Brett Molina USA TODAY Published 10:56 AM EDT Sep 28, 2018 Four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out during a hearing scheduled Friday morning to discuss the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The four senators — Kamala Harris (Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), and Mazie Hirono — left after committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) began speaking ahead of a hearing to decide whether Kavanaugh, accused of sexual assault while in high school by Christine Blasey Ford, should receive a nomination. "This hearing is a sham and Dr. Ford and the American people deserve better," Harris wrote on Twitter following her departure. Since then, only Blumenthal has returned to the hearing. The Democratic senators have sought more time to investigate the matter, including calling additional witnesses such as Mark Judge, a potential witness to the assault. "We should hear what these witnesses have to say for … [Read more...] about Brett Kavanaugh: Judiciary Democrats walk out of hearing
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Harris, other Judiciary Committee Democrats walk out of Friday hearing on Kavanaugh
The Associated Press Published 7:35 am PDT, Friday, September 28, 2018 U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing with professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a sexual assault in 1982, on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. less U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing with professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a sexual ... more Photo: Pool / Getty Images PHOTOS: The Brett Kavanaugh controversyThe federal appeals court judge and Supreme Court nominee is facing increasing allegations of sexual impropriety stemming back to his youth. >>Here's what we know about the allegations... less PHOTOS: The Brett Kavanaugh controversy The federal appeals court judge and … [Read more...] about Harris, other Judiciary Committee Democrats walk out of Friday hearing on Kavanaugh
Over Democratic objections, Senate panel sets vote on Trump’s court…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Angry Democrats walked out as the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee set a vote over their objections for later on Friday on the nomination of President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh after a key senator, Jeff Flake, threw his support behind the judge. Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS Republicans appeared to have the votes to approve Kavanaugh in the panel after Flake’s announcement. The committee’s meeting came the morning after a jarring and emotional hearing into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh that gripped the country and reflected the larger U.S. political divide, with a university professor accusing the judge of sexual misconduct and the nominee angrily denying it. The committee, … [Read more...] about Over Democratic objections, Senate panel sets vote on Trump’s court…
Watch: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker Refuse to Vote on Brett Kavanaugh As Democrats Walk Out of ‘Sham’ Hearing
U.S. Supreme Court Several Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee walked out in protest before the committee could vote on Friday whether to proceed with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and send his nomination to the full Senate body for approval.Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal, Kamila Harris, Mazie Hirono and Sheldon Whitehouse all walked out while GOP Senator and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley was giving his opening remarks on Kavanaugh. After walking out, Harris called the meeting a “sham,” adding that Christine Blasey Ford and the “American people deserve better.”At the beginning of the committee’s meeting, Blumenthal made a last-ditch effort to subpoena Mark Judge, the friend of Kavanaugh’s who Ford alleges was in the room when Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school house party. Senators Cory Booker and Harris then refused to vote on a motion to proceed with Kavanaugh’s … [Read more...] about Watch: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker Refuse to Vote on Brett Kavanaugh As Democrats Walk Out of ‘Sham’ Hearing
Jason Chaffetz: Kavanaugh fight’s lasting lesson: Democrats will do anything, say anything to ‘win’
close Video Breaking down the fallout of the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing Former Indiana congressman David McIntosh reacts to the testimony from the judge and his accuser. During the past week or so we have learned absolutely nothing we didn’t already know about Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh – except that he has a passion to defend his honor, which was on full display Thursday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As the committee prepared to vote Friday on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the high court, we have, however, learned a great deal about Senate Democrats and their media enablers – much of which we wish we could unlearn. We’ve learned that the Democrats have officially adopted a new posture – one that President George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and even Franklin Roosevelt could have never seen coming. The Democrats will do anything and will say anything – and I mean … [Read more...] about Jason Chaffetz: Kavanaugh fight’s lasting lesson: Democrats will do anything, say anything to ‘win’