The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, according to a notice from the committee’s Republican chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
That puts the contentious vote over Trump’s nominee just one day after a much-anticipated hearing in which a woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault is expected to testify to lawmakers. Kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegation.
No hearing has been scheduled for a second woman, Deborah Ramirez, who also claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, and it is unclear if there will be one. John Clune, a lawyer for Ramirez, wrote in a post on Twitter Tuesday that Ramirez “remains adamant” that an FBI investigation is the appropriate venue to discuss her accusation.
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