President Trump urged the Senate “to get on with” the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, while casting additional doubt on the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, USA Today reports.

Said Trump: “Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?”

He added: “They’ve delayed it a week already. They’ve delayed it a week, and they have to get on with it.”

“An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, said Thursday that her appearing at a hearing on Monday to detail her claims is ‘not possible’ but she could testify later in the week,” the Washington Post reports.

“The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) said through a spokesman late Thursday that he would be consulting with colleagues on how to proceed. Kavanaugh wrote to Grassley in a letter released by the White House that he looks forward to testifying.”

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal finds that more American voters now oppose Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination than support it after he was accused of committing sexual assault while he was in high school, with opposition increasing 9 points since last month.

Key findings: 38% of voters say they oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve on the nation’s highest court, including 27% who “strongly” oppose him. That’s compared with 34% who support his nomination, including 25% who “strongly” support him. Twenty-eight percent say they don’t enough to have an opinion.

“We got a little hiccup here with the Kavanaugh nomination. We’ll get through this and we’ll get off to the races.”

— Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), quoted by the Nevada Independent, downplaying the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

“Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers, is being advised by Democratic operative Ricki Seidman,” Politico reports.

“Seidman worked as Joe Biden’s communications director during the 2008 general election campaign, after he was named Barack Obama’s running mate. In 2009, she helped the White House manage the confirmation of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.”

Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she “would be prepared to testify next week,” so long as senators offer “terms that are fair and which ensure her safety,” the New York Times reports.

However, her lawyer said that the timetable Republicans have set for a hearing “is not possible and the Committee’s insistence that it occur then is arbitrary in any event.”

The lawyer reiterated that it is Dr. Blasey’s “strong preference” that “a full investigation” occur before her testimony but stopped short of demanding an F.B.I. probe and suggested she is open to testifying without one.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “was back at the White House complex Thursday, amid a week of visits that have included preparation for the possibility of additional Senate testimony,” NBC News reports.

“In a private session Tuesday, Kavanaugh was grilled by a small group of White House staff about his past, his dating life and his accuser… Kavanaugh, who returned to the White House for a third consecutive day Thursday, is ‘determined and hopeful.'”