United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6275
| ORRIN G. HATCH, UTAH LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, SOUTH CAROLINA JOHN CORNYN, TEXAS MICHAEL S. LEE, UTAH TED CRUZ, TEXAS BEN SASSE, NEBRASKA JEFF FLAKE, ARIZONA MIKE CRAPO, IDAHO THOM TILLIS, NORTH CAROLINA JOHN KENNEDY, LOUISIANA |
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, CALIFORNIA PATRICK J. LEAHY, VERMONT RICHARD J. DURBIN, ILLINOIS SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, RHODE ISLAND AMY KLOBUCHAR, MINNESOTA CHRISTOPHER A. COONS, DELAWARE RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, CONNECTICUT MAZIE K. HIRONO, HAWAII CORY A. BOOKER, NEW JERSEY KAMALA D. HARRIS, CALIFORNIA |
KOLAN L. DAVIS, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
JENNIFER DUCK, Democratic Chief Counsel and Staff Director
September 23, 2018
DELIVERED VIA EMAIL
Ms. Beth Wilkinson
Ms. Alexandra Walsh
Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz
2001 M Street NW
10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
bwilkinson@wilkinsonwalsh.com
awalsh@wilkinsonwalsh.com
Dear Ms. Wilkinson and Ms. Walsh:
As you are aware, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and your client, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, during the continuation of Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing on September 27, 2018. This session of the hearing is an important part of the Senate' s constitutional duty to advise the President on his nominee and, if the circumstances merit, to consent to the nomination. To assist the Committee in performing this duty, and to make the hearing a productive one, I ask that you provide the Committee the following documents:
- 1. Copies of any and all written, audio-visual, or electronic materials relating to the allegations raised by Dr. Ford against Judge Kavanaugh;
- 2. Copies of all written, audio-visual, or electronic materials upon which Judge Kavanaugh intends to rely for his written or oral testimony before the Committee.
I recognize that Dr. Ford has not submitted any statement or other evidence to the Committee as of today, and that it may be unfair in some sense to require your client to submit evidence in response to allegations that have not yet been made to the Committee. Nevertheless, the general nature of Dr. Ford's allegations are publicly known. That is why I ask you to provide the materials identified above. Please provide the requested materials to the Committee no later than Tuesday, September 25. But, consistent with fundamental notions of due process, your client may submit additional evidence on September 26 in response to evidence submitted by Dr. Ford of which he was previously unaware.
Committee rules also require that Judge Kavanaugh submit his biography and written testimony by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 26. I thank you for your assistance in this matter.
