Kavanaugh & His Accuser Blasey Ford Testify About Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh was defiant and visibly angry as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday afternoon, rebutting earlier emotional testimony from the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.2	It is Thursday, September 27th at 731 p.m.
0:09.7	Today, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasiford testified in
0:14.5	front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
0:16.5	They both addressed Ford's accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her during high
0:20.4	school.
0:21.4	I am here today not because I want to be.
0:24.1	I am terrified.
0:26.0	I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while
0:31.2	Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school.
0:33.6	None of these allegations are true.
0:36.0	Correct.
0:37.0	No doubt in your mind.
0:38.8	Zero.
0:39.8	100% certain.
0:41.1	Not even a shuntilla.
0:42.8	Not a shuntilla.
0:43.8	100% certain, Senator.
0:46.1	You swear to God.
0:47.1	I swear to God.
0:48.5	I must my Khaled, I cover politics.
0:50.4	I must God, that's true, I cover Congress.
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