Flake calls on Senate Judiciary Committee to delay Kavanaugh vote
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Sunday evening said a woman who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault while they were in high school "must be heard" before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on his Supreme Court nomination.
The panel is scheduled to vote on Thursday. Earlier Sunday, The Washington Post published the account of Christine Blasey Ford, a professor in California. She wrote a confidential letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in July detailing the alleged assault, and decided to reveal her identity on Sunday after news of the letter leaked.
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