Christine Blasey Ford has accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request to testify on Ford’s allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school, Ford’s attorneys told Senate Republicans on Saturday. Her decision came just ahead of a looming 2:30pm deadline: Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley had given Ford’s lawyers until Saturday afternoon to decide whether she would proceed with testifying.
Still, her answer is nebulous because as on previous occasions, the exact terms and timing of her testimony remain unclear, as negotiations between Ford’s lawyers and staff for the Senate Judiciary Committee remain ongoing.
In the email Ford’s lawyers said she had accepted the panel’s “request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct next week” even though the legal team said it found that many of the “aspects of the [Committee’s] proposal… are fundamentally inconsistent with the Committee’s promise of a fair, impartial investigation.”
The email also didn’t specifically say that Ford was agreeing to a Wednesday hearing date, which is what the Judiciary Committee has proposed. And Debra Katz, Ford’s lawyer, explicitly said that “she is hopeful that we can reach an agreement on the details.”
For the past week, both sides had been wrangling over the exact day and conditions for Ford’s testimony.
The brief email is below.
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