Sen. Kamala Harris says she believes Brett Kavanaugh accuser, says she has "nothing to gain" [View all]
Source: CBS News
By EMILY TILLETT CBS NEWS September 18, 2018, 7:48 AM
Sen. Kamala Harris, a top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee currently in the throes of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process, says she believes the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when the two were high school students in the 1980's. Harris told "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday that Christine Blasey Ford, the woman behind the allegations, has "nothing to gain" by stepping forward.
"I think it's going to be about, it comes down to credibility...and it's going to about listening to what each party has to say, but I believe her," said Harris.
Both Kavanaugh and Ford have since agreed to testify before Harris' committee on Monday in a public hearing, delaying this week's scheduled vote on Kavanugh's confirmation originally set for Thursday. Republicans on the committee agreed to hold the high-stakes hearing after some of its own members, mostly Democrats, decried the process moving forward without first giving Ford a public forum to share her story.
"Anybody who comes forward at this point to be prepared to testify in the United States Senate against someone who's being nominated to one of the most powerful positions in the United States government, that takes an extraordinary amount of courage," said Harris.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-kamala-harris-says-she-believes-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-says-she-has-nothing-to-gain/
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