advise and consent en advise and consent on one of the to advise and consent on one of the branches of our government, the highest court in the land, and individual running for a lifetime appointment and you have even said that the president had a lot of folk on that list and your fear was that this individual, who assaulted you, with a centre that seat. that's correct, right? correct. we macro and it is correct that you have given a lot of resources, taken a lot of threats, correct? correct. assaults on your dignity and humanity. absolutely. how has it affected your children? they are doing fairly well, as is my husband, considering, thank you. we have a very supportive community. that is good to hear. i want to use a different word for your courage, because this is more, as much as this hearing is about a supreme court justice, this hearing is about a supreme courtjustice, the reality is, by you coming forward, your courage, you coming forward, your courage, you are affecting the culture of our

country. we have a wonderful nation, and incredible culture, but there are dark elements that allow unconscionable levels of sexual assault and harassment that are affecting girls and boys and affecting girls and boys and affecting men and women, from media outlets to corporations to factory floors, two servers in restaurants, to our intimate spaces, homes and apartments, all around this country. i stepped out during the break and i was deluged with notes from friends all around the country, social media posts, there are literally hundreds of thousands of people watching your testimony right now, and note after note that i got, people in tears, feeling pain and anguish, notjust yours but their own, who have not come forward. you are opening up the open—air hurt and pain that goes on across this country. and for that the word i would use is nothing

short of heroic. because what you are doing for our nation right now besides giving testimony, which remains one of the most sacred obligations are —— of our offices, you are speaking truth that this country needs to understand. and how we deal with survivors who come forward right now is unacceptable. and the way that we deal with this, unfortunately, allows for the continued darkness of this culture to exist, and your brilliance, shining a light onto this, speaking your truth, is nothing short of heroic. but to the matter at hand, one of my colleagues that i have a lot of respect for, i consider him a friend, went to the senate floor and spoke truth to both sides of the critical aisle, senator flake suggested a this is a lifetime appointment and this is said to be a deliberative body. in the interest of view diligence and the nurse, her claims must be fully aired and

considered. i agree with him. but you have asked for things that would give a fullairing you have asked for things that would give a full airing from corroborating witnesses to be called, you have submitted to an intrusive polygraph test. can you answer for me, how do you feel, that all the things that could have been done thoroughly to help this deliberative body have not been honoured in this so—called investigation? i wish that i could be more helpful and that others could be more helpful and that we could be more helpful and that we could collaborate in a way and have more information. thank you very much, mrchairman, for more information. thank you very much, mr chairman, for the more information. thank you very much, mr chairman, forthe record i would like to introduce seven letters from mormon women for ethical government, youth led organisations around this country, the international unions bricklayers, allied craftworkers, a

letter from survivors of sexual violence in support of doctor four and a letter from 1600 men campaigning in support of doctor ford, and those who want to assert men and women that survivors of sexual violence are not opportunists, do not have political axes to grind, but are coming forward with courage and with heart, to speak the truth and try to end the scourge of sexual assault and violence in our country. ms mitchell, for the senator. doctor ford, in choosing attorneys, did anyone help you with the choice on who to choose? various people referred me to lawyers that they knew in the washington, dc area. as you know i grew up in this area, so i asked some family members and

friends and they referred me to, like, the divorce attorney that might know somebody that might know somebody and i ended up interviewing several law firms from the dc area. did anybody besides friends and family refer you to any attorneys?” think that the staff of dianne feinstein's offer suggested the possibility of some attorneys. including those sitting on either side of you? not both of them, no. we have heard a lot about fbi investigations. when did you personally first request an fbi investigation? i guess i first started talking

about the possibility of a hearing i thought there would be an investigation. would that investigation. would that investigation be something he would have submitted to an interview? i would be happy to co—operate with the fbi, yes. would you be interviewed by staff members from this committee? absolutely. you mentioned some gofundme accounts, are there any other efforts outside of your own personal finances to pay for your legal fees or any of the costs incurred? is my understanding that some of my team is working on a pro bono basis but i don't know the exact details. there are members of the community that have the means to contribute to help me with the security detail etc. have you been

provided... ? pini security detail etc. have you been provided... ? pin i can help you with that, both of the counsel are doing is pro bono, we have no expectation of being paid. have you seen any of the questions that i was going to ask you today? no. ya been asked questions by other people as well, have you seen any of those questions in advance or been told an advance? no. and likewise with my questions have you been told them in advance? definitely not. you mentioned about some possible information such as when markjudge worked at the supermarket. i want to ask you about someone else. you mentioned there was a classmate who was really sort of the connection between you and brett kavanaugh. who was this person? i think that was mr

whalen who was looking at my linkedln page and then trying to blame the person. i'm not trying to blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, i just blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, ijust want to know who is the common friend. how long did you know this person? maybe for a couple of months we socialised but he was a member of the same country clu b he was a member of the same country club and nine years younger brother as well. so a couple of months before this took place. yes. 0k, how would you characterise your relationship with him, both before and after this took place, this person? he was somebody that, we use the phrase, i went outwith, i wouldn't say dated, for a few

months. that was how we turned it at the time. after that, we were distant friends and we ran into each other periodically at columbia country club but i didn't see him often. i saw him by his brother several times. was this personal the only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? the only one that i would be able to name right now, that i would like to not name but you know who i mean, but there are certainly other members of columbia country club that were common friends, more acquaintances of mine and friends of mr kavanaugh. can you describe all of the other social interactions that you had with mr kavanaugh? briefly, yes i can. they we re kavanaugh? briefly, yes i can. they were during freshman and sophomore yea rs, particularly were during freshman and sophomore years, particularly my sophomore

year, which would have been his junior year, 11—5 parties that my friends and i attended. you're watching beyond 100 days. we are staying with live coverage as the first woman to accuse donald trump's nominee of the supreme court is giving testimony to at a committee of senators. christine blasey ford says that her life has been drastically affected by this assault. that's rejoining hearing. —— let's rejoin the hearing.” assault. that's rejoining hearing. -- let's rejoin the hearing. i can go into further detail if you want me to. go ahead and finish answering your question. did you want me to describe those parties? lam happy describe those parties? i am happy to describe them