LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is unnecessarily rushing toward a hearing by pushing for her to testify about her allegation of sexual assault against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Ford has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for the nation’s highest court, of sexually assaulting her at a party during their teenage years. Kavanaugh has denied the charges. Grassley has set a hearing for Monday for both Ford and Kavanaugh to testify about the incident…Ford said that at the time of the alleged incident, Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were ‘stumbling drunk’ and Judge was in the room when Kavanaugh groped her and tried to remove her clothes. Judge said in a statement to the committee via an attorney that he had ‘no memory of this alleged incident’ and did ‘not want to speak publicly regarding the incidents described in Dr. Ford’s letter.’ After coming forward on Sunday [9-16-18] against Kavanaugh, Ford indicated through her attorney on Monday [9-17-18] that she would be willing to testify before Congress.”
–Eli Watkins and MJ Lee, “Kavanaugh accuser’s lawyer: ‘Rush to a hearing is unnecessary’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 19, 2018 7:13 am