Kavanaugh's second accuser can also testify this week, says Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The White House is "open" to the possibility of a second accuser testifying against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday and said that President Trump "would be open" to having Deborah Ramirez testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Ramirez recently told The New Yorker that when she and Kavanaugh were students at Yale University, he exposed himself to her while drunk at a party. Kavanaugh denies the allegation.

Ramirez has not commented publicly on whether she would like to testify before lawmakers vote on whether to confirm Kavanaugh. The nominee will testify to refute claims from another woman, Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh forcibly groped her when they were in high school.

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"The president has been clear," said Sanders. "Let them speak, but let's also let Brett Kavanaugh speak." Watch the clip below, via Good Morning America. Summer Meza