Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing earlier this month. Republicans hope that with one hearing, they can accomplish two tricky things:Come across as genuinely open to hearing what Ford has to say. Kavanaugh and Ford are playing to a national audience, but they’re also speaking to an audience of one in Thursday’s hearing: Sen. Jeff Flake. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) is heading the hearing process for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. The last time Kavanaugh testified before this committee, some Senate Democrats asked prosecutorial, confrontational questions that teased some kind of wrongdoing by Kavanaugh without providing any evidence.

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2018 19:40 UTC