Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks as Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.  (Saul Loeb / Associated Press)

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.  (Win McNamee / Associated Press)

Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington DC.  (Tom Williams / Associated Press)

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley, left, with Senator Dianne Feinstein, right, gives a preliminary statement before Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago.  (TOM WILLIAMS / AFP/Getty Images)

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill.  (ANDREW HARNIK / AFP/Getty Images)

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford shakes hands with attorney Debra Katz after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill.  (MICHAEL REYNOLDS / AFP)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) arrives in the hearing room where Christine Blasey Ford will testify in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)

A sign indicates where witness Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will sit to speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court.  (MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA/Shutterstock)

Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)

A staff member places name plates as the Senate Judiciary Committee’s room on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, during preparations one day before the hearing with Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.  (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP/Getty Images)