More Americans believe Kavanaugh’s accuser rather than him, poll finds

“I’m going to see what’s said”. Kavanaugh has denied that allegation as well. We can not guarantee that it is suitable for the visually or hearing impaired.

Senator Jeff Flake, a moderate Republican, issued a plea for civility. “But those of us on the committee have to be prepared for the possibility, indeed the likelihood, that there will be no definitive answers to the very large questions before us”. Read Kavanaugh’s opening statement below, submitted to the panel on Wednesday. “The Ranking Member’s staff sat through the interview”.

Senate Republicans chose Rachel Mitchell, a sex crimes prosecutor from Arizona, to conduct the questioning, according to the Wall Street Journal. This included your then-anonymous allegations and questions.

Judge Kavanaugh is thought to have denied the allegations contained in the letter.

Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess how it will go. “That would be the FBI in this case, and they didn’t do an investigation”. I’m a very famous person, unfortunately.

“I look forward to hearing from her”.

“We seem, sometimes, to even enjoy that”, Flake said.

And there will be seven news photographers at any given time, which is more than the three Ms. Blasey Ford’s team had wanted, but still far fewer than the 50 that were in the room when Judge Kavanaugh was sworn in for the beginning of the hearings on September 4.

On the other side, there are real concerns that Democrats will be at a disadvantage by the setup.

But Murkowski’s comments to the Times are perhaps the most forceful of any Republican so far, with the Alaska senator telling the paper it was important to “ensure that at the end of the day justice is delivered”. Kamala Harris of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who have extensive prosecutorial experience, take the lead.

Lawyers for the Senate Judiciary committee say they are reviewing Ms Swetnick’s testimony.

“I was walking my dog and Christine was outside of her house”, White said.

Swetnick says she was the victim of one gang rape but did not say Kavanaugh was among her attackers.

Swetnick is represented by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who also represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against Trump to void a nondisclosure agreement under which the president’s former personal lawyer paid her $130,000 (98,784.2 pounds) not to discuss her alleged relationship with Trump years ago.

“All of the sudden the hearings are over, and the rumors start coming out”, he said.

President Trump described Mr Kavanaugh as a “great gentleman” and a “great intellect” and said he believed the accusations against the conservative judge were “false”.

Murkowski has previously encouraged careful consideration of testimony from Ford as well as Kavanaugh.

This hearing is being run like a kangaroo court.

Swetnick’s sworn statement was released about 24 hours before Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was scheduled to testify before the Judiciary Committee, and hours after Ford’s lawyers released four sworn statements from supporting witnesses corroborating her claim of sexual assault-statements that the Republican-led committee has shown no interest in examining.

And a new woman came forward yesterday with explosive allegations, saying she witnessed sexually abusive behavior by Mr Kavanaugh when he was a teenager and claiming she was gang-raped at a party he attended in the early 1980s. “There is no need for such a rush”, Schumer said.

“If he’s confirmed with what seems to be a fake investigation, he won’t be teaching here without us pushing back as hard as we can”, said Jake Meiseles, one of the three Harvard Law School students who penned an op-ed in The Harvard Law Record, a student publication, calling on the administration to investigate the allegations.

After Trump lashed out at Ford on Friday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) told HuffPost. “My preference would be to keep him and let him finish up”, he said.