On Thursday, September 27, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Judge Kavanaugh had attempted to sexually assault her in 1983 when they were both high school students. Ford testified that while she was at a small gathering at nearby Maryland house, a “stumbling drunk” Brett Kavanaugh pushed her into a room and violently groped her. He was so forceful, she said, that she was terrified he was going to “accidentally kill her”.

During his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh vehemently denied the allegations. Asked if he drank beer during high school, he claimed, “The drinking age was 18 in Maryland for most of my time in high school, and was 18 in DC for all of my time in high school,”  However, in the summer of the alleged assault, Kavanaugh was 18 and the drinking age had been raised to 21 in Maryland the previous year. He was also asked if he ever drank to the point of blacking out, which he denied.

After the testimony, the decision of whether Kavanaugh was guilty or not was put on hold after Senate Democrats and one Republican demanded an FBI investigation. On Friday September 28, the committee came to an agreement that the investigation would only be related to the sexual assault allegations Kavanaugh faced and would be limited to a week.

Early in the morning on Thursday, October 4, the FBI delivered a final report to the Senate.  While most Republican Senators who were interviewed seemed to be satisfied with the report, most Democratic Senators found it to be incomplete. They claimed very few individuals were interviewed for the investigation, including Ford herself.  There were also reports of potential character witnesses begin refused the right of an interview during the investigation.

As stated by Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, a final vote on the confirmation of Kavanaugh is slated for Friday, October 5.