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ABC News by BILL HUTCHINSON 9/23/2018

The California professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has reached an agreement with the Senate Judiciary Committee on some details of her upcoming testimony, but not on who will question her.

Christine Blasey Ford's attorneys issued a statement Sunday after achieving what they described as "important progress on our call this morning with Senate Judiciary Committee staff members."

The hearing will be open and will start at 10 a.m. Thursday.

"Despite actual threats to her safety and her life, Dr. Ford believes it is important for senators to hear directly from her about the sexual assault committed against her," the lawyers' statement reads.

Kavanaugh has strongly denied Ford's accusation, calling it "a completely false allegation."

In addition, a source familiar with the conversation between Ford's attorney's and committee staffers told ABC News that although Ford's lawyers want Kavanaugh to testify before her they accept the committee leadership's position that the Supreme Court nominee will be heard after his accuser.

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https://www.thepostemail.com/2018/09/23/report-testimony-agreement-reached-with-blasey-ford/

As was reported by Paul Sperry earlier in the weekend, the group “@WeDemandJustice” is actively seeking to defeat Kavanaugh’s nomination and likely any other nomination President Donald Trump will make to the U.S. Supreme Court.  According to the Twitter feed of the organization’s co-founder, former Clinton press secretary Brian E. Fallon, its associates and followers are hopeful that Kavanaugh will withdraw his nomination by Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton is a follower of the group, which is using the hashtag #StopKavanaugh.

Supporters of Ford and other sexual assault “survivors” plan to participate in a “nationwide walkout” on Monday at 1 PM EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT during which they will wear black and presumably “walk out” of their respective workplaces.  The effort is being sponsored by NARAL, a leading abortion-rights group.  “Believe women.  Believe Christine,” the organization’s website is now touting.

Many women believe that if confirmed, Kavanaugh will be the “swing vote” which could overturn the landmark case of Roe v. Wade which declared it illegal for a state legislature to forbid a woman to seek an abortion up through a certain point in her pregnancy.

In response to CNN’s Jake Tapper posed the question as to whether or not Kavanaugh is presumed innocent until proven guilty, Fallon tweeted on Sunday afternoon that Senate testimony “is not a court of law.  Kavanaugh is not having his liberties taken away…”

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I nominate Judge Jeanine Pirro for the defendant.   :smokin:

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Drudge Report is teasing that another woman may be coming