Chuck Grassley sets Friday deadline for Christine Blasey Ford if she intends to testify
by Melissa Quinn
| September 19, 2018 02:58 PM
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has informed lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her 36 years ago, that if she wishes to testify Monday before the panel about her claim, she must turn in prepared testimony to the committee by Friday morning.
Grassley outlined the requirement, citing committee rules, in a new letter sent to Ford's lawyers, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, on Wednesday. The Iowa senator also continued to encourage Ford to testify before the panel.
“The Constitution assigns the Senate, and only the Senate, with the task of advising the president on his nominee and consenting to the nomination if the circumstances merit. We have no power to commandeer an executive branch agency into conducting our due diligence,†Grassley wrote in a letter. “The job of assessing and investigating a nominee’s qualifications in order to decide whether to consent to the nomination is ours, and ours alone.â€
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