After days of negotiations, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are headed to an extraordinary public hearing this Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee following Ford’s accusation that the nominee sexually assaulted her when they were high school students more than three decades ago.

Ford is set to testify Thursday at 10 a.m., the committee officially announced, amid national political tensions. Committee member Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal was among a number of Democrats who accused Republicans of “bullying” Ford ahead of the testimony.