“Unless there’s something more, no I’m not going to ruin Judge Kavanaugh’s life over this,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Kavanaugh Confirmation Graham: Ford’s testimony won’t change my vote

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser won’t change his mind, no matter what she says.

“You can’t bring it in a criminal court, you would never sue civilly, you couldn’t even get a warrant,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. “What am I supposed to do? Go ahead and ruin this guy’s life based on an accusation? I don’t know when it happened, I don’t know where it happened, and everybody named in regard to being there said it didn’t happen.”


Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, has said Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party when they were both in high school. A therapist‘s notes from 2012 reference an attempted assault by students “from an elitist boys’ school” who went on to become “highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.” The notes did not name Kavanaugh (a graduate of Georgetown Prep), and other students have said they don’t remember the party Ford described.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday tentatively agreed to a hearing with Ford this week after exchanges with her lawyer, but Graham said it won’t change his vote — absent additional information.

“Unless there’s something more, no, I’m not going to ruin Judge Kavanaugh’s life over this,” Graham said. “But she should come forward, she should have her say, she will be respectfully treated.“

“I‘m not going to play a game here and tell you this will wipe out his entire life,” Graham added. “Because if nothing changes, it won’t with me.”



Another Republican senator, David Perdue of Georgia, was confident that the Senate would be able to resolve the matter fully.

“We will get all the information in the Senate this week, hopefully,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “We'll hear from both sides. We'll take that into consideration. And we'll make our adjudication.“

Perdue also said there was no reason to rush through the matter willy-nilly.

“If we don’t get all the information this week, I have total confidence that Sen. [Chuck] Grassley will take his time and make sure we have all the information we need,” he told host Chuck Todd, referencing Grassley (R-Iowa), the Judiciary Committee's chairman. "There is absolutely no rush to judgment.”