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Christine Blasey Ford Agrees to Testify As Frustrated Republicans Ask ‘When?’

Attorneys for the woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault said she would testify this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee without specifying a date or final terms.  
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

Attorneys representing Christine Blasey Ford, the 51-year-old research psychologist who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers,  said on Saturday afternoon that she would testify this coming week before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Dr. Ford accepts the committee’s request to provide her first-hand

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