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aggressive approach to the newly lodged accusations against Judge Kavanaugh, White
House officials sent out a document around midnight on Sunday casting doubt on the
article with a point-by-point list of
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body", "role":"body","text":"The agreement to hear Dr. Blasey’s testimony was sealed
after days of frenzied, bitter negotiations that left Mr. Trump and his team believing
that his own party had allowed itself to be exploited. For Mr. Trump, the hearing is
dangerously unpredictable, carrying the potential to tarnish not only Judge Kavanaugh
but also the Republican Party itself weeks before the
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restrained himself from attacking Dr. Blasey publicly, he reverted to form on Friday,
questioning her credibility in a tweet in which he demanded to know why she or her
parents had not reported the assault to law enforcement authorities if it had been
“as bad as she says.†Later, at his rally in Springfield, Mo., Mr. Trump said Judge
Kavanaugh would be confirmed because “he was born for†the Supreme
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Maine, one of a few moderate Republicans whose votes will determine whether Judge
Kavanaugh is confirmed. She noted that many sexual assaults are never reported, and
called the president’s remark “appalling.â€","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-
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body", "role":"body","text":"Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the
majority leader, who has teamed up with Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel,
to try to push through Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation, privately told Mr. Trump that
his tweet was not helpful. And on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a
member of the Judiciary Committee, had similar
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Mr. Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.â€","type":"text"},{"identifier":"anf-body-
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body", "role": "body", "text":"Mr. McConnell has explained to the president the political
reality that, as much as Republicans might want to try to quickly move past Dr.
Blasey’s allegation, they must tread carefully to avoid alienating Ms. Collins or
other senators who have been noncommittal about their position on the judge, including
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Jeff Flake of
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body", "role":"body","text":"With Senate Republicans holding only a 51-to-49 majority,
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, who led painstaking negotiations with Dr. Blasey’s legal team over the
terms of the hearing, has been driven in large part by a desire to accommodate the
concerns of senators in his own party.","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-
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body", "role":"body","text":"“You’re dealing with two different worlds,†said Ron
Bonjean, a Republican consultant and former Senate aide who helped shepherd the
confirmation of Neil M. Gorsuch, Mr. Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, last year.
“Senators McConnell and Grassley both know that they need Senators Murkowski and

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