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Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify

The woman who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school has committed to appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

But shortly after that agreement was reached on Sunday, a second accusation of misconduct surfaced, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee, requested a postponement of the proceedings.

The New Yorker reported that Deborah Ramirez, who went to Yale with Judge Kavanaugh, said he had exposed himself to her while drunk at a party. He called the accusation “a smear, plain and simple.”

• Evidence from 1982: The judge plans to hand over a calendar from when he was 17 that doesn’t corroborate Dr. Blasey’s claims, according to someone working for his confirmation. The Times examined the calendar pages, which indicate that he was out of town for most of the summer.