Donald Trump Backs SCOTUS Pick Amid Start of FBI Probe

The president’s message, however, did not address the timeframe of about a week that the FBI had been given to complete its “supplemental investigation”, ordered in the wake of Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony by accuser Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Kavanaugh.

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“We’re not going to give it to them”, Trump said.

After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court Friday after informally agreeing with a late call from Republican Sen. An independent investigation of these serious accusations against a Supreme Court nominee is critical to overcoming a bitterly partisan confirmation process and protecting the integrity of the court itself.

On Friday, the White House agreed to order the FBI to investigate Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s claims against Kavanaugh after the Senate Judiciary Committee put in the request.

“The evidence that has been produced either fails – fails – to corroborate these accusations, or in fact supports Judge Kavanaugh’s unequivocal denial”, McConnell said on the Senate floor today.

After Ford appeared before the Judiciary Committee, Trump said her testimony was “very compelling” and that she appeared to be “certainly a very credible witness”.

“We shouldn’t prolong this … without knowing that in the meantime Judge Kavanaugh and our country will be dragged through the mud”, Hatch added. As a retiring Republican, with no public plans to face GOP voters soon, Flake has emerged this year as a vocal and biting Trump critic and an advocate for bipartisan cooperation in Washington, even has he largely votes with his party.

“As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week”. She has not accused Kavanaugh of raping her. Swetnik described Kavanaugh as a “mean drunk” in high school who was physically and verbally aggressive with girls. Dr. Ford’s testimony was a powerful moment for our country, and I am grateful to her and all the courageous women who were inspired by her to speak out and share their own stories. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said it was his understanding there would be an FBI investigation of “the outstanding allegations, the three of them”, but Republicans have not said whether that was their understanding as well. And it may not change many minds in the Senate or among Americans who are just as sharply divided. “At an earlier time”.

“Look at what happened”, Jennings said.

“But when individuals provide fabricated allegations to the Committee, diverting Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations, it materially impedes our work”, he said. As part of a deal negotiated yesterday by Senate Republicans, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will have one week to look into the allegations, which Kavanaugh has strenuously denied.

“How many more charges can be brought out to smear this man?”

In her initial conversations with The New Yorker, she was reluctant to characterize Kavanaugh’s role in the alleged incident with certainty.

The letter, which is unlikely to sway Republicans, said that an appointment to the Supreme court “is simply too important to rush to a vote”. With the exception of a few Democrats from red states, who haven’t said how they’ll vote yet, the minority party is lockstep in opposition to Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Testifying after Ford, Kavanaugh denied ever attacking her in an emotional rebuttal. The Senate should “make sure that we do all due diligence” with such a significant nomination, he said.

Keyser, a longtime friend of Blasey’s, has said she does not recall the gathering in question. In his defense, they cited multiple reviews by the ABA’s judicial review committee that found him “well qualified” – the big attorney association’s highest possible endorsement, meaning Kavanaugh had outstanding legal abilities and outstanding judicial temperament.