A lawyer for a woman accusing US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says she is willing to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee next week if they can agree to terms "that are fair and which ensure her safety".
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The email from a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford to committee aides also says that holding the session on Monday is not possible.
Panel chairman Chuck Grassley and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have said that Monday would be Ford's chance to testify.
Ford's lawyers have said she has received death threats.
Ford has said she wants the FBI to investigate her claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s.
Lawyer Debra Katz wrote that Ford's "strong preference" is for a full investigation before she testifies.
The allegation has jarred Kavanaugh's prospects for winning Senate confirmation to be a justice, which until Ford's emergence last week had seemed all but certain.
Australian Associated Press