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Christine Blasey Ford on why she came forward
In her testimony Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford explained what she went through when deciding whether to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "I was calculating daily that the risk benefit for me of coming forward and wondering whether I would just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway."