he reached some compromises with her attorneys, but refused some of dr. ford s most important requests. senator grassly agreed to the request brett kavanaugh would not be in the room when dr. ford was testifying, but would not agree to her request that kavanaugh testify first. dr. ford requested that only senators be allowed to ask questions, but senator grassly said the committee will, quote, reserve the option to have female staff attorneys who are sensitive to the particulars of dr. ford s allegations and are experienced investigators to question both witnesses. we believe this will allow for informed questioning, will generate the most insightful testimony and will help depoliticize the hearing. chairman grassly has refused dr. ford s request that the committee subpoena the testimony of mark judge, who dr. ford says was in the room when brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her
lisa graves, i want to get your reaction to where the nominations stand now. attorney katz in representing dr. ford in her response to committee tonight did for the first time use the word bully. that republicans and the republican staff on the committee speaking for chairman grassly have been trying to bully dr. ford every step of the way. i think that s an accurate description of what s going on, and i would go a step further in trying to say this is an effort to railroad her or create some situation in which she doesn t testify. i think a fair reading what s going on this week is terror on the part of the white house, on the part of the nominations team for kavanaugh at letting her testify fairly. they ve thrown up every roadblock, made a pretense in the press. senator grasshy has lied to the american people and other members about the precedent of having it go back, and meanwhile
something through the senate. and that s what he said today, he has the votes. so the question tonight about those republican votes in the senate is mitch mcconnell lying or is senator susan collins lying when she says that she s undecided? is senator lisa murkowski lying when she says she s undecided? is senator jeff flake lying when he says that he wants to hear the testimony of dr. ford? why would jeff flake need to hear that testimony? mitch mcconnell just said he has jeff flake s vote in his pocket right now. it s a done deal. the democrat senator s letter to chairman grassly says there is not an effort this is not an effort to get to the truth. we fear that rather than learning from the pass senate republicans and the trump administration are repeating this committee s repeated mistakes and making new ones. up to this point the committee s treatment of dr. ford has been unquestionably worse than the disgraceful treatment that anita
mistakes and making new ones. up to this point the committee s treatment of dr. ford has been unquestionably worse than the disgraceful treatment that anita hill received 27 years ago. and that disgraceful treatment was delivered to anita hill by chuck grassly who was a member of the committee then and orrin hatch who was a republican member of the committee then. they have both spent the week lying about the precedent set by the anita hill case. and in every controversy in the confirmation process, the standard procedure of an fbi investigation. they re not doing that for dr. ford. no fbi investigation because their plan is to treat her with even more unfairness than they treated anita hill. anita hill s accusations got three days of testimony in the senate judiciary committee. 22 witnesses were heard am. chuck grassly wants one day of a hearing with only two witnesses, judge kavanaugh and dr. ford. because chuck grassly s job is to do what you heard mitch mcconnell just promise, to p
request brett kavanaugh would not be in the room when dr. ford was testifying, but would not agree to her request that kavanaugh testify first. dr. ford requested that only senators be allowed to ask questions, but senator grassly said the committee will, quote, reserve the option to have female staff attorneys who are sensitive to the particulars of dr. ford s allegations and are experienced investigators to question both witnesses. we believe this will allow for informed questioning, will generate the most insightful testimony and will help depoliticize the hearing. chairman grassly has refused dr. ford s request that the committee subpoena the testimony of mark judge, who dr. ford says was in the room when brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her and participated in that assault. the ten democrats on the senate judiciary committee sent a