The attorney representing the Boulder woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct took to Twitter and CNN on Tuesday to vent frustrations about his attempts to work with the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee. 

“We reached out to the Senate Judiciary Committee to schedule a call to discuss how best to bring them that information and they have refused to meet all scheduled appointments,” Boulder attorney John Clune wrote on Twitter. “ We have officially requested an FBI investigation and our client remains adamant that is the appropriate venue for her to discuss her trauma.” 

In a pre-recorded interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper aired Tuesday night, Clune said a call with the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled and made earlier in the day, but only members of the “minority party” were on the line; the members of the “majority party” were absent. 

“I don’t know what else you can do if they are not going to engage,” Clune said of the committee’s Republican members. 

Clune stressed that a FBI investigation would be a prerequisite for Deborah Ramirez to appear before the Senate committee. 

Ramirez, 53, a volunteer coordinator with Boulder County, said Kavanaugh exposed himself to her and thrust his genitalia in her face while they were both at a party in a dorm room at Yale University, where they were both students in the early 1980s, according to a New Yorker article published Sunday evening. 

I’m looking forward to speaking to Anderson Cooper tonight on @ac360 to discuss Deborah Ramirez’s claim.  We have been working hard to cooperate with the Senate Judiciary Committee, but at this point have to point out some hard truths.  1/4 — John Clune (@CluneEsq) September 25, 2018

Clune said he will discuss Ramirez’s claim Tuesday evening on CNN with host Anderson Cooper.  The attorney hasn’t responded to multiple requests for interviews by The Denver Post. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination for Friday morning. 

Ramirez only came forward after New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow approached her, Clune said.  She carefully worked through her memories to ensure accuracy, Clune said. 

Ramirez told The New Yorker that she had gaps in her memory because she was drunk at the time of the alleged incident and was hesitant to definitively name Kavanaugh in her first interviews with the magazine as the man who exposed himself to her. 

Earlier Tuesday, Clune said Ramirez wanted an FBI investigation into her story.  But by Tuesday afternoon, Clune appeared frustrated and said that he and Ramirez have been “working hard to cooperate with the Senate Judiciary Committee, but at this point have to point out some hard truths.” 

“Ms. Ramirez is ready to swear to the FBI under penalty of perjury,” he said. “ Why won’t the Senate Judiciary Committee welcome that?” 

Ramirez is the second woman to report that Kavanaugh sexually abused her in the early ’80s.  Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, told the Washington Post that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and attempted to undress her while they were at a party in high school.  Kavanaugh also denied that claim. 

Ford is scheduled to testify Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman said Tuesday that the administration “would be open” to Ramirez also testifying during that time. 

Denver Post Staff Writer Kieran Nicholson contributed to this report.