In a sit-down interview with CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash, Katz said Ford does not want Democrats to pursue allegations against Kavanaugh if\u2026<\/b>
\nIn a sit-down interview with CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash, Katz said Ford does not want Democrats to pursue allegations against Kavanaugh if they retake Congress in November. \u201cProfessor Ford has not asked for anything of the sort. What she did was to come forward and testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and agree to cooperate with any investigation by the FBI, and that\u2019s what she sought to do here,\u201d said Katz.
Asked if Ford would like Democrats to consider bringing impeachment hearings against Kavanaugh, Katz responded with a simple \u201cno.\u201d
Lisa Banks, another lawyer for Ford, told Bash that the 51-year-old California psychology professor is at peace with her decision to go public with her decades-old allegation against the judge. \u201cI don\u2019t think she has any regrets. I think she feels like she did the right thing,\u201d said Banks. \u201cAnd this was what she wanted to do, which was provide this information to the committee so they could make the best decision possible. And I think she still feels that was the right thing to do, so I don\u2019t think she has any regrets.\u201d
Further, Banks criticized Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans for pointing out Ford was mistaken when she accused chairman Grassley of failing to accommodate her by traveling to her the West Coast to intimate her. \u201cWe, as her counsel, informed her of all options made available to us by the committee. We showed her all of the correspondence,\u201d she told Bash \u201cAnd what they were offering was sending staffers to speak to her. Dr. Ford wanted to speak to the committee members herself. And I think what you saw in the hearing was that Dr. Ford got a little confused and thought Sen. Grassley was suggesting that he himself would have come to California, which is not what he offered at all.\u201d
Ford\u2019s lawyers also said Ford was saddened by President Donald Trump\u2019s remarks about her during a rally in Mississippi earlier this week. \u201cIt was very hurtful, as it would be to any woman. Any survivor who had the courage to come forward only to be mocked and belittled by anyone really, but certainly by the President of the United States, it was very upsetting. It was very hurtful,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n

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