A professor who claims Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her while they were at school together has offered to testify before Congress.

Christine Ford’s attorney Debra Katz said Monday ‘She’s willing to do whatever it takes to get her story forth’ when asked whether Ford was willing to go to the judiciary committee (who will vote on whether to confirm Kavanaugh) and tell this story.

Speaking on the Today show, Katz said: ‘ (Ford) clearly considers this an attempted rape.

‘She believes if it were not for the severe intoxication of Brett Kavanaugh she would have been raped.’

Katz said Ford was ‘not taking a position’ on whether Kavanaugh should withdraw his bid to become a Supreme Court judge over the alleged attack.

Ford claims Kavanaugh of pinning her down and groping her before a friend helped her escape.

Kavanaugh strenuously denies the alleged assault, which Ford estimates happened in 1982, ever took place.

But her lawyer added: ‘She believes these allegations bear on his character and his fitness and the denials of course also bear on his character and fitness.’

Palo Alto University Professor Christine Ford alleges that Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her. He strenuously denies her claims

Katz highlighted how Ford has passed a polygraph, and insisted her client is a ‘credible person with serious allegations.’

She highlighted how the Palo Alto University professor had wished to stay anonymous as further evidence of her credibility, with Ford only speaking to the Washington Post after she faced being outed as Kavanaugh’s accuser against her will.

Katz said the academic had suffered ‘the kind of threatening behavior that she feared most from coming forward,’ including ‘threatening, sexually violent emails from strangers.’

She added: ‘No-one in their right mind would want to inject themselves into this process and face the kind of annihilation she will be subjected t by those who want this nominee to go through.’

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the third day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers has come forward to The Washington Post. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
If more than one Republican Senator votes against Kavanaugh his nomination will be scuppered – with two so far saying they wish to hear from his accuser before casting their vote (Picture: AP)

Ford came forward days after California Senator Dianne Feinstein said she had sent the FBI information she’d received about Kavanaugh from an anonymous accuser.

That has led to calls from Democrats for a full investigation, and threatened to derail Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Senate floor days before a key Judiciary Committee vote.

Republicans hold a 51-49 advantage in the Senate. More than one defection would scupper Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Several committee members, including Republican Jeff Flake, have said they wish to hear from Ford before casting their vote.

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a Congressional Medal of Honor Society Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Donald Trump has yet to comment on the allegations made against his SCOTUS pick (Picture: AP)

If his nomination to replace retiring Justice Antony Kennedy is confirmed, Kavanaugh will give the GOP a 5-4 majority in the Supreme Court.

That could pave the way for decades of right-leaning votes on key issues.

It has also sparked fears that landmark judgements like Roe V Wade – which made abortion legal across the US – could be overturned.