Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee calling for a FBI investigation into her allegations as a “first step.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley had invited Blasey Ford, as well as Kavanaugh, to a hearing slated for next Monday for both of them to publicly testify. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
Read the full letter, first reported by CNN, below: