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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Grassley is opening the hearing with a statement noting that nothing turned up in Kavanaugh’s background check and is focused on the delay between when Feinstein received Ford’s letter and when he found out about it.pic.twitter.com/BGJOPUYXTT

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      “I look forward to a fair and respectful hearing,” Grassley says, in the midst of attacking Feinstein’s handling of this, dismissing FBI investigations, & explaining why the all-male GOP side of the Comte found who McConnell referred to as a “female assistant” to ask questions.

      1 reply 53 retweets 96 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Feinstein, in response to Grassley, notes in her opening that she kept Ford’s allegations confidential at Ford’s request until Ford herself was willing to allow them to be shared.

      2 replies 20 retweets 81 likes
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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Feinstein talks about the larger issue of sexual assault, recalls watching Anita Hill’s testimony, and notes the way the committee Republicans proceeded — adding, “We continue to believe that [Mark] Judge should be subpoenaed.”pic.twitter.com/U3Q5D0pK2T

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Steve Mullis

      Feinstein notes that all three named women accusers are seeking an FBI investigation, something that Grassley was dismissive of in his opening by quoting from a Biden comment about the *conclusions* of FBI background investigations.https://twitter.com/stevemullis/status/1045317216852475904 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Steve MullisVerified account @stevemullis
      What Sen. Grassley just said about Biden and FBI investigations/reports in this context is ironic considering the man literally sitting next to him #KavanaughHearings pic.twitter.com/D95YdBSE1t
      2 replies 68 retweets 118 likes
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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Peter Stevenson

      https://twitter.com/PeterWStevenson/status/1045318618400067584 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Peter StevensonVerified account @PeterWStevenson
      The look Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers gave each other when Grassley's lawyers said this hearing was scheduled "in close consultation" with them: pic.twitter.com/lM77qqky1T
      1 reply 44 retweets 129 likes
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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Dr. Christine Blasey Ford begins her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.pic.twitter.com/1NuPtQH8mR

      2 replies 10 retweets 55 likes
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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      "It was almost surely a spur-of-the-moment gathering," Ford says of the night in question, that followed a day of, she says, practicing diving at a Columbia Country Club.

      1 reply 10 retweets 46 likes
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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      Ford, getting emotional, describes her sexual assault as previously described, noting that Kavanaugh and Judge were laughing during the assault.

      0 replies 24 retweets 58 likes
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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      "Brett's assault on me drastically altered my life," Ford says.

      1 reply 19 retweets 66 likes
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

      You can read Ford's prepared opening remarks here —>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/blakemontgomery/here-are-the-statements-brett-kavanaugh-and-christine …

      7:43 AM - 27 Sep 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Ford says that Feinstein explicitly promised not to share the letter without her explicit consent.pic.twitter.com/1XtnLIAxPb

          2 replies 39 retweets 77 likes
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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          "My responsibility is to tell you the truth," Ford says.

          0 replies 9 retweets 51 likes
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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          The 5-minute-at-a-time questioning is not good for accomplishing anything, I'd say.

          9 replies 27 retweets 161 likes
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        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          An unaccountable female prosecutor coming in for a short-time job asking questions for male elected officials who would have to deal w/ the consequences of questions in what is not a trial of Ford but sure looks like a cross-examination of Ford is, if nothing else, discomforting.

          12 replies 102 retweets 245 likes
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        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Ashley Parker

          https://twitter.com/AshleyRParker/status/1045330925029134336 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Ashley ParkerVerified account @AshleyRParker
          What Dr. Christine Blasey Ford says is her indelible memory of her alleged assault -- "the uproarious laughter." "They're having fun at my expense," she says, her voice cracking.
          2 replies 9 retweets 30 likes
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        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Tarini Parti

          https://twitter.com/tparti/status/1045330785144909825 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Tarini PartiVerified account @tparti
          This is the 8th video like this that the RNC has tweeted in the past hour during the hearing https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1045328597525975040 …
          3 replies 9 retweets 21 likes
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        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Scott Parker

          Apologies. Deleted the last tweet about the Grassley comment per this information:https://twitter.com/Scottty_P/status/1045333404533870594 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Scott Parker @Scottty_P
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          He was talking about his aide whispering in his ear.
          2 replies 1 retweet 28 likes
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        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted David Mack

          https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1045336729585176577 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          0:53
          David MackVerified account @davidmackau
          On Fox News, Bret Baier says hearing from Blasey Ford "is a totally different thing" than reading her allegations. Chris Wallace: "This was extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible... This is a disaster for the Republicans." pic.twitter.com/aSbznSJdHC
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        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

          https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1045347286581153792 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
          Ford says she only contacted the Washington Post, and not the NY Times (her friends had suggested both, she said) because she wasn't interested in the media route and thought one was enough
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        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Asked by Mitchell, Ford says that she had not hired a lawyer prior to sending her letter.

          2 replies 5 retweets 29 likes
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        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Donald Trump Jr.

          The president's son tweets this as Sen. Blumenthal talks about Dr. Ford's courage to testify.https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1045350599166955520 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Donald Trump Jr.Verified account @DonaldJTrumpJr
          I’m no psychology professor but it does seem weird to me that someone could have a selective fear of flying. Can’t do it to testify but for vacation, well it’s not a problem at all.
          6 replies 20 retweets 64 likes
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        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Ford, on the polygraph examination, which she said took longer than she expected: "I endured it, and it was fine."

          1 reply 5 retweets 43 likes
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        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Kate Irby

          During the break, Hatch proves why Mitchell is there, regardless of how not-well that is going:https://twitter.com/kateirby/status/1045354070658232320 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Kate IrbyVerified account @kateirby
          Hatch just called Ford an “attractive witness.” Asked to elaborate what he meant, he said “she’s pleasing.”
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          5 replies 0 retweets 117 likes
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        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          "He’s the ‘Sixth Sense’ nominee: He’s dead but he’s the only one who doesn’t know it.” Read @tparti on how Trumpworld thinks today is going:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tariniparti/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-trump-senate …

          3 replies 36 retweets 106 likes
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        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Nidhi Prakash

          Meanwhile, Graham is continuing on the warrant-requirement "particularity" path he previewed he'd be employing at the hearing. That is not, of course, what this hearing about, but Graham doesn't seem to care.https://twitter.com/nidhiprakash/status/1045360139417587713 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Nidhi PrakashVerified account @nidhiprakash
          "I'm looking for time and places. I'm looking for corroboration. I haven't found any yet," Sen. Lindsay Graham says after hearing Dr. Ford's testimony so far.
          5 replies 13 retweets 50 likes
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        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted igorvolsky

          This is an important note. Also recall the way that Kavanaugh’s statements distinguishing what he said previously versus now regarding his confirmation hearings were defended vociferously as “immaterial” distinctions.https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/1045334394217660416?s=21 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          igorvolskyVerified account @igorvolsky
          Optics: They're going through Ford's statements sentence by sentence trying to find inconsistencies. Thousands of documents about Kavanaugh's record still remain concealed from the public.
          0 replies 33 retweets 48 likes
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        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Paul McLeod

          The afternoon part of the hearing has begun —>https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1045367181305761793 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Paul McLeodVerified account @pdmcleod
          Starting a new thread for the afternoon section of the hearing. Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono kicks off by asking Christine Blasey Ford if she has a political reason for coming forward. Ford says no, she does not. She wanted people to know about Kavanaugh.
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        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Mitchell is going back to how the polygraph is being paid for, prompting her lawyers to interject that they paid for it. Mitchell continues, asking if she'd later be passed on the cost, prompting Ford to mention possible support from GoFundMe pages. Meanwhile, over on Breitbart:pic.twitter.com/xtRC2jpNsL

          6 replies 24 retweets 38 likes
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        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Katz (Ford's lawyer): You previously asked her to only answer as to what she was certain about, now you're asking her what's possible? Mitchell: "Is that an objection, counsel?" Ford, to her lawyers: "I don't understand."

          4 replies 19 retweets 54 likes
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        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Mitchell is back to Ford's legal expenses. Bromwich, one of Ford's lawyers, steps in to note that both he and Katz, her other lawyer present, are representing her pro bono and do not expect to be paid.

          10 replies 25 retweets 87 likes
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        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Mitchell is going down the path of "who was the person who introduced you to Kavanaugh," leading Ford to talk about Ed Whelan's looking around and naming that person and saying that she doesn't wish to name the person named by Whelan.

          1 reply 16 retweets 42 likes
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        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Harris, California's other senator, is up.

          0 replies 0 retweets 30 likes
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        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Ford, on PJ Smyth and Leland Ingham Keyser not recalling the night in question, "Nothing remarkable happened to them that evening."

          6 replies 29 retweets 92 likes
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        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Remarkable that Mark Judge's brief denial statement is just being submitted into the record.

          2 replies 19 retweets 57 likes
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        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Feinstein and Blumenthal both criticize the failure to bring those people up for testimony. Blumenthal says he objects to putting the letters in the record.

          2 replies 8 retweets 65 likes
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        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Bromwich: "Can we be excused?"

          5 replies 1 retweet 45 likes
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        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is done testifying.pic.twitter.com/K4gPr5iVcD

          3 replies 10 retweets 90 likes
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        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Lindsey Graham, like Hatch, is proving why Rachel Mitchell was here today.

          2 replies 43 retweets 218 likes
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        30. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 27

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

          Afternoon thread, covering Kavanaugh’s testimony, is here:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1045390294915649538?s=21 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
          Judge Brett Kavanaugh has arrived for the second part of today’s hearing. pic.twitter.com/5SKYK0YNOe
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