Verified them. But ventry did say that he resigned last night before the nbc news report came out in order to not be a distraction for the committee during this difficult time. He had been on leave from a conservative Public Relations firm that is also working to promote kavanaughs nomination. He was part of a temporary team, according to the Senate Judiciary committee, that had come in to help with the influx of attention and requests that the committee had been getting, fred. And so this deadline, meantime, while all of this is taking place, you know, is still fast approaching. 2 30 p. M. Eastern time. That the Senate Judiciary committee is giving ford and her attorneys to respond to the terms of the testimony and what are you learning . Well, fred, theres been a lot of back and forth between the Senate Judiciary committee and the legal team for Christine Blasey ford. Initially the Senate Judiciary committee had set a deadline of 5 00 p. M. Last night for fords legal team to respond.
not alone. yes, sadly, there s that association of shame. so many, you know, alleged victims talk about, you know, being ashamed and being fearful of expressing what happened for fear of further repercussions. all right, sheila raja and i think we need to ask ourselves yes, we don t do that to other victims of crimes. why do we do that when there s, you know, sexual trauma involved? sheila raja, thank you, appreciate it. thank you. coming i, alarming new details about cyberattacks against u.s. lawmakers. so who do investigators think is behind the attacks and what are they doing to stop it? straight ahead.
court nominee brett kavanaugh, tweeting this, i have no doubt that if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed by either her or her loving parents. i ask that she bring those filings forward. well, almost immediately, survivors of sexual abuse took to social media with their own accounts of why they didn t come forward right away with #whyididntreport. joining me now, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the university of illinois at chicago. and co-author of the book the sexual trauma workbook for teen girls. sheila, good to see you. so, you know, explain the complications why in many cases it takes years for survivors of sexual assault to come forward. yes, exactly. it does take years. and what we re hearing here is actually the most common story,