Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) kicked off Thursday’s much-anticipated testimony from Christine Blasey Ford by attacking Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) handling of a confidential letter Ford had sent to the California lawmaker detailing her alleged assault, claiming that it was Democrats—not Republicans—who were guilty of mistreating Ford. As Ford waited to begin her testimony, Grassley continued by using his opening remarks to shoot down calls from Ford and Democrats for the FBI to investigate her into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.