She sent it to her house representative, rather than diane feinstein .
Why? It helps her avoid any potential legal troubles if she's lying.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2018/09/23/is-this-why-dems-wont-hand-the-letter-over-even-the-way-ford-submitted-her-letter-to-feinstein-is-shady-af/
Key phrase:
"that she made the statement in a way that would avoid 18USC 1001 liability... and that somehow she knew that this would be the case. Unlikely for a statistics professor."
It's a setup.