The US President has said that allegations of sexual assault against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should not be investigated.
Speaking at the White House, Donald Trump added that he wanted his nominee to be confirmed quickly.
Mr Kavanaugh has been accused by a California professor of sexual assault decades ago.
Christine Blasey Ford said he tried to attack her and remove her clothing in 1982 when they were both high school students in a Maryland suburb outside Washington.
In a statement issued by the White House, Mr Kavanaugh denied the allegation and described it as "completely false".
"I have never done anything like what the accuser describes - to her or to anyone," he said.
Today, when asked whether he would ask the FBI to open its background check on Mr Kavanaugh, Mr Trump said: "I don't think the FBI really need to be involved because they don't want to be involved.
"If they wanted to be, I would certainly do that, but as you know, they say this is not really their thing."
Ms Ford’s allegations has put Mr Kavanaugh’s once-safe nomination in serious jeopardy.
Meanwhile, a Republican US Senate committee chairman has said that Ms Ford has not yet agreed to appear at apublic hearing set for next Monday.
Senator Chuck Grassley said Ms Ford has not responded to attempts by the Republican-led judiciary committee,which oversees the confirmation process, to contact her.
Committee Democrats, already fiercely opposed to the nominee, wrote a letter to Mr Grassley objecting to the planned format of the hearing, which was announced yesterday, including having just Mr Kavanaugh and Ms Ford as witnesses.
Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, urged Mr Trump's fellow Republicans not to"rush the hearings."
The hearing represents a potential make-or-break moment for the conservative federal appeals court judge's confirmation chances for the lifetime post on the top US court, as Mr Trump seeks to continue his goal of moving the federal judiciary to the right.
"We have reached out to her in the last 36 hours, three or four times by email, and we've not heard from them. So it kind of raises the question ... do they want to come to (the) publichearing or not?" Mr Grassley said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.
"I want to hear from Dr Ford," he said. "And she deserves to be heard because these are serious accusations. And I would surely hope she'd come Monday.
"I mean, after all, read all the details she put in the Washington Post. She's surely prepared. She hired a lawyer, I understand, back in August."
Ms Ford detailed her allegation in a letter sent in July to Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee's top Democrat.
The letter's contents leaked last week and Ms Ford identified herself in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday that included details about the alleged assault.
The committee announced yesterday it would postpone its planned vote on Thursday on Mr Kavanaugh's nomination, which requires Senate confirmation, and scheduled the high-stakes hearing with the nominee and his accuser to testify.
