Brett Kavanaugh investigation: Christine Blasey Ford lawyers ask FBI to contact them after receiving 'no response'

'It is inconceivable that the FBI could conduct a thorough investigation of Dr Ford’s allegations without interviewing her, Judge Kavanaugh, or the witnesses we have identified'

Christine Blasey Ford has received “no response” from the FBI days offering to speak to agents who are probing sexual assault claims against Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, her lawyers have said.

In a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray and the bureau's general counsel Dana Boente, the layers added it was “inconceivable that the FBI could conduct a thorough investigation” into Dr Ford’s allegations without speaking to her.

Michael Bromwich and Debra Katz said that they had also “identified witnesses and evidence that would likely assist the FBI”.

“Despite these efforts, we have received no response from anyone involved in this investigation, and no response to our offer for Dr Ford to be interviewed," they wrote.

The president ordered a fresh FBI investigation into Judge Kavanaugh, after pivotal Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake said his vote for the judge was dependant on further background checks.

Democrats have denounced the inquiry as a “farce” after it emerged agents would initially speak only four potential witnesses.

Neither Judge Kavanaugh or Dr Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers, were among those scheduled to be interviewed.

In their letter, Dr Ford’s lawyers wrote: “We learned of media reports that the FBI does not intend to interview either Dr Ford or Judge Kavanaugh. We hope that this reporting is inaccurate. It is inconceivable that the FBI could conduct a thorough investigation of Dr Ford’s allegations without interviewing her, Judge Kavanaugh, or the witnesses we have identified in our letters to you.”

Dr Ford had offered her “full cooperation, including her willingness to be interviewed by FBI agents”, they wrote, adding: “We have repeatedly asked you to identify the Supervisory Special Agent responsible for this investigation, so that we could contact him or her directly. We have received no response."

Witnesses who have reportedly spoken to by the FBI, include Mark Judge, a high school friend of Judge Kavanaugh, Leland Keyser, a school friend of Dr Ford who claims she was at the 1982 party in question, and PJ Smyth, another partygoer.

Deborah Ramirez, the second of three women who have accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, was also interviewed about her allegations that he exposed himself to her at another party in the early 1980s when they were students at Yale.

The FBI is not thought to have plans to speak to Julie Swetnick, Judge Kavanaugh’s third accuser.

Agents were expanding their inquiry with a focus on the party at which the judge is alleged to have assaulted Dr Ford, sources told CNN on Tuesday. A lawyer representing Tim Gaudette, another partygoer, confirmed his client had been interviewed.

Ms Ramirez’s lawyer, John Clune, said she had provided the FBI with the names of more than 20 additional witnesses “who may have corroborating information” about her allegations.

But he added: “Although we do not know the status of the investigation, we are not aware of the FBI affirmatively reaching out to any of those witnesses. Though we appreciated the agents who responded on Sunday, we have great concern that the FBI is not conducting – or not being permitted to conduct – a serious investigation.”