to testify. it s very important that she be able to testify. on the other hand, i don t see how you could throw her cold into a hearing. it s an almost cruel thing to do with senators very powerful senators there, no investigation, against kavanaugh and then have what would amount to a swearing contest between an unknown woman and a candidate for the supreme court who has occupied the bench for decades. it s an unfair situation you are saying? it s an unfair contest. all she s trying to do because in any case that s going to be very difficult for her is to get what we in the house of representatives call regular order. do what you do before you have a
dr. ford wants. tonight, we do, reading from the letter to chairman grassley. earlier this summer, dr. ford sought to tell her story in confidence so that lawmakers would have a fuller understanding of brett kavanaugh s character and history. only after the details of her experience were leaked did dr. ford make the decision to come forward publically. the letter continues saying, quote, in the 36 hours since her name became public, dr. ford has received a stunning amount of support from her community and from fellow citizens across our country. at the same time her worst fears have materialized. she s been the target of harassment and death threats. as a result, her family was forced to relocate out of their home. her e-mail has been hacked. she has been impersonated online. the letter says, while dr. ford s life is being turned upside down, you scheduled a public hearing for her to testify at the same table as judge kavanaugh in front of two
the hearings on monday, your client can show up or not, would she show up? she is going to she will talk with the committee. she s not prepared to talk with them at a hearing on monday. this just came out 48 hours ago. point-blank, if there s not an investigation between now and then, she would not appear on monday in a public hearing? no investigation any legitimate investigation will happen between now and monday. this is going to take some time. what needs to happen is there shouldn t be a rush to a hearing here. there s no reason to do that. you are saying even if they said the fbi will investigation and begins an investigation, you are saying monday there s no way your client would sit down in front of a hearing, even if the fbi said, we have looked into it? it s premature to talk about a hearing on monday. people understand that. she has been dealing with the threats, the harassment and the
other investigators investigate her sexual assault allegation. the letter they sent to chuck grassley speaking of death threats directed at dr. ford, e-mail hacking, online harassing. we are hoping to hear from chairman grassley or other members tonight. so laura, if both ford and kavanaugh stick to their stories and there isn t some kind of investigation, it basically just both testify publically, it ends up being a question of who do the senators believe. correct. again, this is not a fact finding investigation. they are a political panel. their role is supposed to be in this event to say who do we believe, a credibility assessment. when you have a he said she said, what would help if you had corroboration to bolster the credibility of the accuser or of the person who is accused. the investigation as the attorney for dr. ford said was the hearing should not be a
fbi investigation of the incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations. clearly, you want it to be the first step and so does your client. are you saying there has to be an investigation by the fbi or else professor ford will not testify? there should be and investigation. that s the right thing to do. if there s not an investigation, would she appear on monday? she is prepared to cooperate with the committee and with any law enforcement investigation. that has been her position and it continues to be her position. she will cooperate with the committee in whatever form that takes. it remains to be seen. we have to talk with senator grassley s office and the other committee members to determine what form that will take. you want to engage in conversation with senator grassley and others to actually figure out what happens between now and then and whether this takes place monday. that s right. any talk of a hearing on monday is premature. she just came forward