Article snippet: would be right to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation vote in order to look into the allegations. His ramped-up defense of Kavanaugh comes at the Senate is barreling toward a high-stakes hearing on Monday, at which the Supreme Court nominee and his accuser have been invited to testify. Republicans and Democrats spent Tuesday battling over the planning of the hearing, which Ford has not yet confirmed she will attend. Kavanaugh has indicated he will testify at the hearing. The president on Tuesday echoed GOP skepticism over the timing of Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh, which were first brought to Sen. MORE (D-Calif.) in July but revealed over the past week. Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has said she did not disclose the allegations during a meeting with Kavanaugh or during his confirmation hearings earlier this month because Ford had asked the claims remain private. Feinstein shared a letter from Ford with the FBI last week. Ford decided to go public with her story after her name and details of her account began to leak to the news media. Democrats have called on Kavanaugh's high-school classmate, Mark Judge, to testify before the Judiciary panel. Ford said Judge was in the room during the alleged assault when the three were in high school in the 1980s. “Let’s not rush the hearings,” Schumer said MORE (R-Iowa), however, has not committed to allowing testimony from individuals other than Kavanaugh and Ford. Grassley and other R... Link to the full article to read more