Republicans Won't Give A Straight Answer On Why Mark Judge Won't Testify
By Cameron Joseph
September 27, 2018 2:50 pm
Judiciary Committee Republicans expressed frustration at not being able to corroborate details of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault on Thursday — but repeatedly refused to say why they wouldn’t bring in the third person who Ford says was in the room, Kavanaugh’s friend Mark Judge.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the committee and GOP leadership, shrugged off the first portion of Ford’s testimony.
“It’s exactly what I would expect. She’s basically repeating what we’ve already been told in her letter, so nothing new so far,” he told reporters early Thursday afternoon.
But he repeatedly ducked questions about why he and other majority committee Republicans had refused to ask Mark Judge, a conservative writer who Ford says was in the room and complicit in Kavanaugh’s attack, to come testify to the committee.
“He’s given us a statement under oath saying he wasn’t there,” he said.
When TPM asked why it wasn’t worth bringing in Judge to see if he was a credible potential witness, he demurred.
“His lawyer said he was filing us a statement which is directly contrary to what Dr. Ford has said. This is not about trying him,” he said.
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