The Republican staff for the Senate Judiciary Committee is requesting an immediate interview with the third woman who's accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
GOP committee aides have emailed a letter to the woman's attorney, Michael Avenatti. They say they want to know immediately whether Julie Swetnick would agree to be interviewed by phone later Wednesday.
That would be just hours before the committee's scheduled hearing Thursday where Kavanaugh and initial accuser Christine Blasey Ford are set to testify.
She has claimed he sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the early 1980s.
Kavanaugh has denied allegations from three women of sexual misconduct.
The committee staffers write that this is the sixth email they've sent Avenatti since he tweeted Sunday that he had an unnamed client with accusations against Kavanaugh.