Republicans have said the Senate judiciary committee will vote on the supreme court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, after a full day of extraordinary testimony on Capitol Hill that saw his accuser share her emotional story of sexual assault while he angrily denied the allegation.
The vote will take place on Friday as scheduled, Republican senators said as they left a closed-door meeting just hours after the high-stakes hearing on Thursday. It was still unclear how a handful of key senators would vote.
Asked by reporters if Republicans had enough votes to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full senate, Chuck Grassley, the committee’s Republican chairman, replied: “Depends on what happens tomorrow.”
In a furious and emotional opening statement, Kavanaugh delivered an extraordinary rebuke over the sexual assault allegations against him while defiantly stating: “You’ll never get me to quit.”
Testifying under oath at a historic Senate hearing on Thursday, Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations against him made by Dr Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of attempted rape in powerful testimony at the same hearing just hours earlier.
“This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” Kavanaugh told lawmakers on the Senate judiciary committee, vacillating between shouting and breaking down in tears. “You have replaced advise and consent with search and destroy.”
“I’m here today to tell the truth: I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone: not in high school, not in college, never.”
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