Christine Blasey Ford is willing to testify before the Senate on her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her in high school, her attorney revealed on Monday morning.
‘She’s willing to do whatever it takes to get her story forth, yes,’ her attorney Debra Katz told NBC’s ‘Today Show’ on Monday morning.
Katz, who made the rounds of the morning news shows, told ‘CBS This Morning’ Ford is ‘willing to do what she needs to do.’
‘My client will do whatever is necessary to make sure that the Senate Judiciary Committee has the full story and the full set of allegations to allow them to make a fully informed decision,’ she said. ‘She’s willing to do what she needs to do.’
However, neither Ford nor Katz have heard from any lawmakers.
‘We have heard from nobody,’ Katz told CNN’s ‘New Day.’
The White House, meanwhile, is issuing a fresh denial on the allegations against Kavanaugh.
Christine Ford’s lawyer said she is willing to testify before the Senae
The White House issued a fresh denial from Brett Kavanaugh on the allegation
‘On Friday, Judge Kavanaugh ‘categorically and unequivocally’ denied this allegation. This has not changed. Judge Kavanaugh and the White House both stand by that statement,’ White House spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a statement on Monday morning.
The White House has held the same firm line on the allegations against President Donald Trump’s nominee since reports of a possible #metoo situation involving Kavanaugh surfaced.
In a bombshell interview in The Washington Post on Sunday, Ford detailed an alleged attack on her committed by Kavanaugh when the two were high school students in suburban Maryland.
Ford believes the attack was ‘attempted rape,’ Katz said on ‘The Today Show.’
‘She clearly considers this an attempted rape,’ Katz said of Ford’s view on the incident.
‘She believes if it were not for the severe intoxication of Brett Kavanaugh, she would have been raped,’ Katz added.
But Katz said her client was not taking a position on whether or not Kavanaugh should withdraw his nomination to the high court.
‘She’s not taking a position on this. She thinks these allegations bear on his character and his fitness. And the denials, of course, also bear on his character and fitness,’ the lawyer said.
She added: ‘This is not a politically-motivated action. She was reluctant to come forward. And she was outed after she had made the decision not to come forward.’