WASHINGTON ― Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused him of attempted sexual assault when they were teens, will have the opportunity to publicly testify next week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced on Monday. The extraordinary move effectively postponed Thursday’s planned committee vote on the nomination, as Democrats had been demanding since Ford first spoke out publicly over the weekend. He said “overwhelming” resistance among GOP members of the committee contributed to the scheduling of a public hearing. “Judge Kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation,” Shah said. GOP leaders initially appeared reluctant about delaying the vote on the Kavanaugh nomination, however.

Source: Huffington Post September 17, 2018 22:30 UTC