Debra Katz, a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, said on Friday that "artificial limits" should not be placed on the FBI as it reopens its background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation," Katz said in a statement. "No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation," Katz said in a statement.

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She added that letting the FBI do a "thorough" investigation is "critical to developing all the relevant facts."

Her statement comes as Senate Republicans agreed to delay Kavanaugh's nomination for up to a week in order to let the FBI investigate "credible" sexual assault allegations against him.

Multiple senators, including GOP Sens.(Ariz.) and(Alaska), called for the FBI to be given a chance to investigate, raising questions about whether Senate Majority Leader(R-Ky.) would be able to move the nomination without a deal.