The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process Friday afternoon; ending weeks of speculation after 11th hour revelations and a series of decades-old accusations.
The official tally was along party lines, 11-10.
In a stunning turn of events, multiple Senators -including Sen. Jeff Flake- are calling for a “one week” FBI investigation, “limited in time and scope” to probe Dr. Ford’s allegations against the potential Supreme Court Justice.
The vote comes just hours after Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Ford faced a series of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee over allegations of sexual assault sometime in the early 1980s.
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The White House would have to be stupid to agree to Democrats demand for a FBI probe. They should just force through the nominee and damn the consequences. The lack of 9 Supreme Court Justices has already hurt our nation. This cannot stand for one additional day.
Kavanaugh is credibly accused of sexual assault. This shouldn’t preclude him from sitting on the highest court in the nation. There’s really no reason to investigate, because what he’s accused of doing really isn’t that big of a deal.
It is unfortunate we don’t have a recording of Kavanaugh bragging about grabbing women by the ■■■■■■ If we had that, he could run for president. But, alas it’s not to be…