THIS IS SLEAZY AS HELL: Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement.

A friend of Christine Blasey Ford told FBI investigators that she felt pressured by Dr. Ford’s allies to revisit her initial statement that she knew nothing about an alleged sexual assault by a teenage Brett Kavanaugh, which she later updated to say that she believed but couldn’t corroborate Dr. Ford’s account, according to people familiar with the matter.

Leland Keyser, who Dr. Ford has said was present at the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted in the 1980s, told investigators that Monica McLean, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a friend of Dr. Ford’s, had urged her to clarify her statement, the people said.

Hmm. Monica McLean is the one that Ford reportedly coached on taking a polygraph test, though McLean denies that.

UPDATE: Hey, it’s even sleazier than I thought: