Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann MurkowskiClub for Growth to spend million in ads for Trump Supreme Court nominee Pebble Mine CEO resigns over secretly recorded comments about government officials Maryland's GOP governor says Republicans shouldn't rush SCOTUS vote before election MORE (R-Alaska), a crucial potential swing vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said Friday she will wait to hear testimony from the woman accusing him of sexual misconduct before making her decision.

"What I have to do next week, assuming that the hearing moves forward, which I am truly hoping it does, that is the end, hopefully, of this vetting process that I have been engaged in ... That's when I will make my determination in regards to Judge Kavanaugh," Murkowski told CNN.

Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's accuser, is in negotiations with the Senate Judiciary Committee to arrange her public testimony. She initially expressed openness to a public hearing on Monday, but has since pushed for the FBI to investigate her claims and has proposed several conditions for her testimony.

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Staff for Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose Top GOP senators say Hunter Biden's work 'cast a shadow' over Obama Ukraine policy Read: Senate GOP's controversial Biden report MORE (R-Iowa) said Friday that they have accommodated Ford on several requests, including limiting the number of cameras in the room for her testimony and not allowing Kavanaugh in the room when she testifies.

But Republicans have rejected several other requests, including that they subpoena a former classmate of Kavanaugh's whom Ford has named as a witness to the alleged assault and that the nominee testify first.

"I think that where we are right now with the Senate and Judiciary Committee particularly, going through its process, a process that hopefully will allow for an airing of the allegations Dr. Ford has submitted in writing ... but equally important is a fair opportunity for Judge Kavanaugh to respond," Murkowski told CNN. "That's what we should be focusing on."

Murkowski also responded to a series of tweets from President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE slamming Ford on Friday, in which he said that she was represented by “radical left wing politicians.”

"Comments that go to other aspects, questioning the judgment, I don't believe they are helpful," Murkowski told CNN.

"And quite frankly, I wish the president had continued what he has been doing, which is basically allowing the Senate and Judiciary Committee to proceed with its work as the committee needs to do."

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man, with an impeccable reputation, who is under assault by radical left wing politicians who don’t want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matter. I go through this with them every single day in D.C. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018

Republicans currently have a 51-49 majority in the Senate and can only afford one GOP defection before leaning on Democrats to vote to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Ford has accused Kavanaugh of pinning her to a bed and attempting to remove her clothes during a high school party in the early 1980s when both were teenagers. Kavanaugh has flatly denied the allegations.