Article snippet: The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says she will not testify until the FBI investigates her claims. A lawyer for Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, said Tuesday evening that she wanted the FBI to investigate as "the first step" in the process before Ford goes "on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident," according to The New York Times. Ford's lawyer had previously said that she was generally willing to testify before the Judiciary Committee, as had Kavanaugh. GOP senators have offered to ban cameras from the hearing, which is scheduled for next Monday. “She has the option of a closed session, with cameras or without,” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a member of the Judiciary panel. “We want her to appear and she has said before we made the decision that she wanted to appear.” She alleges that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed at a party in the early 1980s and attempted to remove her clothes. She came forward publicly in The Washington Post on Sunday. Senators have been pushing for Ford and Kavanaugh to both testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing next week Republicans are particularly eager to limit any further delays of a vote they are expected to win, which was originally scheduled for this Thursday. They have been pressing to move forward with the testimony and are likely to seize on the call for the hearing to be put off for an FBI probe to argue Democrats are simply ... Link to the full article to read more