The Senate Judiciary Committee, which is overseeing the nomination, had called a hearing for Monday to examine the matter, and the White House had said Kavanaugh was ready to testify. In a letter to the committee's chairman, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ford's attorneys said an FBI investigation needed to come first. Democrats, already fiercely opposed to the nominee, have also been seeking an FBI investigation, a request that Republicans have rebuffed. Trump and other Republicans said they did not think the FBI needed to be involved. U.S. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly said they do not think the FBI should investigate Ford's allegation.

Source: CBC News September 19, 2018 01:10 UTC