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-kavanaugh\">Two other women have also come forward \u003c/a>with allegations of sexual misconduct, and Kavanaugh said this has \"destroyed my family and my good name.\" He also pushed back against Democrats on the committee, arguing they have made a mockery of their responsibility in confirming Supreme Court justices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. ... You have replaced 'advice and consent' with 'search and destroy,' \" Kavanaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of his nearly 45-minute opening statement — twice the length of Ford's — Kavanaugh was emphatic again in his denial: \"I swear today under oath, before the Senate and the nation, before my family and God — I am innocent of this charge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-stakes hearing will help determine whether Trump's effort to remake the nation's highest court with the conservative jurist to replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/533997482/supreme-court-to-lose-its-swing-voter-justice-anthony-kennedy-to-retire\">retired Justice Anthony Kennedy\u003c/a> is successful. The testimony from both Ford and Kavanaugh — accuser and accused — comes after a year in which the rise and the cultural influence of the #MeToo movement has raised sensitivity to the accounts of sexual assault victims, a significant cultural shift since 1991 when Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas during his confirmation process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Kavanaugh's opening statement:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lL94tAsjYfk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lL94tAsjYfk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651545283/watch-live-trump-holds-press-conference-at-u-n\">Speaking Wednesday during a press conference\u003c/a>, Trump said the allegations against Kavanaugh \"are all false to me.\" But the president indicated he would be watching Ford's testimony to determine whether she is believable, and even suggested he might withdraw the nomination based on what occurred Thursday. In the same remarks, the president also defended Kavanaugh and criticized the multiple allegations against the judge as a \"big, fat con job\" perpetrated by Democrats trying to stop the confirmation of a conservative judge to the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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One point where he was especially emotional was in talking about the toll the accusations have taken on his family, particularly his two young daughters. He teared up as he said his 10-year-old daughter, when saying her bedtime prayers, said they should pray for Ford. \"We mean no ill will,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_6j-Kc-3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kavanaugh said\u003c/a>, and he said he believed Ford may have been a victim of sexual assault at one point in her life — just not by him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford said she didn't remember all of the specifics such as the date or place of the alleged attack, which has led some to question the veracity of her claims. But, with her voice cracking, she did recall certain vivid details, adding: \"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford also said the details she does remember \"about that night that bring me here today are ones I will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Ford's opening statement:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aJORwf3izUU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aJORwf3izUU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>When she was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17, the two ended up at the same party. Ford said she had one beer, while Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, \"were visibly drunk.\" When she went upstairs to use the restroom, Kavanaugh and Judge pushed her into a bedroom and locked the door. Ford claimed Kavanaugh pushed her onto the bed and \"began running his hands over my body and grinding his hips into me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. This was what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life. It was hard for me to breathe, and I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me,\" Ford said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh admitted that he drank in high school — \"sometimes I had too many beers. I liked beer. I still like beer\" — but said he \"did not drink beer to the point of blacking out, and I never sexually assaulted anyone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If every American who drinks beer or drank beer in high school is suddenly presumed guilty of sexual assault in high school, it will be an ugly place in this country,\" Kavanaugh said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/AOr808UXOgE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/AOr808UXOgE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>He also presented calendars he kept during high school — a practice he compared to a diary that he modeled after his father's own habit — and said they showed he was often out of town during the summer in question when Ford alleges the assault occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford also insisted she had no political agenda in coming forward with her accusations, telling lawmakers, \"I am an independent person and I am no one's pawn.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing got off to a tense start, exposing the deep partisan divides that have colored the accusations from Ford and other women. Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, first acknowledged that Kavanaugh, Ford and their families have \"received vile threats\" since the allegations became public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What they have endured ought to be considered by all of us as unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of civility in our democracy,\" Grassley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then he went on to chastise the committee's ranking member, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., for a delay in giving the full committee the private letter setting forth the allegations against Kavanaugh that she received back in July from Ford, who is a constituent of Feinstein's in California. Ford had first requested that her allegations remain private, but as she later told the committee, when it became clear her name would be public, she then told her story to \u003cem>The Washington Post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grassley also pointed out that many of the witnesses Ford has identified deny that the party in question took place. He also defended hiring an outside attorney to assist with questioning during Thursday's hearing, saying he saw \"no basis for complaint [from Democrats] other than just plain politics.\" Rachel Mitchell \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651735137/sex-crimes-prosecutor-picked-for-kavanaugh-hearing-brings-decades-of-experience\">is a sex crimes prosecutor\u003c/a> from Arizona who has pushed for best practices in investigations to protect and serve victims of assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein pushed back during her subsequent remarks, pointing out that most sexual assaults go unreported and that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience some form of sexual violence in their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She warned colleagues that \"the entire country is watching how we handle these allegations\" and she criticized a \"rush to judgment\" on the allegations and quick push for confirmation, calling it a \"real question of character for someone who is asking for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a trial for Dr. Ford. 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Among her questions, the prosecutor tried to poke holes in Ford's fear of flying, which Ford said was triggered by PTSD following the alleged assault. And Mitchell pressed Ford about the polygraph she took to back up her claims — and which Ford revealed she took outside Baltimore just after she had attended her grandmother's funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford explained how the incident had affected her throughout her life — from struggling academically during her undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to difficulty in forming relationships and friendships, and ultimately pressing for a second front door during a remodel of her California home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the end of her questioning, Mitchell reminded Ford that the other people she identified as being at the party have told the committee, under penalty of felony, that they did not remember the gathering or the incident in question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't expect that P.J. and Leland would remember this evening,\" Ford responded. \"It was a very unremarkable party ... because nothing happened to them that evening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic senators used their time to largely reiterate their support for Ford, bemoan how she was being treated and criticize that a further probe by the FBI — as Ford has requested — was not undertaken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have given America an amazing teaching moment,\" Sen. 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Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a former district attorney and state attorney general, told Ford that, \"I believe you, and I believe many Americans across this country believe you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it was time to question Kavanaugh, Democrats pressed him about the contents of his high school calendars and yearbook quotations, which had references to drinking games and partying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., grilled Kavanaugh on whether or not he would submit to an FBI investigation into the charges, as Democrats want. He said he would go along with whatever the committee wants — which the Republican majority does not think is necessary — but never said on record that he would call for an FBI investigation himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Sen. 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After a recess, Kavanaugh apologized for how he handled that line of questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grassley ceded his questioning time to Mitchell, who forcefully pressed Kavanaugh on his denials and his drinking habits, but then several others — unlike with their opportunity to question Ford — took their allotted time to condemn how Kavanaugh has been treated. It was a marked shift from Republicans' hesitancy to question Ford, cognizant of how a group of men pressing a woman on her claims of sexual assault might come across. (There are six GOP women in the Senate, but none sit on the Judiciary Committee.) Through the final stretch of the hearing, Mitchell was not given the opportunity to probe his testimony, as she was with Ford's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Carolina Sen. 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This is hell,\" Graham said, riffing on an earlier comment by Feinstein. \"This is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn also used his time after Graham to talk to Kavanaugh, comparing the allegations and questions that the Supreme Court nominee has had to face to the infamous 1954 McCarthy hearings that were purportedly aimed at rooting out communism in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said, \"this is worse than [failed Reagan Supreme Court nominee] Robert Bork and I didn't think it could get any worse than that. This is worse than Clarence Thomas, and I didn't think it could get any worse than that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retiring Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake — a frequent Trump critic who has shown sympathy toward Ford — is a critical swing vote on both the committee and in the full Senate. The Republican's comments toward Kavanaugh were brief and he gave no hint of how he might vote, simply saying that, \"In the end, there is likely to be as much doubt as certainty\" about whether Ford or Kavanaugh is telling the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Sen. 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Both actress Alyssa Milano — who has been an advocate for sexual assault survivors after speaking up about her own assault — and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand are in the hearing room as guests of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were protesters and demonstrators next door in the Hart Senate Office Building — mostly women with some men, the majority of whom are opposing Kavanaugh's nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after the hearings concluded, the full Senate GOP conference was set to meet, likely to decide whether the committee would go ahead with a vote on the nomination as early as Friday morning. Republican leaders are eager to move ahead on the nomination and get it to the Senate floor quickly. 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