BREAKING NEWS: Kavanaugh accuser's attorneys seek extension of 'arbitrary' GOP deadline set to 'bully' her

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Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford on Friday night decried an "arbitrary" deadline set by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for her to respond to negotiations to testify about her sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, seeking an additional day to reply.

Grassley had set a 10 p.m. cutoff for Ford to reply to a GOP offer sent earlier in the day for her to appear on Wednesday to testify about her decades-old allegation against Kavanaugh. Ford attorney Debra Katz criticized that short-notice deadline in a response to the Judiciary GOP's offer.

"Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family," Katz wrote in an email obtained by POLITICO.

The impasse raises the prospect that, absent a late-night concession by Grassley, Republicans will attempt to press ahead with a Monday vote on Kavanaugh despite not hearing from Ford.

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