Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, said Monday that sexual-assault allegations against him by Christine Blasey Ford are "completely false" and that he is willing to speak with the Senate Judiciary Committee about the matter "in any way" the panel deems appropriate. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of attacking her during a high school party in the 1980s. A Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh's nomination is scheduled for Thursday.

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The attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s, told NBC’s ‘Today’ that Ford believes the incident was ‘attempted rape’ and is willing to testify publicly before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Kavanaugh says Ford's accusation 'completely false' and he is willing to talk with Senate