Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch said Tuesday he welcomed further vetting of an accusation of a near-four-decade-old assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh but railed – again – against Democrats for holding back the allegation until the week before a now-rescheduled committee vote.
Hatch has said he believes Kavanaugh’s denial that he never tried to force himself on a teenage girl when they were both in high school. In in a series of tweets Tuesday he said that Republicans are making concessions to move the vote to hear from the accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and Kavanaugh on Monday, but Democrats are being obstructionists.