1. No lawyers are allowed to question Ford, only members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
2. Kavanaugh cannot be in the hearing room when Ford gives her testimony.
3. Kavanaugh must give his testimony first, without the benefit of hearing the testimony of his accuser.
4. Ford wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Mark Judge to testify.
5. Ford wants to testify on Thursday, rather than Monday ... because Ford wants to drive from California to D.C. since she is uncomfortable in confined spaces, such as in an airplane.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/21/timeline-democrats-changing-demands-for-christine-blasey-fords-testimony/
... This last request has great political significance because pushing the hearing to Thursday would mean Kavanaugh could not be confirmed in time to join the Supreme Court for its new session on October 1, as Republicans and the White House hope. ...
That's what ALL of this nonsense is about - nothing but a big time-suck to delay the vote.
Senate Judiciary response:
* Hearing will be on Wednesday
* Ford will testify first, then Kavanaugh
* Ford and Kavanaugh will be the only witnesses called
* The Committee will pick a lawyer to do the questioning
... Politico reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee is giving Ford the end of the day Friday to accept this counteroffer.
A Republican senator on the Committee told Politico, "We'll do it on Wednesday, we expect the accuser before the accused and we do intend to have the counsel do the questioning."
The source also said the Committee agreed to Ford's request to have only one camera at the hearing and for Kavanaugh not to be in the same room with her.
Republican Committee members discussed this on a Friday morning conference call, according to Politico, "[a]nd barring new revelations, the party plans to vote on Kavanaugh's nomination in Judiciary Committee shortly after hearing [Ford's] testimony next week." ...
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