NY Times:
WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault threw into doubt plans for an extraordinary Senate hearing to air her accusations, charging on Tuesday that some senators have already made up their minds and insisting that the F.B.I. investigate first. Speaking through her lawyers, Christine Blasey Ford did not explicitly rule out appearing next Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify along with Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. But echoing Senate Democrats, she said an investigation should be “the first step” before she is put “on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident.”
WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault threw into doubt plans for an extraordinary Senate hearing to air her accusations, charging on Tuesday that some senators have already made up their minds and insisting that the F.B.I. investigate first.
Speaking through her lawyers, Christine Blasey Ford did not explicitly rule out appearing next Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify along with Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. But echoing Senate Democrats, she said an investigation should be “the first step” before she is put “on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident.”
Charles P. Pierce has a good write up of why it would be a tough call for her to testify. Here’s snippet from the end, but look at the whole thing.
...So what we seem to have in front of us is five days of rancid nonsense from horrible people designed to frighten Dr. Ford from testifying. Were I her friend, or her lawyer, I honestly don't know what I'd advise her to do.
Grassley intends to go ahead with the vote on Kavanaugh come hell or high water. We are in the hands of thugs.
NOTE: I do not know how long the Times report has been up, but there are over a thousand comments on it. I hadn’t seen this at Kos yet, so I figured I get a quick post up since there are several diaries about the accusations out there at the moment.
UPDATE: Ford has been forced to go into hiding - death threats, etc.