--- title: Kavanaugh Accuser Intends to Testify Before Committee description: Christine Blasey Ford has agreed to testify against nominee Brett Kavanaugh this Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. canonical: https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/ author: Gina Martinez article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-22T19:42:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:31:01.835Z article:section: Politics og:title: Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee og:description: Ford's lawyer also criticized the Committee's seeming impatience with Ford og:url: https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ae6140fdf1f8d82/69893a5f656a3faf68bd57e5/grassley-questions-timing-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee twitter:description: Ford's lawyer also criticized the Committee's seeming impatience with Ford twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ae6140fdf1f8d82/69893a5f656a3faf68bd57e5/grassley-questions-timing-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee by [Gina Martinez](https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Sep 22, 2018 7:42 PM UTC  Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.Drew Angerer - Getty Images by [Gina Martinez](https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Sep 22, 2018 7:42 PM UTC Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify this Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ford’s attorney Debra Katz confirmed Ford’s testimony in an email Saturday, meeting the 2:30 p.m. deadline [set last night by Committee chairman](http://time.com/5403825/judiciary-committee-gives-kavanaugh-accuser-more-time-2/), Iowa Senator Charles Grassley. > [](https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1043569570785693696) “Dr. Ford accepts the Committee’s the request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Judge Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct next week.” Katz criticized the Committee’s seeming impatience with Ford, calling it “fundamentally inconsistent with Committee’s promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations.” “We are disapointed by the leaks and the bullying that have tainted the process, we are hopeful we can reach agreement on details.” Katz added. Judge Kavanaugh, who has denied Ford’s allegation, was seen as all but assured to ascend to the Supreme Court until Ford’s claim against him was made public last week. While many Republicans appear eager to quickly push through Kavanaugh’s would-be lifetime appointment, many Democrats are calling for further examination of Ford’s allegation before the confirmation process continues. In [an interview with The Washington _Post_](http://time.com/5397627/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault/), which ran last Sunday, Ford claims that in the 1980s, Kavanaugh groped her in a bedroom during a party. She claimed that Kavanaugh covered her mouth to stop her screams as he grinded on her body and attempted to remove her one-piece swimsuit. “I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” the 51-year-old Palo Alto University professor told the Washington _Post_. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.” With a 51-seat majority in the chamber, Republicans seemingly have the votes to approve Kavanaugh, but his nomination could be sunk if only a few Republicans dissent. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/"},"headline":"Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee","datePublished":"2018-09-22T19:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:31:01.835Z","description":"Ford's lawyer also criticized the Committee's seeming impatience with Ford","url":"https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/","keywords":["Supreme Court","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ae6140fdf1f8d82/69893a5f656a3faf68bd57e5/grassley-questions-timing-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gina Martinez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ae6140fdf1f8d82/69893a5f656a3faf68bd57e5/grassley-questions-timing-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice","caption":"Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice","creditText":"Drew Angerer - Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5403937/christine-blasey-ford-testify-thursday-judiciary-committee/","name":"Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee"}}]}] ```