Christine Blassey Ford gives 'The View' behind-scenes look at explosive Kavanaugh hearing

Dr. Christine Blassey Ford, who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault, was willing to come forward publicly and tell her story in 2018 during an explosive Senate confirmation hearing.

She was then plagued with threats of violence against herself and her family and was forced to live in an undisclosed location for months as a result.

Speaking to "The View" on Tuesday, she talked about her new book detailing the ordeal. Among the things she revealed is that she thought she would be able to talk to the F.B.I. and remain anonymous. She never anticipated she would be forced to testify before Congress.

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She begged for there not to be cameras during the hearing, and was told that all of the Senators needed to see her so that's why the cameras were there. Then, as they were walking down the hall toward the hearing, she was told that it would be on C-SPAN and anyone could pick it up and feed it live. She was terrified.

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Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said that she was most fascinated by her idealism around the process and that she assumed things would blow over in 24 hours and Trump would choose a different judicial nominee.

"So, that idealism served me because if I had been cynical or concerned, I don't think — I would have never made it to — I never would have left the beach in Santa Cruz and left to see my congressperson," Blassey Ford said.

Joy Behar asked if she had ever been given protection by the government, and she said she had not, but that people in her community and private citizens donated to ensure she could afford security.

"So, my family had to live away from our house the day that the news broke, the story, and we left for one night, and we were gone for three-and-a-half months before we could go back," Blassey Ford continued. "And there were a lot of really just horrible threats and my kids..."

She said that she didn't want for them to miss their school year or have to move from school. They were in high school and middle school at the time.

"It was really hard on them. They really missed the dog and didn't want to stay away that long," Blassey Ford recalled.

She also recalled a meeting with Anita Hill, who accused Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

"She joked, 25 years will do a lot, and I was like, I don't think I can wait 25 years," Blassey Ford said.

"The View" co-hosts went on to ask her about any Republican lawmakers who were nice to her. She cited Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who is now no longer in office after going up against Trump, and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), who also left the Senate to take a job at the University of Florida.

See the interview in the clip below or at the link here.

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