Sen. Jeff Flake says his family has received death threats since he asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Kavanaugh denies the allegation.
In a video carried live Wednesday, Flake warned other senators that they have "lit a match" with the "unseemly" confirmation process.
The Arizona Republican is a key vote on Kavanaugh. He has not announced how he will vote.
After he pressed for Thursday's committee hearing with Ford, Flake said a caller told him to quit getting in the way of President Donald Trump's court choice. Flake says the caller warned he would take Flake and his family "out."
Republicans are pushing to confirm Kavanaugh by next week.
Flake says the only certainty about the vote is that the outcome "will forever be steeped in doubt."
