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10", "inlineTextStyles": [{"range":{"length":273,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- I"}, {"range"™:{"length":273,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default— body", "role":"body", "text":"In a sign that the White House was prepared to take a more aggressive approach to the newly lodged accusations against Judge Kavanaugh, White House officials sent out a document around midnight on Sunday casting doubt on the article with a point-by-point list of rebuttals.", "type": "text"}, {"bannerType": "any", "identifier": 2","layout": "ComponentLayout- W _anf-banner advertisement 4","role":"banner advertisement", "type":"banner advertisement"}, {"identifier":" anf- body-11", "inlineTextStyles": [{"range":{"length":377,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™: {"length":377,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default-— body", "role":"body", "text": "The agreement to hear Dr. Blaseyd€™s testimony was sealed after days of frenzied, bitter negotiations that left Mr. Trump and his team believing that his own party had allowed itself to be exploited. For Mr. Trump, the hearing is dangerously unpredictable, carrying the potential to tarnish not only Judge Kavanaugh but also the Republican Party itself weeks before th election.","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 12","inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":466,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™:{"length":466,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"While the president, cognizant of the stakes, has mostly restrained himself from attacking Dr. Blasey publicly, he reverted to form on Friday, questioning her credibility in a tweet in which he demanded to know why she or her parents had not reported the assault to law enforcement authorities if it had been a€eas bad as she says.d€ Later, at his rally in Springfield, Mo., Mr. Trump said Judge Kavanaugh would be confirmed because A€cehe was born ford€ the Supreme Court.","type":"text"}, {"identifier"™:" anf-body- 13","inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":264,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™:{"length":264,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body","text":"His tweet drew a backlash from Senator Susan Collins of Maine, one of a few moderate Republicans whose votes will determine whether Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed. She noted that many sexual assaults are never reported, and called the presidentaée™s remark a€eappalling.a€","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf- body-14", "inlineTextStyles": [{"range":{"length":368,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™:{"length":368,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, who has teamed up with Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, to try to push through Judge Kavanaugha這s confirmation, privately told Mr. Trump that his tweet was not helpful. And on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a member of the Judiciary Committee, had similar counsel.","type":"text"}, {"bannerType"™: "any", "identifier":" anf-banner advertisement 3","layout":"ComponentLayout-— 4","role":"banner advertisement", "type":"banner advertisement"}, {"identifier"™:" anf- body-15","inlineTextStyles": [{"range"™:{"length":91,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"},{"range"™:{"length":91,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default-— body", "role": "body", "text": "a€el would advise the president to let us handle this, da€ Mr. Graham said on a€eFox News Sunday.a€", "type": "text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 16", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":375,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"},{"range™:{"length":375,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"Mr. McConnell has explained to the president the political reality that, as much as Republicans might want to try to quickly move past Dr. Blaseyd€™s allegation, they must tread carefully to avoid alienating Ms. Collins or other senators who have been noncommittal about their position on the judge, including Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona.","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 17","inlineTextStyles": [{"range":{"length":339,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range™: {"length":339,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"With Senate Republicans holding only a 51-to-49 majority, = Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who led painstaking negotiations with Dr. Blaseyad€™s legal team over th terms of the hearing, has been driven in large part by a desire to accommodate the concerns of senators in his own party.","“type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 18","inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":433,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range™: {"length":433,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text": "a€eYoude™re dealing with two different worlds,a€ said Ron Bonjean, a Republican consultant and former Senate aide who helped shepherd th confirmation of Neil M. Gorsuch, Mr. Trumpd這s first Supreme Court nominee, last year. a€eSenators McConnell and Grassley both know that they need Senators Murkowski and HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028428