The Senate Judiciary Committee said it would hold a public hearing next week with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who claims the judge sexually assaulted her nearly four decades ago. The decision, which will likely push back the confirmation timeline – the committee was expected to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination this coming Thursday – came one day after Ford publicly identified herself in an interview with the Washington Post as the woman who had written a letter to Sen.