Kavanaugh accuser seeks another day on ‘testimony’

Bloomberg

A lawyer for the woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of an assault sought another day to agree on conditions for her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a high-stakes hearing and assailed panel Republicans over “aggressive and artificial deadlines”.
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley threatened that his panel would vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination on Monday unless Christine Blasey Ford agreed in Washington to the committee’s plan for her to testify on Wednesday.
Ford’s lawyer, Debra Katz, in a letter to committee staff on Friday night, accused the panel of “cavalier treatment of an assault survivor,” and said Ford needed a day to consider
the proposal.
Ford, a California college professor, met with the FBI for several hours on Friday regarding death threats she has received since going public with her accusation, Katz said.
“The 10 pm deadline is arbitrary,” Katz said in the letter. “Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family.”
Judiciary Republicans proposed a Wednesday hearing on Ford’s allegation against Kavanaugh, a day earlier than she is seeking, as both sides stepped up pressure over the terms of what would be explosive testimony. The GOP rejected conditions sought by Ford, including her request to call other witnesses in addition to her and Kavanaugh.
“I’m providing a notice of a vote to occur on Monday in the event that Dr. Ford’s attorneys don’t respond or Dr. Ford decides not to testify,” Grassley said in a statement.
“In the event that we can come to a reasonable resolution as I’ve been seeking all week, then I will postpone the committee vote to accommodate her testimony. ”
Kavanaugh’s confirmation hangs in the balance.